Pat Scullion

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.

Pat Scullion

Personal information
Full name	James Patrick Scullion
Date of birth	(1986-03-02) 2 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s)	Utility player
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Dunfermline Athletic	1	(0)
2005	Elgin City	12	(2)
2006–2008	Cowdenbeath	63	(6)
2008–2009	Alloa Athletic	28	(1)
2009–2011	Stenhousemuir	38	(4)
2011–2014	Clyde	92	(10)
2014–2016	Cowdenbeath	30	(1)
2016–2017	Alloa Athletic	1	(0)
2016–2017	→ Berwick Rangers (loan)	5	(1)
2017	Berwick Rangers	28	(1)
2018	Edinburgh City	17	(1)
2018–2019	Cowdenbeath	4	(1)
2019	Gala Fairydean Rovers
2019–2020	Linlithgow Rose
2020–2022	Inverkeithing	30	(3)
Managerial career
2022	Inverkeithing
2023–2025	East Stirlingshire
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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,^[1] having left Clyde on 27 August 2014.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] With his contract at Recreation Park about to expire, Scullion moved to Berwick permanently on 27 January 2017.^[5] After just under a year, Berwick announced that he had left the club by mutual consent.^[6] Scullion was without a club for just a short period of time, signing for fellow League Two side Edinburgh City on 1 January 2018,^[7] before being released at the end of the season.^[8] 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.^[9]

Scullion signed with Linlithgow Rose on 29 June 2019^[10] and left the club on 2 November 2020.^[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dunfermline Athletic	2004–05[12]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Elgin City	2005–06[12]	Scottish Third Division	12	2	1	0	1	0	1[a]	0	15	2
Cowdenbeath	2005–06[12]	Scottish Third Division	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2006–07[13]	Scottish Second Division	24	3	4	0	2	0	1[a]	0	31	3
	2007–08[14]		29	3	1	0	2	0	3[b]	1	35	4
	Total		63	6	5	0	4	0	4	1	76	7
Alloa Athletic	2008–09[15]	Scottish Second Division	28	1	2	0	2	0	1[a]	0	33	1
Stenhousemuir	2009–10[16]	Scottish Second Division	29	3	2	0	1	0	1[a]	0	33	3
	2010–11[17]		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	Total		37	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	41	4
Clyde	2010–11	Scottish Third Division	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	3
	2011–12		21	1	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	23	1
	2012–13		23	5	2	0	1	0	1[a]	0	27	5
	2013–14	Scottish League Two	29	1	4	0	0	0	2[c]	0	35	1
	Total		92	10	6	0	2	0	4	0	104	9
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
	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)	2016–17	League Two	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Berwick Rangers			16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	2017–18		8	0	1	1	3	1	2[a]	0	14	2
	Total		29	2	1	1	3	1	2	0	35	4
Career totals			315	26	20	1	13	1	13	1	362	29

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and a goal in the Second Division play-offs
3. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and one in the League One play-offs