Pat Scullion

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pat Scullion

| image =

| fullname = James Patrick Scullion

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|03|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dunfermline, Scotland

| height =

| position = Utility player

| currentclub = East Stirlingshire (Manager)

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = Dunfermline Athletic | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2005 | clubs2 = Elgin City | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2006–2008 | clubs3 = Cowdenbeath | caps3 = 63 | goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = Alloa Athletic | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2009–2011 | clubs5 = Stenhousemuir | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2011–2014 | clubs6 = Clyde | caps6 = 92 | goals6 = 10

| years7 = 2014–2016 | clubs7 = Cowdenbeath | caps7 = 30 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs8 = Alloa Athletic | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016–2017 | clubs9 = → Berwick Rangers (loan) | caps9 = 5 | goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2017 | clubs10 = Berwick Rangers | caps10 = 28 | goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2018 | clubs11 = Edinburgh City | caps11 = 17 | goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = Cowdenbeath | caps12 = 4 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2019 | clubs13 = Gala Fairydean Rovers| caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2019–2020 | clubs14 = Linlithgow Rose | caps14 = | goals14 =

| years15 = 2020–2022 | clubs15 = Inverkeithing | caps15 = 30 | goals15 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2022

| managerclubs1 = Inverkeithing

| manageryears2 = 2023–

| managerclubs2 = East Stirlingshire

}}

James Patrick Scullion (born 2 March 1986) is a retired professional Scottish footballer who was an utility player, Scullion currently manages Lowland Football League side East Stirlingshire.

Scullion has previously played with Dunfermline Athletic, Elgin City, Cowdenbeath, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Clyde, Berwick Rangers and Edinburgh City.

Football career

Scullion began his career with his local side Dunfermline Athletic, making only one appearance for his home town team before joining Elgin City in May 2005. He left Elgin during the Winter transfer window of 2006, signing for Cowdenbeath until he moved to Alloa Athletic in July 2008. Scullion also spent time with Stenhousemuir and Clyde, before signing for Cowdenbeath for a second time on 1 September 2014,{{cite web|title=Higgins & Scullion Sign On|url=http://www.cowdenbeathfc.com/index.php?act=viewNews&id=1617|publisher=Cowdenbeath F.C.|date=1 September 2014|accessdate=1 September 2014}} having left Clyde on 27 August 2014.{{cite web|title=Sweeney and Scullion to Leave Clyde|url=http://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2014/08/27/4720/#.VAS1Oa8g-Uk|publisher=Clyde F.C.|date=27 August 2014|accessdate=1 September 2014}}

Scullion subsequently spent two seasons with Cowdenbeath, before being released at the end of the 2015–16 season, and re-signing for Alloa Athletic on a short-term deal in August 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.alloaadvertiser.com/sport/alloaathletic/14826992.Scullion_s_second_debut__has_been_a_long_time_coming_/ |title=Wasps defender Pat Scullion's says second debut 'has been a long time coming' |first=Graeme |last=Lafferty |work=Alloa Advertiser |date=27 October 2016 |accessdate=3 January 2017}} After making just one appearance for the Wasps, Scullion was loaned out to Scottish League Two side Berwick Rangers in December 2016 on an emergency loan deal until the end of January 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.berwickrangers.com/pat-comes-in-on-loan/ |title=Pat comes in on loan |publisher=Berwick Rangers FC |date=16 December 2016 |accessdate=3 January 2017}} With his contract at Recreation Park about to expire, Scullion moved to Berwick permanently on 27 January 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.berwickrangers.com/%F0%9F%93%9D-scullion-stays/ |title=Scullion stays! |publisher=Berwick Rangers FC |date=27 January 2017 |accessdate=27 January 2017}} After just under a year, Berwick announced that he had left the club by mutual consent.{{cite web |url=http://www.berwickrangers.com/pat-scullion-leaves-club/ |title=Pat Scullion leaves the club |publisher=Berwick Rangers |date=21 December 2017 |accessdate=28 December 2017}} Scullion was without a club for just a short period of time, signing for fellow League Two side Edinburgh City on 1 January 2018,{{cite web |url=http://www.edinburghcityfc.com/2018/01/01/scullion-is-first-signing-of-2018/ |title=Scullion is First Signing of 2018 |publisher=Edinburgh City FC |date=1 January 2018 |accessdate=1 January 2018}} before being released at the end of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.edinburghcityfc.com/2018/05/11/player-news/ |title=Player news |publisher=Edinburgh City FC |date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=11 May 2018}} Scullion returned to Cowdenbeath eventually leaving again in January 2019. He trialed for a few Lowland league teams before signing for Gala Fairydean until the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/football/injury-stricken-gala-fr-throw-away-two-goal-lead-1-4888805|title=Injury-stricken Gala FR throw away two-goal lead|website=thesouthernreporter.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}

Scullion signed with Linlithgow Rose on 29 June 2019{{Cite web|last=F.C|first=Linlithgow Rose|date=2019-06-29|title=We are pleased to confirm the signing of Pat Scullion after today's match. Welcome to Linlithgow Rose, Pat.|url=https://twitter.com/LinlithgowRose/status/1145019712897769472|access-date=2019-06-29|website=@LinlithgowRose|language=en}} and left the club on 2 November 2020.{{Cite web|title=Following the match on Saturday, we can confirm that Pat Scullion, Jonny Court and Sean Dickson have now left the club|url=https://twitter.com/linlithgowrose/status/1323318470646353926|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Twitter|language=en}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|match played 28 October 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Scottish Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A

}

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

|-

|Dunfermline Athletic

|2004–05{{soccerbase season|39524|2004|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|Scottish Premier League

|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0

|-

|Elgin City

|2005–06

|Scottish Third Division

|12||2||1||0||1||0||1Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup||0||15||2

|-

|rowspan="4"|Cowdenbeath

|2005–06

|Scottish Third Division

|10||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||0

|-

|2006–07{{soccerbase season|39524|2006|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|Scottish Second Division

|24||3||4||0||2||0||1||0||31||3

|-

|2007–08{{soccerbase season|39524|2007|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|29||3||1||0||2||0||3One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and a goal in the Second Division play-offs||1||35||4

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!63!!6!!5!!0!!4!!0!!4!!1!!76!!7

|-

|Alloa Athletic

|2008–09{{soccerbase season|39524|2008|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|Scottish Second Division

|28||1||2||0||2||0||1||0||33||1

|-

|rowspan="3"|Stenhousemuir

|2009–10{{soccerbase season|39524|2009|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|rowspan="2"|Scottish Second Division

|29||3||2||0||1||0||1||0||33||3

|-

|2010–11{{soccerbase season|39524|2010|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

|8||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||1

|-

!colspan="2" | Total

!37!!4!!2!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!41!!4

|-

|rowspan="5"|Clyde

|2010–11

|rowspan="3"|Scottish Third Division

|19||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||19||3

|-

|2011–12

|21||1||0||0||1||0||1||0||23||1

|-

|2012–13

|23||5||2||0||1||0||1||0||27||5

|-

|2013–14

|Scottish League Two

|29||1||4||0||0||0||2One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the League One play-offs||0||35||1

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!92!!10!!6!!0!!2!!0!!4!!0!!104!!9

|-

|rowspan="3"|Cowdenbeath

|2014–15

|Championship

|25||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||26||0

|-

|2015–16

|League One

|27||1||2||0||0||0||0||0||27||1

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!52!!1!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!55!!1

|-

|Alloa Athletic

|2016–17

|League One

|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0

|-

|Berwick Rangers (loan)

|rowspan="2"|2016–17

|rowspan="3"|League Two

|5||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||1

|-

|rowspan="3"|Berwick Rangers

|16||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||1

|-

|2017–18

|8||0||1||1||3||1||2||0||14||2

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!29!!2!!1!!1!!3!!1!!2!!0!!35!!4

|-

!colspan="3"|Career totals

!315!!26!!20!!1!!13!!1!!13!!1!!362!!29

|}

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