| Graeme Armstrong | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 23, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 75 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender, Left-Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newtongrange Star (manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1975 | Haddington Athletic | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975 1975-1981 1981-1983 1983-1992 1992-2000 2000-2001 |
Meadowbank Thistle Stirling Albion Berwick Rangers Meadowbank Thistle Stenhousemuir Alloa Athletic |
1 (0) 204 (24) 83 (12) 353 (37) 268 (4) 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1999-2000 | Stenhousemuir | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Graeme Armstrong (born 23 June 1956) is a retired Scottish footballer. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He was born in Edinburgh. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. He is currently manager of non-league side Newtongrange Star. Newtongrange Star FC are a Scottish junior football club based in the village of Newtongrange, Midlothian. By the time he retired as a player, Armstrong had made a Scottish-record 910 league appearances. When cup ties are taken into consideration, he played over 1000 first-team games.
Armstrong began his career in the non-leagues in Scotland, playing once as a trialist for Meadowbank Thistle, before being signed by Stirling Albion in 1975, making his league debut on April 26, 1975. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. MtfcbadgeJPG|thumb|right|Meadowbank Thistle FC club badge]] Livingston Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Livingston, West Lothian Stirling Albion FC is a football club currently playing in the Scottish Football League. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Over the next 6 seasons "Louis" played in 204 games for the Yo-Yo's before being transferred to Berwick Rangers and then spending 10 years at Meadowbank Thistle. Berwick Rangers Football Club are a football team based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who play in the Scottish Football League MtfcbadgeJPG|thumb|right|Meadowbank Thistle FC club badge]] Livingston Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Livingston, West Lothian He then moved on to Stenhousemuir, where he later became manager and guided the side to promotion. Stenhousemuir Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the small town of Stenhousemuir. He was sacked in April 2000, with Stenhousemuir battling relegation and joined Alloa Athletic as assistant-manager, also registering as a player, the following day. Alloa Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. He played just once for Alloa, as a substitute in April 2001, at the age of 44 years,[1] before retiring. He was dismissed by Alloa in January 2003 as part of a drive to cut costs. [2]
In 2005, Armstrong was voted Stenhousemuir's all-time cult hero by viewers of BBC's Football Focus. Football Focus is a BBC Television show broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes covering football, presented by Manish [3]
In 2007, he guided Newtongrange to the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region, South Division championship and promotion to the Premier League. History Junior football as distinguished from senior football has existed since the early 1880s The Scottish Junior Football East Region South Division is a third-tier division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The Scottish Junior Football East Premier League is the second-highest division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.