Albino Rover Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 There was a short-lived Premiership thread about this not long ago, but as a follow-up, in a time of cash-grabbing journeymen, I've assigned myself the mission of celebrating the longest-serving first-team players at each club in the SPFL. I'm basing this on the length of each player's current spell at their club- cumulative spells count for nothing. They're allowed to have been loaned out. Under those rules, by my reckoning (guesswork) here is each club's longest-serving player (year of debut in brackets) (italics for players who are in their testimonial year or better): Aberdeen - Andrew Considine (2004) Celtic - Scott Brown (2007) Dundee - Kyle Benedictus (2008) Dundee Utd - Keith Watson (2006) Hamilton - Martin Canning (2008) ICT - Ryan Esson (2008) Kilmarnock - Manuel Pascali (2008) Motherwell - Keith Lasley (2006) Partick Thistle - Kris Doolan (2009) Ross County - Scott Boyd (2008) St. Johnstone - Steven Anderson (2004) St. Mirren - Marc McAusland (2010) Alloa - Kevin Cawley (signed in the same month as about half the current squad) (2011) Cowdenbeath - Kenny Adamson (2007) Dumbarton - Mark Gilhaney/Stephen Grindlay (2010) Falkirk - Keiran Duffie (2010) Hearts - Scott Robinson (2008) Hibs - Lewis Stevenson (2005) Livingston - Keaghan Jacobs (2007) QOTS - Stephen McKenna (2009) Raith Rovers - David McGurn/Laurie Ellis (2008) Rangers - Lee McCulloch (2007) Airdrie - Jamie Bain (2008) Ayr Utd - Martyn Campbell (2005) Brechin - Gerry McLauchlan/Craig Molloy (2010) Dunfermline - Ryan Thomson (2008) Forfar - Martyn Fotheringham (2007) Morton - Thomas O'Ware (2011) Peterhead - Callum MacDonald (2007) Stenny - Ross McMillan (2011) Stirling - Graham Weir (2012) Stranraer - David Mitchell (2009) Albion Rovers - Ciaran Donnelly (2005) Annan - Peter Watson (2008) Arbroath - Bobby Linn (2013) Berwick - Steven Notman (2009) Clyde - Iain Gray (2010) East Fife - Steven Campbell (2009) East Stirlingshire - Jamie Glasgow (2011) Elgin - Mark Nicolson (2007) Montrose - Alan Campbell (2009) Queen's Park - Tony Quinn (2001) I look forward to all 41 corrections I'm about to receive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You've got the Hibs one correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'd personally say Forsyth for Stirling but he did leave and come back, does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'd personally say Forsyth for Stirling but he did leave and come back, does that count? Did you even read the OP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Falkirk's seams right to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Duffie made his debut in 2010 right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WullieBroonIsGod Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 your East Fife one is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sorry mate, it's Sean Dickson's who's Stenhousemuir's longest-serving player - he's been at the club for seven years and made his senior debut on 30 January 2010 in a 2-2 draw at Brechin City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Did you even read the OP? It's pretty obvious that I did not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Seems no one has brought up that lee McCulloch has only played for rangers since 2012 when the newco were formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Berwick's longest-serving player is Steven Notman who joined us in 2009. He also played for us in 2006-07, loan from Hibs. Lee Currie joined in 2011, as did Darren Lavery. Ben Miller, a 'bit-part' man currently on loan at Arniston Rangers, also goes back several years through reserves/youths but made his first-team debut in about 2011 or 2012, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks for the corrections, gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Campbell is right for Ayr, dunno if he'll be with us next season though as injuries have really taken there toll on the big fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos123sam Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 david mclune and graham weir for stirling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Soccerbase says that McGeachie and Hamilton signed a few weeks before Weir, and several months before McClune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lanarkshire Jag Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thistle's one depends upon the criteria you are placing upon it. If it's longest serving player by length of making their debut then Kris Doolan is correct. If it's longest serving player from when they originally signed then Thistle's is Ryan Scully who signed on 10th June 2008 but did not make his debut until the final day of the 2010/11 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 I suppose it's not my place to say which of those two is the more loyal, but in his PT career Scully has made about 8 times more appearances for other clubs than for his parent employers. I'm surprised he's still at a top-flight club, he was mince for the Rovers. Was he a first team squad member as soon as he signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lanarkshire Jag Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I suppose it's not my place to say which of those two is the more loyal, but in his PT career Scully has made about 8 times more appearances for other clubs than for his parent employers. I'm surprised he's still at a top-flight club, he was mince for the Rovers. Was he a first team squad member as soon as he signed? He was third choice goalkeeper behind Johnny Tuffey and Craig Hinchcliffe, going onto the bench when there was an injury/Challenge Cup International Call Up clash. He mostly played in the reserves to begin with, but would have been in goals with a goalkeeping crisis. Ryan is still only 22, something which surprised me when I just checked it. He's been getting rave reviews from Dunfermline fans over the last two seasons, although I was surprised to see him return to East End Park this season; I'd hoped he would have went to a Championship side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos123sam Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Soccerbase says that McGeachie and Hamilton signed a few weeks before Weir, and several months before McClune.I thought this was who debuted first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos123sam Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Or it would be chris paton if not mclune or weir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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