Gary McSwegan Player Profile
Player Details
- Full Name: Gary John McSwegan
- Born: September 24th, 1970 (Glasgow)
- Height: 5' 8
- Position: Striker
- Signed: October 6th, 1995 (£350,000)
- First Manager: Billy Kirkwood
- Career Totals: 119 appearances, 47 goals
- Also Played For: Barnsley, Clyde, Heart of Midlothian, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kilmarnock, Luton Town, Notts County, Rangers, Ross County
Playing History
| Season | Division |  |
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G2G |  |
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Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
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| 1998-99 | SPL | 6 (1) | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 0 | 28.6% | 57.1% | 14.3% |
| 1997-98 | Premier Division | 21 (21) | 17 | 0.40 | 7 | 0 | 33.3% | 28.6% | 38.1% |
| 1996-97 | Premier Division | 17 (22) | 9 | 0.23 | 2 | 0 | 53.8% | 23.1% | 23.1% |
| 1995-96 | First Division | 24 (7) | 17 | 0.55 | 2 | 1 | 54.8% | 29.0% | 16.1% |
| Totals: | 68 (51) | 47 |
| Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals |
| GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in |
| Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals |
| Recent First Team Starts |
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| Oct 4th, 1998 | 04/10/98 | League | SPL | vs. Aberdeen (H) | 1 - 0 |
| Sep 26th, 1998 | 26/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. St Johnstone (A) | 3 - 1 |
| Sep 23rd, 1998 | 23/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. Dunfermline (H) | 1 - 1 |
| Sep 19th, 1998 | 19/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. Dundee (A) | 2 - 2 |
| Sep 12th, 1998 | 12/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. Rangers (H) | 0 - 0 |
| Recent First Team Goals |
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| Oct 4th, 1998 | 04/10/98 | League | SPL | vs. Aberdeen (H) | 1 - 0 |
| Sep 23rd, 1998 | 23/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. Dunfermline (H) | 1 - 1 |
| Sep 19th, 1998 | 19/09/98 | League | SPL | vs. Dundee (A) | 2 - 2 |
| Aug 8th, 1998 | 08/08/98 | League Cup | 2nd Round | vs. Stirling Albion (H) | 2 - 2 |
| Feb 21st, 1998 | 21/02/98 | League | Premier Division | vs. Dunfermline (A) | 2 - 2 |
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Biography
Gary came through the youth ranks with Rangers, making his first team debut in ????, but his first team opportunities were limited during his seven years with the Glasgow club. Remembered at Ibrox for scoring against Marseille in the 1992-93 Champions League, he moved on to Notts County in the summer of 1993 for £400,000.
He scored fifteen goals in his first season at Meadow Lane, including a hat-trick against Derby County, and although the 1994-95 season saw the club relegated, Gary scored twice in a famous 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the League Cup.
Linked with United at the end of the 1994-95 season, he eventually arrived at Tannadice on October in a £350,000 move, becoming Billy Kirkwood's seventh signing in a bid to regain the Club's top-flight status after relegation. He made his debut the next day in an ill-fated trip to Dumbarton and collected a runners up medal in the League Challenge Cup final against Stenhousemuir in November. However, his 17 goals that season, including four in one game against Dumbarton, went a long way to helping United gain promotion back to the Premier Division at the first time of asking. Gary was a regular in the line-ups over the next two years, forming a prolific front-line with Kjell Olofsson and Robbie Winters. He netted a hat-trick in both legs of the UEFA Cup qualifying matches against CE Principat in July 1997, and a further hat-trick against Queen of the South in the League Cup. He collected a League Cup runners-up medal in November 1997 after United lost to Celtic.
When his three-year deal at Tannadice ended in October 1998, he joined Hearts where his form saw him gain international recognition, making his Scotland debut against Bosnia and Hezegovina in October 1999, with Gary scoring against Lithuania four days later in his only other appearance. He later had spells on loan with Barnsley and Luton Town before joining Kilmarnock in June 2002. After two years at Rugby Park, he spent time with Ross County, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Peterhead and Clyde before retiring in 2009.
Last updated on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 by B Orr.
Squad Numbers
12
Season:
1998-99
Debut
October 7th, 1995
Dumbarton 1 - 0 Dundee United
League (First Division)
Timeline
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Date of Birth
Gary was born on this date in Glasgow.
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Signed For Dundee United
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First Team Debut
Dumbarton 1 - 0 Dundee United
League (First Division)
A game which looked like being a formality in the opening twenty minutes or so ended in chaos as Dumbarton hit us with a late suckerpunch in a United performance which deteriorated as the game progres
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First Goal
Hamilton 0 - 1 Dundee United
League (First Division)
With Grant Johnson having recovered from the knock he picked up against St Johnstone, it was an unchanged United side who faced bottom of the table, Hamilton Accies. As you'd expect, United ex
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50th Appearance
Dundee United 4 - 0 Aberdeen
League (Premier Division)
United s biggest win of the season to date enabled them to leap-frog Aberdeen into fourth place. Robbie Winters opened the scoring after Walker directed the ball to him after slipping as he took a goa
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50th League Appearance
Kilmarnock 2 - 3 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
It isn't often that both managers agree that the wrong side won, but both Tommy Mclean and Bobby Williamson were in agreement. The home side struggling to avoid the drop had a better start when Mauric
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100th Appearance
Hearts 2 - 0 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
It was a case of deja vu as we again played well only to lose. Between both of Colin Cameron's goals, both of which fell in the preventable category, we dominated the match, but lack of that cu
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Last Appearance
Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen
League (SPL)
Our first home win for eight months sent us charging four places up the table. For that we had to thank Gary McSwegan's twenty yarder mid-way through the first half. He could easily have gone
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Last Goal
Dundee United 1 - 0 Aberdeen
League (SPL)
Our first home win for eight months sent us charging four places up the table. For that we had to thank Gary McSwegan's twenty yarder mid-way through the first half. He could easily have gone
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Left the Club
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