Lex Baillie Explained

Lex Baillie
Birth Date:6 July 1966
Birth Place:Hamilton, Scotland
Position:Central defender
Youthclubs1:Burnbank Boys Club
Youthyears2:1982–1987
Youthclubs2:Celtic
Years1:1987–1991
Clubs1:Celtic
Caps1:32
Goals1:1
Years2:1990
Clubs2:Toronto Blizzard (loan)
Caps2:22
Goals2:3
Years3:1991–1993
Clubs3:St Mirren
Caps3:56
Goals3:4
Years4:1993–1994
Clubs4:Dunfermline Athletic
Caps4:15
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:103
Totalgoals:5

Lex Baillie (born 6 July 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Born in Hamilton, Baillie played for Burnbank Boys Club, Celtic, St Mirren and Dunfermline Athletic.[1] After retiring as a player, Baillie became a police officer,[2] and was the subject of a 2007 TV documentary.[3]

Baillie is the son of sports journalist and former Rangers player, Doug Baillie.[4]

Playing career

Baillie signed for Celtic from Burnbank Boys Club in August 1982. After several years in the youth team and reserves, he made his first team debut on 22 December 1987 in a 2–0 away win over Falkirk in the league.[5] Baillie went on to make 13 appearances in the league that season (1987–88) for Celtic,[6] playing in 2-0 (at Parkhead)[7] and 2-1 (at Ibrox)[8] wins over Rangers, and helped the club to the League Championship title.[9] He failed to establish himself as a regular in the team after that though, and spent the summer of 1990 on loan at Toronto Blizzard in the Canadian Soccer League.[10]

In June 1991, Baillie left Celtic to join St Mirren for a fee of £90,000.[11] He spent two seasons at Love Street before being released in the summer of 1993. Baillie then signed for Dunfermline in August 1993 on a one-year contract,[12] before retiring from football at the end of that season.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  2. Web site: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Lex Baillie; Lawman Lex pounds well-trodden beat. 10 November 1997. The Mirror.
  3. Web site: From The Top - Lex Baillie. Juniper TV. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090101161803/http://www.junipertv.co.uk/zFTT2Lex.html. 1 January 2009.
  4. Web site: Ex-Bhoy reports for duty; OLD FIRM DERBY SPECIAL: Rangers v Celtic. 24 April 2005. Sunday Mirror.
  5. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  6. Web site: Celtic Player Alexander Grace Details. www.fitbastats.com.
  7. http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=4167 Celtic team line-up v Rangers 2 January 1988
  8. http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/game.php?gameid=4179 Celtic team line-up v Rangers 20 March 1988
  9. Web site: Celtic Honours . 6 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130314003742/http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s9_3 . 14 March 2013 . dead .
  10. Web site: Lex Baillie soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
  11. Web site: Mercer cuts off the cash flow to Jordan . The Herald. Glasgow . 7 June 1991 . 8 August 2013.
  12. Web site: Baillie joins Fifers . The Herald. Glasgow . 10 August 1993 . 6 August 2013.
  13. Web site: Lex Baillie . The Herald. Glasgow . 5 July 1994 . 8 August 2013.