Ryan Michael McStay (born 4 December 1985 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 ...

, Scotland), is a Scottish professional

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who plays for St Roch's FC. McStay has previously played in the

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for

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

. McStay started his career with

at U16 D-Form level, before playing for

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...

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and

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...

. McStay also had a loan spell at Queen of the South when he was at the Bairns.

Career

, McStay scored the goal that got the club promoted to the SPL in the 2004–2005 season. Despite this, McStay turned down a new deal at Falkirk in the summer of 2007 as he was in search of first-team football elsewhere. McStay signed for

on 1 June 2007, as one of three signings by new manager Ian McCall. On 31 January 2009, McStay left by mutual consent at the

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club. On that same day, McStay played and signed for

to stay at the club for the remainder of the season and played a part in winning the third division title. On 18 July 2011, McStay signed for his local and newly promoted, Second Division club

on a one-year contract. McStay left the

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club after the 2011-12 season and then signed for

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on a 12-month contract. In July 2013 McStay then departed for

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club

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before the start of September 2013. On 3 July 2014, McStay signed for Annan Athletic. This was the second time that Jim Chapman, the Black and Golds' manager had McStay as a player, having played at the Sons when Chapman was in charge there. McStay was then announced as one of the joint

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s at

Shettleston Shettleston (, ) is an area in the Glasgow#East End, east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Toponymy The origin of the name "Shettleston" is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multitude of spellings. A papal bu ...

in March 2016, alongside his ''Galabankies'' team-mate

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, with their tenure to commence at the start of the 2016–17 season in the Scottish Juniors, West Region. McStay departed Shettleston by mutual consent, alongside joint player-manager Weatherson on 9 January 2017, after a 1-1 draw at home to Irvine Meadow on 7 January 2017. On 15 February 2017, McStay signed for

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. He joined BSC Glasgow in the summer of 2017.

Honours

Dumbarton * Scottish Division Three (fourth tier): Winners 2008–09

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McStay, Ryan 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bellshill Scottish men's footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Albion Rovers F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players Portadown F.C. players Annan Athletic F.C. players Glasgow United F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players NIFL Premiership players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Scottish football managers 21st-century Scottish sportsmen