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Date of Birth: Thursday, 3rd December 1964,
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
International Caps 23
International Goals 0

Playing Career

Years	Club	Appearances	Goals
1981-88	Dundee	162	8
1988-94	Hearts	206	6
1994-99	Celtic	99	0
1998	Stoke City	3	0
1999-00	Grasshoppers
2000	Kilmarnock	15	0

Celtic Career Review


Thomas Valley McKinlay was already a veteran of the Scottish football scene when he finally arrived at his first love Celtic on November 2nd 1994.

The Glasgow born full-back was just a month short of his 30th birthday when he moved to Celtic in a £350,000 move from Hearts, who he had joined in 1988 after a near 7-year spell with Dundee. A former Scotland Under-21 international McKinlay may not have been the most glamorous of signings but Celtic boss Tommy Burns believed the left-back would give his side some much needed balance by allowing Tom Boyd to play in his favoured right-back berth.

McKinlay would make his Hoops debut in a 2-2 league draw at Dundee United on Guy Fawkes night and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular. In the best Celtic traditions he was a full-back who loved to push forward and his deliveries from out wide were a vital weapon in attack.
No more so than in the 1995 Scottish Cup final when Pierre Van Hooijdonk was able to take advantage of a great McKinlay cross to score the only goal of the game and earn Celtic their first piece of silverware since 1989.

In many ways Tosh was the personification of Tommy Burns’ Celtic side. He was a passionate character, full of energy and always eager to attack. Alas such was his desire to get forward that he was on occasion guilty of defensive lapses. Tosh’s good form in a Celtic shirt would see him earn full international caps and despite a well publicised training ground bust up with new Bhoy Henrik Larsson (the pair quickly made up) he was also a member of the 1997/98 championship winning squad.

Tosh McKinlay would move on loan briefly to Stoke City and departed Parkhead fr good in 1999 for a short spell in Switzerland with Grasshoppers. He moved to Kilmarnock in 2000. A fully committed Celt he remains a popular figure among the support and after a spell as a player’s agent he now does media work for the club and – with his now trademark pinstripe suit - is a regular guest on Celtic TV.



Further Links
Tosh McKinlay Football Heroes Page
Tosh McKinlay Wikipedia Page
Tosh McKinlay Kerrydale Wiki Pics