Graham Weir (born 10 July 1984) is a Scottish former

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Career

Weir started his career at Heart of Midlothian, making his senior debut in 2001 in a 3–2 loss against

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, where he was sent off in the final minute for kicking Robbie Winters. During his Hearts career his goals-to-games ratio was unremarkable, although he is noted for scoring two goals in the last minute of added time against Hibernian in the ''

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'' of 2 January 2003. Hibernian scored two late goals in 89th and 92nd minutes to go 4–2 up. However, the two goals by Graham Weir in the last 42 seconds of injury time marked an even more dramatic comeback by the Hearts, for a final score of 4–4. In January 2006, Weir was loaned to First Division club Queen of the South until the end of the

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. The loan deal was subsequently made permanent and he spent the 2006–07 season with the

Dumfries Dumfries ( ; ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the Counties of Scotland, ...

club before joining Raith Rovers in June 2007. He secured promotion for Raith Rovers, as champions, to the First Division on 2 May 2009 with the only goal against Queen's Park at Hampden. After a spell with

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he joined

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in January 2012. He was released in the summer of 2015. On 14 July 2015 he then signed on at east region junior side Linlithgow Rose.

Personal life

He is the brother of Steven Weir, also a

Honours

Raith Rovers

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: 1 :: 2008–09

References

External links

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Appearance stats
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at londonhearts.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Weir, Graham 1984 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Brechin City F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Tynecastle F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Men's association football forwards Footballers from North Lanarkshire Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen