Steve McCahill (born 3 September 1966) was a Scottish

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who played for Dumbarton,

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Career

McCahill began his senior career at

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playing for Dumbarton and spent nearly five years there, making nearly 150 league appearances for the club. McCahill impressed in a

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at Dens Park. He made a further 4 league appearances for Celtic that season and also played in the

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match against

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on 4 April 1989, in which he turned in a highly impressive performance which helped Celtic to a win on penalties after the match had finished 1–1. However, McCahill sustained a fractured jaw in league match against Motherwell on 12 April 1989. McCahill featured rarely for Celtic after that and left on a free transfer to Morton in October 1992. McCahill played regularly for Morton for the next few years and won a Scottish Second Division league medal in 1995.

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Steve McCahill
The Celtic Wiki
McCahill's Celtic move fulfills boyhood dream
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