Graeme Holmes

Graeme Holmes (born 26 March 1984 in Motherwell) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Edinburgh City.[1]

Graeme Holmes

Personal information
Full name	Graeme Holmes
Date of birth	(1984-03-26) 26 March 1984
Place of birth	Motherwell, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Edinburgh City
Youth career
	Dundee United Youths
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Dundee United	3	(0)
2004–2005	→Dumbarton (loan)	12	(1)
2005–2008	Airdrie United	69	(5)
2008–2010	Dunfermline Athletic	24	(0)
2010–2011	Greenock Morton	25	(0)
2011–2017	Alloa Athletic	185	(15)
2017–2018	Albion Rovers	29	(0)
2018–2020	East Kilbride
2020–	Edinburgh City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:30, 31 January (UTC)

Career

Holmes began his career with Dundee United but made only four appearances (three in the league), all as substitute. A loan spell at Dumbarton[2] for the first part of the 2004–05 season brought him twelve games, but he played no further matches on his return to Tannadice and was released in September 2005.[3] Two months later, he signed for Airdrie Utd.

In May 2008, Holmes left Airdrie to join Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic joining up with manager Jim McIntyre, whom he played with while at Dundee United.[4][5]

Unfortunately injury affected his time at the Pars and he was released at the end of the 2009–10 season, moving on to Greenock Morton,[6] where his father Jim Holmes is considered a legend.

Holmes was released in May 2011, after one season at Morton. Within a month, Holmes had signed for relegated Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Football League Third Division.[7] Holmes spent six years with Alloa, before signing for fellow Scottish League One side Albion Rovers on 2 June 2017.

Holmes signed for Lowland League team East Kilbride after his spell with Albion Rovers before moving to Edinburgh City in January 2020.[1]

Personal life

Graeme's father, Jimmy Holmes was also a footballer who played professionally for Partick Thistle, Morton, Falkirk, Alloa and Arbroath.[8]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2015[9]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundee United	2003–04	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2004–05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Dumbarton (loan)	2004–05	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
Airdrie United	2005–06	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
	2006–07	35	3	1	0	2	0	3	0	41	3
	2007–08	19	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	29	2
	Total	69	5	5	0	3	0	10	0	87	5
Dunfermline Athletic	2008–09	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
	2009–10	17	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	22	0
	Total	24	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	31	1
Greenock Morton	2010–11	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
Alloa Athletic	2011–12	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	36	3
	2012–13	33	8	1	0	1	0	5	0	40	8
	2013–14	34	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	40	3
	2014–15	30	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	37	0
	Total	131	13	5	1	6	0	11	0	153	14
Career total		242	13	14	2	11	0	17	0	284	15

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the Scottish Challenge Cup, 2006–07 Scottish First Division play-offs, 2007–08 Scottish First Division play-offs & 2012–13 Scottish First Division play-offs.

Honours

• Scottish Third Division: 2011–12

References

1. "Welcome Graeme Holmes". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
2. "United youngsters on loan". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
3. "Hearts board halt MacFarlane move". BBC Sport. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
4. "New Boys at Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
5. "Three new faces for Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
6. "Holmes joins new faces at Morton". BBC Sport. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
7. "Alloa add three more". Scottish Football League. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
8. "Alloa Athletic FC - 1st Team Squad: Graeme Holmes". Alloa Athletic. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
9. "Graeme Holmes Stats". Soccerbase.

External links

• Graeme Holmes at Soccerbase