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Billy Holmes

Biography

Billy was signed from Larkhall Thistle in October 1990 for £1300 by Ian Gibson and he was a regular in our midfield for the rest of the 1990-91 campaign. He featured regularly in the starting 11 during the first half of the 1991-92 season under Walter Borthwick before the appointment of Mickey Lawson saw Billy used much more as a substitute. Another managerial change in November 1992 saw Danny McGrain appointed and he never featured under the former Celtic man before requesting to be released in early 1993 due to a change of work commitments and going on to sign…Read moreRead less
Billy was signed from Larkhall Thistle in October 1990 for £1300 by Ian Gibson and he was a regular in our midfield for the rest of the 1990-91 campaign. He featured regularly in the starting 11 during the first half of the 1991-92 season under Walter Borthwick before the appointment of Mickey Lawson saw Billy used much more as a substitute. Another managerial change in November 1992 saw Danny McGrain appointed and he never featured under the former Celtic man before requesting to be released in early 1993 due to a change of work commitments and going on to sign for Annbank United.

Statistics

Apps
38 (31)
Goals
6
Yellow cards
2
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.09
Minutes
3692
Seasons
3
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1992-931 (11)110
1991-9218 (12)400
1990-9119 (8)110

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 8 Oct 1990 · Left: 19 Feb 1993

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Ian Gibson9 Oct 199030 Mar 199115 (8)
Bobby Waddell20 Apr 199111 May 19914
Walter Borthwick27 Jul 199114 Dec 199112 (5)
Mickey Lawson28 Dec 19917 Nov 19927 (18)

Timeline

  1. Born

    Hamilton

  2. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

Appearances (69)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
7 Nov 1992 Queen's Park 0–1 Arbroath Second Division1992-93 W
31 Oct 1992 Stranraer 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1992-93 L
20 Oct 1992 Berwick Rangers 1–0 Arbroath Scottish Challenge Cup1992-93 L
17 Oct 1992 Stenhousemuir 1–3 Arbroath Second Division1992-93 W
26 Sep 1992 Arbroath 3–4 Montrose Second Division1992-93 L
19 Sep 1992 Arbroath 1–3 East Fife Second Division1992-93 L
12 Sep 1992 Alloa 0–2 Arbroath Second Division1992-93 W
22 Aug 1992 Arbroath 4–5 East Stirling Second Division1992-93 L
12 Aug 1992 Arbroath 0–4 Aberdeen Scottish League Cup1992-93 L
8 Aug 1992 Arbroath 0–0 Brechin City Second Division1992-93 D
1 Aug 1992 Stenhousemuir 2–3 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1992-93 W
27 Jul 1992 Arbroath 1–2 St Johnstone Forfarshire Cup1992-93 L
2 May 1992 Dumbarton 1–1 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 D
25 Apr 1992 Berwick Rangers 3–2 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 L
18 Apr 1992 Arbroath 1–3 Alloa Second Division1991-92 L
11 Apr 1992 Arbroath 0–3 Queen of South Second Division1991-92 L
4 Apr 1992 Brechin City 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 L
28 Mar 1992 Arbroath 1–0 Cowdenbeath Second Division1991-92 W
15 Feb 1992 Stranraer 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 L
8 Feb 1992 Arbroath 3–0 Clyde Second Division1991-92 W
1 Feb 1992 Arbroath 2–0 Stenhousemuir Second Division1991-92 W
25 Jan 1992 Queen of South 0–2 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 W
14 Jan 1992 Clyde 2–0 Arbroath Scottish Cup1991-92 L
11 Jan 1992 Arbroath 0–0 East Fife Second Division1991-92 D
28 Dec 1991 Arbroath 1–0 Dumbarton Second Division1991-92 W
14 Dec 1991 Queen's Park 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 L
7 Dec 1991 Albion Rovers 0–2 Arbroath Scottish Cup1991-92 W
23 Nov 1991 East Stirling 1–1 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 D
16 Nov 1991 Arbroath 1–1 Berwick Rangers Second Division1991-92 D
9 Nov 1991 Stranraer 2–0 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 L

Goals scored (6)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
27 Jul 1992 Arbroath 1–2 St Johnstone Forfarshire Cup1992-93 L 75′
2 May 1992 Dumbarton 1–1 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 D 53′
1 Feb 1992 Arbroath 2–0 Stenhousemuir Second Division1991-92 W 72′
1 Oct 1991 Stenhousemuir 3–2 Arbroath Scottish Challenge Cup1991-92 L 59′
10 Aug 1991 Albion Rovers 0–1 Arbroath Second Division1991-92 W 51′
27 Apr 1991 Queen of South 6–1 Arbroath Second Division1990-91 L 37′