Graeme Holmes

Graeme Holmes
Personal information
Full name Graeme Holmes
Date of birth (1984-03-26) 26 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Motherwell, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic (Assistant)
Youth career
Dundee United Youths
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Dundee United 3 (0)
2004–2005 →Dumbarton (loan) 12 (1)
2005–2008 Airdrie United 69 (5)
2008–2010 Dunfermline Athletic 24 (0)
2010–2011 Greenock Morton 25 (0)
2011–2017 Alloa Athletic 185 (15)
2017–2018 Albion Rovers 29 (0)
2018–2020 East Kilbride ? (?)
2020 Edinburgh City 5 (0)
2021 Forfar Athletic 10 (0)
2021–2024 Cumbernauld Colts ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:00, 25 July (UTC)

Graeme Holmes (born 26 March 1984 in Motherwell) is a retired Scottish footballer who used to play as a midfielder now working as assistant manager at old club Alloa Athletic.[1]

Career

Holmes began his career with Dundee United but made only four appearances (three in the league), all as substitute. A loan spell at Dumbarton[2] for the first part of the 2004–05 season brought him twelve games, but he played no further matches on his return to Tannadice and was released in September 2005.[3] Two months later, he signed for Airdrie Utd.

In May 2008, Holmes left Airdrie to join Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic joining up with manager Jim McIntyre, whom he played with while at Dundee United.[4][5]

Unfortunately injury affected his time at the Pars and he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season, moving on to Greenock Morton,[6] where his father Jim Holmes is considered a legend.

Holmes was released in May 2011, after one season at Morton. Within a month, Holmes had signed for relegated Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Football League Third Division.[7] Holmes spent six years with Alloa, before signing for fellow Scottish League One side Albion Rovers on 2 June 2017.

Holmes signed for Lowland League team East Kilbride after his spell with Albion Rovers before moving to Edinburgh City in January 2020.[8]

Personal life

Graeme's father, Jimmy Holmes was also a footballer who played professionally for Partick Thistle, Morton, Falkirk, Alloa and Arbroath.[9]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2015[10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee United 2003–04 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004–05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dumbarton (loan) 2004–05 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
Airdrie United 2005–06 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2006–07 35 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 41 3
2007–08 19 2 2 0 1 0 7 0 29 2
Total 69 5 5 0 3 0 10 0 87 5
Dunfermline Athletic 2008–09 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
2009–10 17 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 22 0
Total 24 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 31 1
Greenock Morton 2010–11 25 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
Alloa Athletic 2011–12 34 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 36 3
2012–13 33 8 1 0 1 0 5 0 40 8
2013–14 34 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 40 3
2014–15 30 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 37 0
Total 131 13 5 1 6 0 11 0 153 14
Career total 242 13 14 2 11 0 17 0 284 15
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup, 2006–07 Scottish First Division play-offs, 2007–08 Scottish First Division play-offs & 2012–13 Scottish First Division play-offs.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Colts TV chat to new signing Graeme Holmes". Twitter. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "United youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Hearts board halt MacFarlane move". BBC Sport. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  4. ^ "New Boys at Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Three new faces for Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Holmes joins new faces at Morton". BBC Sport. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Alloa add three more". Scottish Football League. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Welcome Graeme Holmes". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Alloa Athletic FC - 1st Team Squad: Graeme Holmes". Alloa Athletic. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Graeme Holmes Stats". Soccerbase.