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Ryan McGuffie played two trial games for home town club Queen of the South when he started at home against Barnsley and played as a sub at Southport in the pre season of 2002/03. His brother, Russell, played one league game for Queens in 1999. Russell signed from the QOS youth side. Guested for Shamrock Rovers in a friendly against Hibs in July 2005 . McGuffie previously played for Gretna and scored Gretna's goal in the 2006 Scottish Cup Final. He scored from a rebound after Craig Gordon had parried McGuffie's penalty kick. This qualified Gretna for European competition for the first time ever. However they were hammered 5-1 at home by Derry City in the UEFA Cup, McGuffie scoring Gretna's goal. In the January transfer window of the 2007 - 2008 season, McGuffie made the move from the going defunct Gretna to Scottish Football League Second Division champions Greenock Morton. He would soon be joined by his manager (Davie Irons), assistant manager (Derek Collins) and a host of his former team-mates as Gretna played out their final days in the Scottish Premier League. Started the first six weeks of the season 2007 - 2008 in goal scoring form, having scored five goals in Morton's start to the cup competitions. |
