Alex Bone (footballer) explained

Alex Bone
Birth Date:26 December 1971
Birth Place:Stirling, Scotland
Position:Forward
Years1:1992–1995
Years2:1995–1999
Years3:1999–2000
Years4:2000
Years5:2000
Years6:2000–2003
Years7:2003
Years8:2003–2004
Years9:2004–2007
Years10:2007–2008
Years11:2008–2009
Years12:2009–2010
Years13:2010–2012
Clubs1:St Mirren
Clubs2:Stirling Albion
Clubs3:Ayr United
Clubs4:Stirling Albion (loan)
Clubs5:Ross County (loan)
Clubs6:Ross County
Clubs7:Peterhead
Clubs8:Elgin City
Clubs9:Clachnacuddin
Clubs10:Forres Mechanics
Clubs11:Muir of Ord Rovers
Clubs12:Golspie Sutherland
Clubs13:Kinnoull
Caps1:72
Caps2:113
Caps3:9
Caps4:9
Caps5:6
Caps6:71
Caps7:14
Caps8:37
Goals1:8
Goals2:61
Goals3:2
Goals4:4
Goals5:4
Goals6:25
Goals7:9
Goals8:18

Alexander Bone (born 26 December 1971) is a Scottish retired footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Bone began his career with St Mirren before moving to Stirling Albion in the mid-1990s. Bone went on to score more than a goal every two games for the Albion before winning an £80,000 move to Ayr United in 1999. Despite scoring on his début for Ayr, Bone spent the final few months of the season on loan, spending time back at Stirling and then latterly at Ross County. Such was his impact at County – he scored in the final four matches of the season – that he moved there on a permanent deal for the start of the next season. Months into his permanent spell, Bone received a five-match ban for accumulating three red cards in a match.[1] Bone stayed at Victoria Park until early 2003 when he moved to Peterhead on a short-term deal, before spending just over a year with Elgin City.[2] Shortly into the 2004-05 season, Bone joined Clachnacuddin, spending three years with The Lilywhites. In the summer of 2007, Bone moved on to Forres Mechanics. In 2008, Bone left Forres for Muir of Ord Rovers in the North Caledonian League before joining league rivals Golspie Sutherland the season after, before heading back South to join Kinnoull.

In a 2004 poll by the BBC, Bone came third in a vote to find Stirling Albion's all-time hero.[3]

Bone is the nephew of former Scotland player Jimmy Bone.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bone handed five-match ban. 23 November 2000. BBC Sport. 10 October 2008.
  2. News: Stranraer raid on Maryhill. 10 June 2003. BBC Sport. 10 October 2008.
  3. News: Stirling Albion's cult heroes . 10 December 2004. BBC Sport. 10 October 2008.
  4. News: Sting will be spur to Hibs. Robertson. Rob. The Herald. Glasgow. 23 January 1999. The visitors will be hoping strikers Ally Graham and Alex Bone, nephew of the Dundee assistant manager, Jimmy Bone. 19 February 2011.