Kevin Twaddle | |
Birth Date: | 1971 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Position: | Winger/Forward |
Youthyears1: | 1992–1994 |
Youthclubs1: | Dunbar United |
Years1: | 1994–1996 |
Years2: | 1996–1998 |
Years3: | 1998–1999 |
Years4: | 1999–2002 |
Years5: | 2002 |
Years6: | 2002–2003 |
Years7: | 2003–2004 |
Years8: | 2004–2006 |
Clubs5: | → Ayr United (loan) |
Clubs8: | Penicuik Athletic |
Caps1: | 51 |
Goals1: | 10 |
Caps2: | 32 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Caps3: | 46 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Caps4: | 71 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Caps5: | 1 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Caps6: | 8 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Caps7: | 3 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 21:12, 2 October 2009 (UTC) |
Kevin Twaddle (born 31 October 1971 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional footballer.
A forward, Twaddle began his career with junior club Dunbar United where he made 45 appearances and scored 23 goals. He entered senior football when he signed for St Johnstone in 1994.[1] He remained at McDiarmid Park for two years, making 51 league appearances and finding the net on ten occasions. In 1996, he joined Raith Rovers in an £80,000 deal.[1] He made 32 appearances for Rovers in two years, scoring four goals.
He moved to Morton in 1998 for a fee of £150,000, but his stay at Cappielow was brief.[1] Scottish Premier League club Motherwell signed him later that year, also for £150,000.[1] Twaddle signed for Heart of Midlothian, the club he supported as a boy, in June 2002.[2] He only played eight league games for the Jambos in his twelve months with the Edinburgh side.
In 2003, he joined St Mirren, but again his stay was a short one, and he moved on after making only three appearances. Twaddle joined Scottish junior club Penicuik Athletic in the summer of 2004.[3] [4]
Twaddle published an autobiography in 2012 which detailed his gambling addiction which cost him over £1 million; he has since campaigned for changes to the law surrounding gambling advertising.[5] [6]