Players

Marc McCallum

Position: Goalkeeper

Date Of Birth: 1993

Debut: v's Brechin City on 18/07/2017 in League Cup

Previous Clubs: Dundee United, Forfar Athletic (loan), Peterhead (loan), Berwick Rangers (loan), Arbroath (loan), Livingston (loan), Livingston, Plymouth Argyle

Marc McCallum is the only player in the squad to have been born in the town of Forfar.

He came through the youth ranks at Dundee United after previously being at Lochside Boys and Aberdeen. Had a loan spell at the club in 2012 before further moves to Peterhead and Berwick Rangers. He made his debut for United against Aberdeen in May 2014 but found himself out on loan again the next two seasons, to Arbroath and Livingston respectively.

He joined Livingston permanently in January 2016 and moved north again last season following a year at Plymouth Argyle.

Marc won the Player of the Year, Away Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year awards last season

Sam McGuff

Position: Goalkeeper

Date Of Birth: 2002

Date Signed: July 2019

Previous Clubs: Pitreavie Pumas, Raith Rovers

Cowdenbeath based goalkeeper Sam McGuff is the latest addition to Jim Weir’s squad having signed a one year contract.

Sam was formerly on the books of Raith Rovers and was their substitute goalkeeper in both play-off games against the Loons in May.

Jamie Bain

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 1991

Debut: v's Dumbarton on 16/07/2016 in League Cup

First Goal: v's Annan Athletic on 13/05/2017 in SPFL League One Playoff Semi Final

Previous Clubs: Gretna, Airdrieonians

Jamie Bain joined the Loons in 2016 from Airdrieonians. Bain has been almost ever present since joining, missing just six games in total and he netted his only goal in Forfar colours in the play-off semi final second leg at home to Annan in May 2017.

Bernard Coll

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 0000

Date Signed: January 2020

Previous Clubs:

The left sided full back was signed from East Kilbride for a nominal fee.

BJ as he is known has been with the Lowland League outfit since 2014, moving at the time from Queens Park.

Ross Meechan

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 0000

Birthplace: Glasgow

Date Signed: May 2018

Debut: v's Falkirk on 17/07/2018 in League Cup

Previous Clubs: St. Mirren, Partick Thistle

Ross Meechan joined the Loons in the close season from Stenhousemuir after helping them to promotion to League One via the play offs. The right back was at St Mirren and Partick in his youth career before joining the Warriors in 2014. He went on to make 163 appearances, scoring 5 goals in maroon before moving to Station Park.

George Stanger

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 0000

Previous Clubs:

Hamilton Accies defender George Stanger signed on a temporary transfer until the end of the current season.

The 19 year old who measures in at 6 feet 3 inches tall began his senior career with Stirling Albion’s youth set-up before moving to Hamilton in January of 2018.

He was then subsequently loaned back to Albion for the remainder of that campaign.

Earlier this season he made his first team debut for the Accies in a Lanarkshire derby against Motherwell, prior to heading out on loan to East Kilbride at the time managed by Stuart Malcolm.

Stuart has therefore been keen to secure his services for some weeks now and is glad to have got the deal over the line now that the registration window is open.

Thanks to his New Zealand born mother, George was able to represent that country at the FIFA Under 20 World Cup in Poland last summer.

Dunblane based, George’s father Tony is a former Scottish and British Lions international rugby player.

Michael Travis

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 1993

Birthplace: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Date Signed: January 2015

Debut: v's Stranraer on 10/01/2015 in SPFL League One

First Goal: v's Airdrieonians on 14/02/2015 in SPFL League One

Previous Clubs: Livingston, Arbroath, Forfar Athletic (trialist), Montrose (trialist)

Club captain who joined the Loons in January 2015 from Arbroath. Michael Travis started his senior career at Livingston but made just three appearances before signing for Arbroath in 2012. Travis unfortunately missed a year of action due to a knee injury in January 2016, but has recovered to become captain in October 2017.

Darren Whyte

Position: Defence

Date Of Birth: 1997

Birthplace: Stirling

Debut: v's East Fife on 23/09/2017 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

First Goal: v's Dumbarton on 17/11/2018 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

Previous Clubs: St Mirren

Another close season signing, the 21 year old is a St Mirren youth graduate and made four appearances for the Buddies first team, before spending the majority of last season on loan at the Loons. He signed permanently after his release by the Buddies in the summer.

Bobby Barr

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 0000

Previous Clubs:

Experienced midfielder Bobby Barr has signed from East Stirlingshire.

The 31 year old had made well over 400 league appearances for St. Johnstone, Albion Rovers, Livingston, Morton, Brechin City, Raith Rovers and Dumbarton up to the end of last season.

He then somewhat surprisingly turned down a new deal at the ‘Sons’ opting for Lowland League action with Shire.

He has been a regular throughout this campaign to date with the Falkirk Stadium based outfit but had intimated a yearning to return to SPFL action in the January window.

Stuart moved quickly to secure his services on an 18 month contract with a nominal fee exchanging hands.

Connor Coupe

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1999

Date Signed: July 2018

Debut: v's Falkirk on 17/07/2018 in League Cup

First Goal: v's Arbroath on 26/01/2019 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

Previous Clubs: Dundee Violet, Dundee

Dundonian, Connor Coupe was released by Dundee at the end of last season and featured in the Loons pre-season fixtures has signed a six month contract at Station Park.

Gary Irvine

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1985

Date Signed: February 2019

Debut: v's Airdrieonians on 09/02/2019 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

First Goal: v's Airdrieonians on 09/02/2019 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

Previous Clubs: Celtic, Ross County, St Johnstone, Dundee, St Mirren

Jordan Kirkpatrick

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1992

Birthplace: Rutherglen

Date Signed: May 2019

Debut: v's Brechin City on 13/07/2019 in League Cup

First Goal: v's Brechin City on 13/07/2019 in League Cup

Previous Clubs:

Robbie Leitch

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 0000

Birthplace: Swindon

Date Signed: January 2020

Previous Clubs:

Stuart Malcolm's sixth January addition to his squad is 21 year old midfield player Robbie Leitch on a temporary transfer from Falkirk.

Robbie, who has just put pen to paper on an extended contract with the ‘Bairns’, moves to Station Park till the end of the current season.

He is the son of Scott Leitch who plied his trade in Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic, Hearts and Motherwell.

Robbie born in Swindon while his dad made over 100 appearances for the Wiltshire club, also began his senior career at Fir Park appearing in their 2015-16 Scottish Youth Cup winning side before moving south of the border to Burnley, the Falkirk Stadium his next port of call.

Murray Mackintosh

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1997

Debut: v's Dumbarton on 16/07/2016 in League Cup

First Goal: v's Stenhousemuir on 25/08/2018 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

Previous Clubs:

Murray Mackintosh, who can play in either defence or midfield, broke into the squad in 2016/17 after a successful time in the U20 team. The Kilwinning born youngster previously played for youth team Bonnyton Thistle.

Scott Robertson

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1985

Date Signed: June 2019

Debut: v's Brechin City on 13/07/2019 in League Cup

Previous Clubs: Dundee, Dundee United, Blackpool, Hibernian, Botosani, Raith Rovers, Brechin City

Vastly experienced Dundee born and based, Scott Robertson made over a century of first team appearances for both Dundee and Dundee United over a near ten year period from 2003, before spells with Blackpool, Hibernian, Romanian outfit Botosani and Raith Rovers.

He also picked up a couple of Scotland caps in that time.

The thirty four year old gave up the playing side of the game at the commencement of last season to take up a full time coaching role at Tannadice.

When that did not work out as he had hoped and anticipated, Scott put his boots back on again to assist Brechin City in the latter part of the 2018/19 season.

Callum Tapping

Position: Midfield

Date Of Birth: 1993

Birthplace: London

Date Signed: June 2019

Debut: v's Montrose on 20/07/2019 in League Cup

Previous Clubs:

Midfield player Callum Tapping was Jim Weir’s sixth ‘summer’ signing.

London born, Callum moved with his parents to Stirlingshire a the age of six and spent time within the youth academy’s at Celtic, Hamilton and Hearts, before signing a professional contract with the Tynecastle club in 2012.

During his spell in the Capital City, Callum made thirty first team appearances as well as three for the Scotland Under 19 side also picking up one Under 21 cap.

From Hearts it was on to a first spell with our neighbours Brechin City prior to a move to Queen of the South.

His time at Palmerston was plagued with injury and he returned to a further stint at Glebe Park last term.

Matthew Aitken

Position: Forward

Date Of Birth: 1997

Debut: v's Airdrieonians on 16/04/2016 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

First Goal: v's Ayr United on 30/12/2017 in SPFL Ladbrokes League One

Previous Clubs:

Young striker who has stepped up from the U20 squad. Matthew Aitken made his debut in April 2016 as a sub against Airdrie and made a further four appearances from the bench in 2016/17. Last season he made his mark under Jim Weir, netting seven goals in 35 appearances.

Steven Doris

Position: Forward

Date Of Birth: 0000

Date Signed: January 2020

Previous Clubs:

Perth based forward, Steven Doris began his senior career in 2005 at McDiarmid Park and has since worn the colours of Montrose on loan, Arbroath both on loan and on a permanent basis, Dundee and Stirling Albion.

He has made in excess of 300 senior appearances netting around a century of goals.

Ryan Shanley

Position: Forward

Date Of Birth: 0000

Previous Clubs:

Hibernian striker Ryan Shanley has signed on a temporary transfer until the end of the season.