Brian Gilmour

Brian Gilmour
Personal information
Full name Brian Thomas Gilmour
Date of birth (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ayr United
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Rangers 0 (0)
2007 Clyde 13 (1)
2007–2008 Queen of the South 23 (1)
2008 FC Haka 7 (0)
2009–2010 Lincoln Cty 16 (2)
2011 Stenhousemuir 9 (0)
2011–2013 Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar 85 (21)
2013– Ayr United 76 (7)
National team
2005–2006 Scotland U19 5 (1)
2007 Scotland U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2016.


Brian Thomas Gilmour (born 8 May 1987 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish footballer. He is a midfielder who currently plays for Ayr United.

He has represented his country from under-13 to under-21 levels playing in the European Under-19s final and represented Scotland under-20 at Fifa World Cup in Canada.

Club career

Rangers and Clyde

Gilmour began his career with Rangers. However, he did not make a first-team appearance for the club and on 9 February 2007 he signed for First Division side Clyde. He made his debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat to Livingston at the Broadwood Stadium. His first goal came on 17 March in a 2–2 draw with Ross County at Victoria Park. He made a total of 13 appearances, scoring one goal in 2006–07, his only season with the Bully Wee.

Queen of the South

Gilmour signed for fellow First Division side Queen of the South in July 2007, making his debut on 4 August in a 3–3 draw with St Johnstone at Palmerston Park. His first goal came on 19 April 2008 in a 1–0 home win over Dundee. He made a total of 27 appearances for Queens, before leaving in May 2008. 2007/08 was his only season with Queens with the majority of his appearances coming in the first half of the season. He was part of the squad that reached the 2008 Scottish Cup Final and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the following season.[1]

FC Haka

Gilmour signed an 18-month contract with Finnish Veikkausliiga side FC Haka in 2008. Shortly after joining in August 2008 he played in Haka's 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round defeat to Danish side Brøndby at their Brøndby Stadium.[1] He mutually terminated his contract with FC Haka in May 2009.[2] He played a total of seven league games for Haka.

Playing in the UEFA Cup against Brondby so soon after joining Haka was a good experience. I was playing well then dropped out the picture. The fans had taken to me and couldn't understand why I wasn't playing and thought I was injured. Outside agents benefited from the move more than me. I'll never know the details but there were underlying reasons why I didn't play."
— Gilmour on his time in Finland[2]

In September 2009 he had a trial with English Championship club Blackpool managed by Ian Holloway.[3]

Lincoln City

Brian signed for Football League Two side Lincoln City on 27 November 2009 until the end of the season. Gilmour struggled to get into the team at first but found himself getting regular games towards the end of the season, although he was played in an unfamiliar midfield position. Gilmour was offered a new deal, however, failed to agree terms to the contract offer before Chris Sutton's deadline. Gilmour's offer was withdrawn and he left the club in July 2010.

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar

In July 2011 he joined Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar[4] who play in Iceland's 1. deild karla.

Ayr United

On 12 November 2013, Gilmour signed for Ayr United on an amateur contract until January 2014, making his debut the same day against Stranraer.[5] Gilmour signed a professional contract running until May 2015 with Ayr in January 2014.[6]

International career

Gilmour was the only Rangers player to participate in the 2006 European under-19 Championship for Scotland who reached the final. Gilmour made a subs appearance in the final losing 2–1 to Spain.[1]

He was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2007 Under-20 World Cup Finals in Canada in a group along with Japan, Nigeria and Costa Rica.

Club career statistics

As of 8 September 2009
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006–07ClydeFirst Division131000000131
2007–08Queen of the SouthFirst Division 231201000271
Total Scotland 362201000402
Finland League Finnish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2008HakaVeikkausliiga 7000002090
Total Finland 7000002090
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2009–10Lincoln CityLeague 2 0000000000
Total England 0000000000
Career total 432201020500
Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sons of Scotland" Queen of the South FC, 14 September 2010
  2. 1 2 McDermott, Scott (12 July 2009). "Scots midfielder Brian Gilmour on failing to make it in Europe". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Reserves Beaten". Blackpool FC. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Skoskur miðjumaður til KA". Fótbolta.net. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ayr United 3–6 Stranraer". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/gilmour-commits-future-to-ayr/

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