Gavin Reilly

Gavin Christopher Reilly (born 10 May 1993) is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership side Livingston.

Gavin Reilly
Personal information
Full name Gavin Christopher Reilly[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Livingston
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Queen of the South 111 (39)
2010–2011 → Gretna 2008 (loan)
2015–2017 Heart of Midlothian 28 (4)
2016–2017 → Dunfermline Ath (loan) 22 (1)
2017–2018 St Mirren 35 (11)
2018–2020 Bristol Rovers 34 (4)
2019–2020 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 21 (4)
2020–2021 Carlisle United 16 (0)
2021– Livingston 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:47, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Queen of the South

Reilly arrived through the youth ranks of Dumfries club Queen of the South, signing a professional contract before the start of the 2010–11 season.[3] He made his competitive first-team debut on 31 July 2010, in a 5–1 Scottish League Cup first round win versus Dumbarton as an 83rd-minute substitute for Derek Holmes. Reilly marked the occasion by scoring the team's fifth and final goal of the match.[4] Reilly's league debut was as an 86th minute substitute in the season's opening 1–0 away defeat away to Dundee.[5]

Reilly scored 15 goals in 22 starts during the 2012–13 season and then scored 12 goals in 19 league starts in the 2013–14 season. In August 2014, he went on trial with English Championship club Brentford.[6]

Heart of Midlothian

On 23 June 2015, it was announced that Reilly had signed a three-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, with an undisclosed development fee being paid to Queen of the South.[7] The announcement stated that Reilly had scored 44 first team goals in over 140 games, including over 80 starting appearances since his debut as a 17-year-old.[8][9] He scored his first goal for Hearts on 12 August 2015, in a 2–0 win versus Motherwell from the penalty spot.

In June 2016, Reilly joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a year-long loan deal.[10] He had previously worked with Dunfermline manager Allan Johnston at Queen of the South, where he helped the club win the Scottish Second Division and also the 2013 Scottish Challenge Cup Final versus Partick Thistle in the 2012–13 season. Reilly's first appearance for the Pars was in a 3–0 victory at East End Park in the Scottish League Cup[11] and his first goal arrived in a 2–1 defeat away to Hibernian at Easter Road.[12] After the arrival of his former Queens strike-partner Nicky Clark from Bury at the end of August 2016, Reilly's remaining minutes on the pitch were restricted to second-half substitute appearances and he ended his season with the club, having scored 2 goals in 28 appearances.

St Mirren

Reilly signed a one-year deal with Scottish Championship club St Mirren on 12 June 2017.[13][14] He scored 22 goals in 44 games for Saints, as he helped fire them to the Scottish Championship title. Reilly left St Mirren at the end of the season when new manager Alan Stubbs opted to withdraw the offer of a new contract.[15]

Bristol Rovers

In July 2018, Reilly departed the Buddies and signed for Bristol Rovers on a free transfer.[16] On 22 September 2018, he scored his first league goal for the Pirates in the 7th minute at home to Coventry City in a 3–1 win.[17] In 2018–19 he featured in 35 competitive first team games, of which he started 16 in the league and was brought on as substitute 14 times. He was substituted in 13 of those league games that he started. From the 35 games in which he played he scored 4 goals.[18]

Reilly was not offered a new deal with the League One club at the end of the 2019–20 season.[19]

Cheltenham Town (loan)

On 1 August 2019, Reilly joined English League Two club Cheltenham Town on loan for the first half of the 2019-20 season.[20]

Carlisle United

On 4 August 2020, Reilly signed a one-year contract with Carlisle United following his release from Bristol Rovers.[21] On 5 January 2021, Reilly left Carlisle United via mutual consent.[22][23]

Livingston

On 5 January 2021, Reilly signed for Scottish Premiership side Livingston on an 18-month contract.[23][24]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen of the South 2010–11[25] Scottish First Division 1000000010
2011–12[26] 142200000162
2012–13[27] Scottish Second Division 301210313[lower-alpha 1]03713
2013–14[28] Scottish Championship 341220301[lower-alpha 1]04012
2014–15[29] 321332103[lower-alpha 2]03915
Total 1113983707013342
Gretna 2008 (loan) 2010–11[25] East of Scotland Football League 0000000000
Heart of Midlothian 2015–16[30] Scottish Premiership 284202000324
2016–17[31] 0000000000
Total 284202000324
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2016–17[31] Scottish Championship 22120202[lower-alpha 1]0282
St Mirren 2017–18[32] 35112543334422
Bristol Rovers 2018–19[33] League One 30400104[lower-alpha 3]0354
2019–20[34] 4000000040
Total 344001040394
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2019–20[34] League Two 214100000224
Carlisle United 2020–21[35] 16020102[lower-alpha 3]1211
Livingston 2020–21[35] Scottish Premiership 3000100040
Career total 2706317819417432379
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Premiership play-offs
  3. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Carlisle United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 18. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Gavin Reilly player profile". Bristol Rovers F.C. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. "Qosstats.info".
  4. "Qosstats.info".
  5. "Qosstats.info".
  6. "Queen of the South hoping to hold on to top players for promotion play-off push". Daily Record. Scotland. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. "Hearts sign Queen of the South striker Gavin Reilly". skysports.com. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  8. "QosFC: Gavin is a Jambo".
  9. Hearts: Striker Gavin Reilly agrees three-year deal, BBC Sport
  10. "Gavin Reilly joins Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  11. "Dunfermline 3 Arbroath 0". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  12. McLaughlin, Brian (13 August 2016). "Hibernian 2 – 1 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  13. "St Mirren sign Gavin Reilly". St Mirren. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  14. Charters, Ronnie (12 June 2017). "St Mirren sign striker Gavin Reilly on one-year deal". STV News. STV. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  15. Parks, Gordon (19 June 2018). "Gavin Reilly stunned by St Mirren exit as Alan Stubbs rips up striker's contract offer". dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. "Gavin Reilly: Bristol Rovers sign former St Mirren striker". BBC Sport. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  17. "Bristol Rovers 3–1 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 22 September 2018.
  18. Gavin Reilly on Soccerway
  19. "Retained List Announced". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  20. "Gavin Reilly: Cheltenham Town sign Bristol Rovers striker on loan". BBC Sport. 1 August 2019.
  21. "CONTRACT: Gretna-born forward joins United". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  22. Hall, Andy (5 January 2021). "CLUB: Striker moves on". carlisleunited.co.uk.
  23. Colman, Jon (5 January 2021). "Striker Gavin Reilly joins Livingston after Carlisle United departure". newsandstar.co.uk.
  24. "Livingston sign striker Gavin Reilly from Carlisle United". BBC Sport. 5 January 2021.
  25. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  26. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  27. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  28. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  29. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  30. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  31. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  32. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  33. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  34. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  35. "Games played by Gavin Reilly in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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