| Ray McStay | |
| Fullname: | Raymond James McStay |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, Scotland |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Celtic Boys Club |
| Years1: | 1987–1995 |
| Clubs1: | Celtic |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1995–1996 |
| Clubs2: | Hamilton Academical |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 1996 |
| Clubs3: | →Hereford United (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1996–1997 |
| Clubs4: | Cardiff City |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
Raymond James McStay (born 18 May 1970) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
McStay began his career at Celtic, where his older brothers Willie and Paul, as well as his great-uncles Willie and Jimmy had already played. A product of Celtic Boys Club, McStay signed professional forms at the same time as youth teammate Gerry Creaney.[1] Despite being regularly mentioned as having a big future at the club McStay had to wait until the 1992–93 season before being called into the Celtic first team and even then he only made the bench for a single league game against St Johnstone and was not called upon to play.[2]
McStay left Celtic in January 1995 to sign for Hamilton Academical on a free transfer. He made 30 league appearances in nearly two years at the club although he spent summer of 1996 having an unsuccessful trial with Stade Lavallois.[3] He subsequently had a trial with Wycombe Wanderers and was poised to sign for the club in October 1996 but the move fell through for undisclosed reasons.[4] In late 1996 he was loaned to Hereford United where he did not play a league game before, during the 1996–97 season, playing a single game for Cardiff City. McStay quit football soon after this.[5]
In summer 1997, whilst on honeymoon in the Dominican Republic, McStay was admitted to hospital with severe stomach cramps and fever and was reported as suffering a "mystery illness"[6] and was described as critically ill.[7]
McStay was the UK commercial director of Midgibyte, a Glasgow-based design consultancy business run by Paul McStay.[8] He now works at a Glasgow digital agency called MadeBrave.