| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Thomas O'Neil | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-06-07)7 June 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Dundee United | 78 | (4) |
| 1994–2000 | St Johnstone | 186 | (22) |
| 2000–2003 | Hibernian | 86 | (10) |
| 2003–2006 | Falkirk | 70 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | Gretna | 22 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Cowdenbeath | 31 | (0) |
| 2009 | East Stirlingshire | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 475 | (43) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Scotland under-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Thomas O'Neil (born 7 June 1971 inBellshill,North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional associationfootballer. He representedScotland once, and played forDundee United,St Johnstone,Hibernian andFalkirk in the top division.
O'Neil, a right-sided midfielder, began his career atDundee United, where he progressed through the youth ranks. O'Neil scored for United after coming on as a substitute in their 1991Scottish Cup final defeat againstMotherwell, with his header reducing Motherwell's lead to 3–2. At the start of the1994–95 season, he was signed by ex-United colleaguePaul Sturrock for United'sTayside rivalsSt Johnstone. During his six years atMcDiarmid Park, O'Neil became a regular. He played in nearly 200 league matches, over double his tally over the same length of time with United. In June 2000, O'Neil moved toHibernian. It was during his spell with theEdinburgh club that O'Neil gained his only cap forScotland, a start in a 1–1 draw againstPoland in an away friendly on 25 April 2001.[1] Ten years earlier, he won his soleunder-21 cap.[2]
After three years with Hibs, O'Neil joinedFalkirk in 2003 and won a secondScottish First Division title in 2005 before joiningGretna in January 2006. O'Neil won aSecond Division title and a third First Division title withThe Borderers the following season, also collecting a third Scottish Cup runners-up medal in the defeat onpenalties toHearts.[3] He left Gretna to joinCowdenbeath at the start of the2007–08 season, signed by former Dundee United teammateBrian Welsh. He scored his first and only goal for Cowdenbeath in aScottish League Cup loss at former club Gretna.[4] O'Neil was released by Cowdenbeath in January 2009 and then signed forEast Stirlingshire.[5]
