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Alan Lithgow (born 12 March 1988) is a Scottish professional association football player who currently plays for Scottish League One side Airdrieonians. ==Career== Born in Bellshill, Lithgow began his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, joining from youth side East Kilbride Burgh in 2004. Lithgow made his competitive debut for Hearts in a 4–0 League Cup win over Alloa Athletic in September 2006, appearing as a second-half substitute for the injured Hristos Karipidis.〔(Alloa Athletic 0–4 Hearts ), BBC Sport, 20 September 2006.〕 This was not, however, Lithgow's first involvement with the first team squad: he was an unused substitute on his 17th birthday back in the 2004–05 season, when a flu epidemic forced the Edinburgh club to promote numerous members of their U19 side to the first team squad for a match with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.〔Kiddie, Paul. (Birthday boy gets slice of the cake ), ''Edinburgh Evening News'', 15 March 2005.〕 He made three appearances for Stirling Albion in a loan spell during the latter part of the 2007–08 season. He was released by Hearts in August 2008. He trained with Clyde, and appeared in reserve team matches, before signing a short term deal until the end of the year on 29 October 2008.〔(Lithgow signs short term deal ) Clyde FC Official Website – Retrieved 29 October 2008〕 He made his Clyde debut in a 2–2 draw with St. Johnstone in November 2008.〔(Clyde 2–2 St Johnstone ) BBC Sport – Retrieved 15 November 2008〕 Lithgow's contract was terminated in June 2009, following Clyde's relegation and financial troubles, however, in July 2009, he signed a new one-month contract with the club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=One month deals for trio )〕 Lithgow was in fine form for Clyde during the season, and ended the campaign winning three Player of the Year awards. Following relegation to the Third Division, Lithgow turned down the offer of a new contract, and left the club in May 2010. Despite a trial with Greenock Morton FC, he was not offered a full-time contract and returned to Clyde for the 2010–11 season. He rejected the offer of a new contract in May 2011, and left the club again.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player news )〕 On 21 June 2011, Lithgow signed a contract with Dumbarton, in two seasons he made sixty-three league appearances and scored a total of five goals for the club. In the summer of 2013 he signed for Ayr United. In 2014, Lithgow signed for Stenhousemuir, staying with the side for one season before joining Scottish League One rivals Airdrieonians in June 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Lithgow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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