Stuart Gauld

Stuart Gauld (born 26 March 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who played as both a full back and a center back.

Stuart Gauld
Stuart Gauld in 2007
Personal information
Full name Stuart Thomas Gauld
Date of birth (1964-03-26) 26 March 1964
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
–1981 Salvesen Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Heart of Midlothian 17 (0)
1985–1987 Derry City 23 (2)
1987 St Patrick's Athletic 3 (0)
1987–1995 Derry City 16 (0)
1995–1996 Glenavon 1 (0)
1996–1998 Finn Harps 53 (2)
1998–1999 Derry City 22 (0)
1999–2002 Omagh Town ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2013

During his career, Gauld played for Salvesen Boys Club, Hearts, Derry City FC, St. Patrick's Athletic, Glenavon FC, Finn Harps FC, then to his final stretch at Derry City FC, before completing his career at Omagh Town FC.

In a 1988/89 League of Ireland Cup quarter final game at Athlone Town Gauld replaced the injured Tim Dalton in a penalty shoot out and saved Stephen Yeates' penalty before scoring the winning penalty.

He made his League of Ireland debut at Monaghan for Derry on 1 December 1985. His first goal came on 15 December 1987 at Finn Park. His 100th competitive appearance came in a 1–0 loss to Shamrock Rovers on 2 April 1989.

Gauld represented the League of Ireland at Inter-League level.

Trivia

Gauld once appeared in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest successful run of penalties taken in football.

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