Billy McColl

For other people with the same name, see William McColl.
Billy McColl
Personal information
Full name William Christopher McColl
Place of birth Scotland
Playing position Midfield
Youth career
Drumchapel Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1978 Clydebank[1] 152 (23)
1978–1981 Ayr United[2] 88 (1)
1981–1983 Clyde[3] 47 (0)
1983 Albion Rovers[4] 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


William Christopher "Billy" McColl is a retired Scottish footballer. He played as a midfielder for Clydebank, Ayr United, Clyde and Albion Rovers in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Scottish Second Division title twice.

Playing career

A product of the Glasgow youth team Drumchapel Amateurs, McColl began his senior career as a 17-year-old with Clydebank. He was a member of the squad that won the inaugural Second Division title in 1975-76 before going on to win promotion to the Premier Division a year later, the first time the club had appeared in the top flight of Scottish football. He would make over 150 Scottish League appearances for Clydebank before a transfer to Ayr United in 1978.

In 1981 McColl joined Clyde under the management of Craig Brown and won another Second Division championship medal in season 1981-82. His last senior club was Albion Rovers in 1983 where he made just a single league appearance before retiring.

After football

After leaving football, McColl went into business as a sub-postmaster and newsagent in Netherlee, East Renfrewshire.[5] His son Barry McColl also played Scottish League football, for Queen's Park in the 1990s.

Honours

Clydebank

Clyde

References

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  5. ↑ White, Neil (3 April 2005), "Caught in Time: Craig Brown's Clyde win the Second Division title, 1982", The Sunday Times, London


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