Alex Bone (footballer)

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Alex Bone
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-12-26) 26 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 St Mirren 72 (8)
1995–1999 Stirling Albion 113 (61)
1999–2000 Ayr United 9 (2)
2000 → Stirling Albion (loan) 9 (4)
2000 → Ross County (loan) 6 (4)
2000–2003 Ross County 71 (25)
2003 Peterhead 14 (9)
2003–2004 Elgin City 37 (18)
2004–2007 Clachnacuddin
2007–2008 Forres Mechanics
2008–2009 Muir of Ord Rovers
2009–2010 Golspie Sutherland
2010–2012 Kinnoull
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Bone (born 26 December 1971) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Bone began his career with St Mirren before moving to Stirling Albion in the mid-1990s. Bone went on to score more than a goal every two games for the Albion before winning an £80,000 move to Ayr United in 1999. Despite scoring on his début for Ayr, Bone spent the final few months of the season on loan, spending time back at Stirling and then latterly at Ross County. Such was his impact at County – he scored in the final four matches of the season – that he moved there on a permanent deal for the start of the next season. Months into his permanent spell, Bone received a five-match ban for accumulating three red cards in a match.[1] Bone stayed at Victoria Park until early 2003 when he moved to Peterhead on a short-term deal, before spending just over a year with Elgin City.[2] Shortly into the 2004-05 season, Bone joined Clachnacuddin, spending three years with The Lilywhites. In the summer of 2007, Bone moved on to Forres Mechanics. In 2008, Bone left Forres for Muir of Ord Rovers in the North Caledonian League before joining league rivals Golspie Sutherland the season after, before heading back South to join Kinnoull.

In a 2004 poll by the BBC, Bone came third in a vote to find Stirling Albion's all-time hero.[3]

Bone is the nephew of former Scotland player Jimmy Bone.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bone handed five-match ban". BBC Sport. 23 November 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Stranraer raid on Maryhill". BBC Sport. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Stirling Albion's cult heroes". BBC Sport. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ Robertson, Rob (23 January 1999). "Sting will be spur to Hibs". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 19 February 2011. The visitors will be hoping strikers Ally Graham and Alex Bone, nephew of the Dundee assistant manager, Jimmy Bone
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