Lee Dair Explained

Lee Dair
Birth Date:28 May 1977
Birth Place:Dunfermline, Scotland
Position:midfielder
Youthclubs1:Rangers BC
Years1:1993–1997
Clubs1:Rangers
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1997–1998
Clubs2:Raith Rovers
Caps2:25
Goals2:4
Years3:1998
Clubs3:Cowdenbeath
Caps3:3
Goals3:1
Years4:1998
Clubs4:Partick Thistle
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Years5:1998–1999
Clubs5:East Fife
Caps5:16
Goals5:5
Years6:1999–2002
Clubs6:Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Years7:2002–2003
Clubs7:Cowdenbeath
Caps7:13
Goals7:1
Years8:2003–2004
Clubs8:Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Years9:2004–2006
Clubs9:Linlithgow Rose
Years10:2006–2009
Clubs10:Ballingry Rovers
Years11:2009–2010
Clubs11:Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Years12:2010
Clubs12:Ballingry Rovers (player/manager)
Years13:2010–2014
Clubs13:Oakley United
Years14:2014
Clubs14:Ballingry Rovers (player/manager)
Years15:2014–2016
Clubs15:Lochore Welfare (player/manager)
Totalcaps:58
Totalgoals:11
Manageryears1:2010
Managerclubs1:Ballingry Rovers
Manageryears2:2014
Managerclubs2:Ballingry Rovers
Manageryears3:2014–2016
Managerclubs3:Lochore Welfare
Manageryears4:2018–2020
Managerclubs4:Dundonald Bluebell (manager/assistant manager)
Manageryears5:2020-2023
Managerclubs5:Hill of Beath Hawthorn(Assistant Manager)
Manageryears6:2023-2024
Managerclubs6:Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts(Management)
Club-Update:17:10, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Lee Dair (born 28 May 1977), is a Scottish former professional footballer. He has played in the Scottish Football League First Division for Raith Rovers and now coaches in the East of Scotland football leagues.

Career

Dair began his career with Rangers but never made a competitive appearance for the Ibrox club. He joined Raith Rovers in August 1997, succeeding his brother Jason who had just left Rovers for Millwall.[1] After trial appearances for Cowdenbeath and Partick Thistle, Dair joined East Fife in November 1998.[2]

Since 2003, Dair has had a long career in Junior football, his clubs including Hill of Beath Hawthorn, Linlithgow Rose, Ballingry Rovers and Oakley United.[3] [4]

After a brief spell as player-manager in 2010, Dair was appointed as manager of Ballingry for a second time in June 2014 but resigned the following October.[5] He became manager of fellow Fife side Lochore Welfare later the same month before leaving this position in the summer of 2016.[6] [7]

Dair is the nephew of the late Rangers and Scotland legend Jim Baxter, while his father Ian played for Cowdenbeath, and won the Scottish Junior Cup with Glenrothes in 1975.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Dair two be a star too. 29 July 2014. Daily Mirror. The Free Library. 30 August 1997.
  2. News: Second division. 29 July 2014. The Herald. 28 November 1998.
  3. News: McGoldrick. Kevin. Beath exit so tough - but I had to go for sake of career. 29 July 2014. Daily Record. 28 July 2004.
  4. News: McGoldrick. Kevin. Exorcise the Dair devil. 29 July 2014. Daily Record. 2 October 2009.
  5. News: Rovers under new management on two fronts. 10 July 2014. Central Fife Times. 10 July 2014.
  6. News: Hearts prove they are serious title challengers. 9 November 2014. Central Fife Times. 6 November 2014.
  7. News: Stark. Jim. New era for Welfare as Andy Healey takes over. 23 August 2016. Central Fife Times.
  8. Web site: Scottish Junior Cup Winners Medals. hillofbeathhawthorn.co.uk. Hill of Beath Hawthorn FC. 23 August 2016.