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Fullname: Stephen Joseph McCahill
aka: Steve McCahill
Born: 3 Sep 1966
Birthplace: Greenock
Signed: 31 Jan 1989
Left: Aug 1992 (free)
Position: Centre-half
Debut: Dundee 0-3 Celtic, League, 25 Feb 1989
Internationals: none

Biog

Signed from Dumbarton for £100,000 in January 1989 Steve McCahill made his Celtic debut as a sub in a 3-0 league win at Dundee on February 25 that same year.

The centre-half was part of the Celtic team which lifted the Dubai Super Cup against Liverpool on April 4th 1989.

However on April 12th he broke his jaw in a game at Motherwell and despite making a fully recovery he was never really in the first team picture again. A joker may actually say he was lucky as Celtic entered the start of the barren years. After the 1989 Scottish Cup win, we didn't win a trophy again till 1995, and matters both on and off the park were to be very difficult.

Liam Brady's purchase of Gary Gillespie (a poor buy) was the likely death-knell for Steve's chances at Celtic.

He played out the majority of his career as captain of the reserve team before joining Morton in October 1992.

Playing Career

Honours with Celtic

none

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