Graeme Armstrong

Graeme Armstrong

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-06-23) 23 June 1956
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Defender, Left-Winger
Youth career
	Haddington Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975	Meadowbank Thistle	1	(0)
1975–1981	Stirling Albion	204	(24)
1981–1983	Berwick Rangers	83	(12)
1983–1992	Meadowbank Thistle	353	(37)
1992–2000	Stenhousemuir	268	(4)
2000–2001	Alloa Athletic	1	(0)
Total		910	(77)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Stenhousemuir
2005–2011	Newtongrange Star
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graeme Armstrong (born 23 June 1956) is a retired Scottish footballer. He is best known for the longevity of his playing career, which encompassed a Scottish record figure of 910 league appearances over a 26-year period between 1975 and 2001. Including cup matches, Armstrong is one of a select number of players who have amassed over 1,000 career appearances.

Born in Edinburgh, Armstrong began his career in the non-leagues in Scotland, playing once as a trialist for Meadowbank Thistle, before being signed by Stirling Albion in 1975, making his league debut on 26 April 1975. Over the next 6 seasons "Louis" played in 204 games for the Yo-Yo's before being transferred to Berwick Rangers and then spending 10 years at Meadowbank Thistle. He then moved on to Stenhousemuir, where he later became manager and guided the side to promotion. He was sacked in April 2000, with Stenhousemuir battling relegation and joined Alloa Athletic as assistant-manager, also registering as a player, the following day. He played just once for Alloa, as a substitute in April 2001, at the age of 44 years, before retiring. He was dismissed by Alloa in January 2003 as part of a drive to cut costs.

In 2005, Armstrong was voted Stenhousemuir's all-time cult hero by viewers of BBC's Football Focus.

In 2007, he guided Newtongrange to the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region, South Division championship and promotion to the Premier League.

On April 8, Graeme Armstrong resigned from his post as manager of Junior side Newtongrange Star after 6 years.