Alan Lithgow (born 12 March 1988) is a Scottish professional association football player who plays for St Cadoc's.

Career

Born in

Bellshill Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, southeast of Glasgow city centre and west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell to the south, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton to the south ...

, Lithgow began his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, joining from youth side East Kilbride Burgh in 2004. Lithgow made his competitive debut for Hearts in a 4–0 League Cup win over

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in September 2006, appearing as a second-half substitute for the injured Hristos Karipidis. This was not, however, Lithgow's first involvement with the first team squad: he was an unused substitute on his 17th birthday back in the 2004–05 season, when a flu epidemic forced the

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club to promote numerous members of their under-19 side to the first team squad for a match with

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

. He made three appearances for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in as a member of the Scottish Profession ...

in a loan spell during the latter part of the 2007–08 season. He was released by Hearts in August 2008. He trained with Clyde, and appeared in reserve team matches, before signing a short-term deal until the end of the year on 29 October 2008. He made his Clyde debut in a 2–2 draw with

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland. The team competes in the , the second division of Scottish football. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun (or Saint Johnstoun)—an old name o ...

in November 2008. Lithgow's contract was terminated in June 2009, following Clyde's relegation and financial troubles, however, in July 2009, he signed a new one-month contract with the club. Lithgow was in fine form for Clyde during the season, and ended the campaign winning three Player of the Year awards. Following relegation to the Third Division, Lithgow turned down the offer of a new contract, and left the club in May 2010. Despite a trial with

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, he was not offered a full-time contract and returned to Clyde for the 2010–11 season. He rejected the offer of a new contract in May 2011, and left the club again. On 21 June 2011, Lithgow signed a contract with

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, in two seasons he made 63 league appearances and scored a total of five goals for the club. In the summer of 2013 he signed for

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...

. In 2014, Lithgow signed for

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, staying with the side for one season before joining

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rivals

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in June 2015. On 16 May 2016, Lithgow joined Scottish League One side

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. He helped Livingston reach the

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by winning successive promotions in 2016–17 and 2017–18. During the 2019–20 season he suffered a hip injury that subsequently required surgery. Lithgow signed for

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; ), sometimes referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 Ma ...

in February 2023.

Career statistics

Personal life

In December 2008, Lithgow's name was placed on the sex offenders' register for offences which took place in August and October 2007. The charges were related to Lithgow exposing himself and performing indecent acts to women on four separate occasions in Airdrie and

. In January 2009, Lithgow avoided a custodial sentence after admitting to the charges against him, however, he was put on probation for three years and ordered to carry out 240 hours of

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Honours

;Livingston *

: 2016–17

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lithgow, Alan Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Living people 1988 births Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Footballers from Bellshill Men's association football defenders Dumbarton F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Livingston F.C. players East Kilbride F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen