Scott Gallacher (born 15 July 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer, who used to play for Alloa Athletic as a goalkeeper. Gallacher has previously played for Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic, Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian, Alloa Athletic (in a previous spell), St Mirren, Hibernian, Dumbarton, Arbroath and East Fife. He also played five times for the Scotland under-21 team between 2008 and 2010.
.jpg) Gallacher training with the Scotland U21s in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Gallacher | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2014 | Rangers | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Forfar Athletic (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Heart of Midlothian | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Forfar Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Alloa Athletic | 15 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | St Mirren | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Dumbarton | 34 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Airdrieonians | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Arbroath | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | East Fife | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | Alloa Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Scotland U21[1] | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:47, 14 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
editGallacher started his career with Rangers. He helped the Rangers under-19 team win league and Scottish Youth Cup doubles in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons being part of the most successful youth team of rangers history. He also travelled with the first team squad for a UEFA Cup tie against Hapoel Tel Aviv in February 2007 and involved in champions league squads against Stuttgart and Sevilla .[2] He was included in the first team squad on many occasions and was an unused substitute many times, including an Old Firm derby on 5 May 2007.[3] He joined Cowdenbeath, then in the Scottish Third Division on 1 September 2008.[4] In 2010, Gallacher signed a six-month loan deal with Forfar Athletic which was later extended until the end of the season.[5] Gallacher made his debut for Rangers in a 4–0 win over Albion Rovers.[6] In September 2013, Gallacher signed on loan for Airdrieonians.[7]
In July 2014, Gallacher signed for Scottish Championship side Heart of Midlothian on a two-year deal.[8][9] Gallacher made his first team debut on 10 August 2014, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute at Ibrox Stadium in a league match against Rangers, replacing the injured Neil Alexander[10] in a 2–1 win.[11]
On 10 September 2015, Gallacher moved on loan to Forfar Athletic for a second time, joining on a short-term deal.[12]
On 14 January 2016, Gallacher signed a contract with Alloa until the end of the season, after leaving Hearts by mutual consent.[13] Gallagher signed a one-year deal with St Mirren in June 2016,[14] beginning the season as the Saints first-choice goalkeeper. After Jack Ross his former Alloa manager was appointed manager of st mirren in October 2016, Gallacher was surprisingly dropped after man of the match performances in previous two games in favour of Jamie Langfield, however, he returned to the starting line-up in mid-November, playing in St Mirren's 2–1 victory over Ayr United in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[15] Gallacher continued in goal for the side until January 2017. Hibs came calling for Gallachers signature after a mutual agreement to leave st mirren was confirmed.[16] Hibernian.[17] He left Hibs at the end of his short-term contract, in May 2017,[18] and joined Dumbarton on 23 June 2017.[19] After 51 appearances for the Sons and an irn bru cup final he rejected a new contract and joined Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on a two-year contract in May 2018. Gallacher suffered a serious knee injury in 2018 and was ruled out for a year. He regained his position after the long absence and kept numerous clean sheets until the season was cut short due to COVID-19.[20] On 30 July 2020, Gallacher signed for Arbroath.[21]
In May 2021 Gallacher signed for East Fife.[22]
On 13 January 2023, Gallacher rejoined Alloa Athletic in league one after some financial difficulties at east Fife.[23]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Rangers | 2008–09 | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Scottish Third Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Scottish League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cowdenbeath (loan) | 2008–09 | Scottish Third Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Forfar Athletic (loan) | 2010–11 | Scottish Second Division | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Airdrieonians (loan) | 2013–14 | Scottish League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2014–15 | Scottish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Forfar Athletic (loan) | 2015–16 | Scottish League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Alloa Athletic | 2015–16 | Scottish Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 2016–17 | Scottish Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Hibernian | 2016–17 | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Airdrieonians | 2018–19 | Scottish League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 117 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 146 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Scotland U21 Player Scott Gallacher Details".
- ^ Lomax, Andrew (14 February 2007). "Injury-hit Rangers down to bare bones". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Rangers 2-0 Celtic". BBC Sport. 5 May 2007.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath take SPL duo on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
- ^ "Forfar borrow keeper from Rangers". BBC Sport. 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Three Make Gers Debuts". Rangers.co.uk. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ "Scott Gallacher signs". airdriefc.com. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Scott's for 'keeps". HeartsFC.co.uk. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Hearts sign Scott Gallacher after goalkeeper leaves Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Hearts keeper Alexander ruled out with fracture". The Scotsman. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Hearts scored a stoppage-time winner against Rangers at Ibrox to seal dream start". BBC Sport. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Gallacher rejoins Loons on loan". Forfar Athletic F.C. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Alloa Athletic FC - News". www.alloaathletic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "New Signing: Scott Gallacher". St Mirren FC. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Mann, Charlie (13 November 2016). "St Mirren 2–1 Ayr United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Collin, Iain (16 January 2017). "Josh Todd signs but further arrivals dependent on more departures, says St Mirren boss Jack Ross". Deadline News. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ McLauchlin, Brian (26 January 2017). "Scott Gallacher: Hibs sign goalkeeper until summer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Hibernian: No new deals for Grant Holt, Alex Harris and four other players". BBC Sport. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ Galloway, Andy. "SIGNING NEWS: GOALKEEPER IS NEXT TO CHECK IN". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Four more Diamonds put pen to paper". Airdrieonians FC. 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Scott Gallacher". 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Scott Gallacher Signs on at Bayview".
- ^ LeodhasXD (13 January 2023). "One in, One Out". Alloa Athletic FC. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Scott Gallacher Soccerway Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Scott Gallacher Stats in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
