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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wight | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-12-11) 11 December 1973 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000-2006 | Dumbarton | 43 | (0) |
| 2006 | Beith Juniors | ||
| 2006-2008 | Livingston | ||
| 2009-2010 | Stranraer | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Wight (born 11 December 1973) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Stranraer and Dumbarton.
Career
Wight spent six seasons with Dumbarton, his debut coming in a 3–2 home defeat to Hamilton Accies on 14 October 2000. He went on to make 43 appearances for the Sons, most notably displacing John Hillcoat to take the number 1 jersey for the latter half of the 2001–2002 season and saved the injury time penalty which assured Sons of promotion.
While playing for Beith Juniors, Wight had an unsuccessful trial with Stranraer in 2006.
Following a spell at Livingston, he eventually went on to sign for Stranraer but was used mostly as a substitute.
Personal life
As of 2006, Wight worked in the whisky industry.
Honours
Dumbarton
- Scottish Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 2001-02
References
- "Dumbarton 2-3 Hamilton Accies". BBC. 14 October 2000.
- "Two sign up - but still no boss..." thefootballnetwork.net. 5 June 2002.
- "FOOTBALL: KEEPER WIGHT HAPPY TO REKINDLE GLOVE AFFAIR WITH BEITH". Daily Record. 22 September 2006.
- "Jon Wight". ESPN.
- "BELL'S SFL THIRD DIVISION 2001-02". SPFL.
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