John McStay

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John McStay
Date of birth	December 24, 1965 (1965-12-24) (age 42)
Place of birth	Larkhall, Scotland
Playing position	Defender (retired)
Youth clubs
-1984	Gartcosh United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1987 1987-1994 1994 1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-20??	Motherwell Raith Rovers Falkirk Hamilton Academical Clydebank East Fife Ayr United Clyde Albion Rovers Glenafton Athletic Career	020 0(1) 262 (20) 001 0(0) 002 0(0) 020 0(0) 043 0(1) 010 0(0) 035 0(5) 059 0(9) 00? 0(?) 452 (36)
Teams managed
2000-20??	Glenafton Athletic (player-manager)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John "Jock" McStay (born December 24, 1965 in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender.

McStay played for nine clubs in a sixteen-year professional career before moving into junior football with Glenafton Athletic in 2000. He went on to become assistant manager to Peter Hetherston at Albion Rovers, one of his former clubs.

He is most well known for his on-field altercation with Duncan Ferguson during a Scottish Premier Division encounter between Rangers and Raith Rovers at Ibrox Stadium on April 16, 1994. Ferguson, of Rangers, headbutted McStay, of the visiting Raith, in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch. Referee Kenny Clark and his linesmen missed the incident, hence Ferguson avoided a dismissal, but he was subsequently charged with assault and, as it was his fourth such conviction, he served three months in prison.^[1]