Alex O'Hara

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Alex O'Hara

● Alex O'Hara, 1979 (TRN) Alexander Clifford O'Hara was born on Sunday, 21st October, 1956, in Glasgow. The 5' 10 (10st 6lbs) midfielder signed for Bertie Auld's Thistle on Friday, 14th October, 1977, having most recently been with Rangers. Aged 20, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 15th October, 1977, in a 2-1 win at home to Dundee United in the SFL Premier Division. Alex scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 22nd October, 1977, in a 2-1 win away to Ayr United in the SFL Premier Division. He scored the last of his 57 goals on Saturday, 12th May, 1984, in a 2-1 win away to Falkirk in the SFL First Division. That turned out to be his last game for the club, having clocked up an impressive 290 appearances as a Jag. Alex's club-list included Rangers, Partick Thistle, Morton and Hamilton Academical.

Bio Extra

Signed for Rangers in 1977, Alex was a regular for Thistle in all of the seven seasons he played at Firhill. Initially a forward, he dropped back to midfield later in his career. In competitive action played more than 250 games and scored over 50 goals, from 1977 until 1984. Won a Glasgow Cup medal in 1981. He later moved to Morton and then to Hamilton.

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Every Goal

compiled from our All Games criteria.

21y, 0m, 1d		22.10.1977 Ayr United [a] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 10)
21y, 1m, 26d		17.12.1977 Dundee United [a] D2-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 17)
21y, 2m, 3d		24.12.1977 Ayr United [h] W4-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 18)
21y, 4m, 22d		15.03.1978 Ayr United [a] W3-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 24)
21y, 4m, 25d		18.03.1978 Motherwell [h] L2-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 25)
21y, 5m, 11d		01.04.1978 Hibernian [a] L1-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 29)
21y, 5m, 29d		19.04.1978 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 33)
21y, 6m, 5d		26.04.1978 St Mirren [h] W5-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 35)
21y, 9m, 8d		29.07.1978 Ross County [a] W2-1 (Friendly)
21y, 9m, 10d		31.07.1978 Brora Rangers [a] W5-0 (Friendly)
21y, 11m, 23d		14.10.1978 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 9)
22y, 0m, 21d		11.11.1978 Heart of Midlothian [a] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 13)
22y, 6m, 0d		21.04.1979 Morton [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 29)
22y, 6m, 4d		25.04.1979 Hibernian [h] W6-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 30)
22y, 6m, 11d		02.05.1979 St Mirren [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 32)
22y, 6m, 14d		05.05.1979 Heart of Midlothian [h] W2-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 33)
22y, 6m, 20d		11.05.1979 Aberdeen [h] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 35)
22y, 11m, 1d		22.09.1979 Dundee United [a] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 6)
22y, 11m, 19d		10.10.1979 Morton [a] L1-4 (League Cup 3rd Round, 2nd leg) agg: L1-5
23y, 1m, 10d		01.12.1979 Hibernian [a] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 16)
23y, 6m, 12d		03.05.1980 Rangers [h] W4-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 34)
23y, 6m, 14d		05.05.1980 Hibernian [a] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 35)
23y, 9m, 16d		06.08.1980 Rangers [h] W3-2 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 2nd leg) agg: L4-5
23y, 10m, 6d		27.08.1980 Queen's Park [h] W3-1 (League Cup 2nd Round, 1st leg)
23y, 11m, 6d		27.09.1980 Morton [a] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 7)
23y, 11m, 29d		20.10.1980 Celtic [a] L1-2 (League Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg) aet; agg: L1-3
24y, 0m, 11d		01.11.1980 Kilmarnock [a] W1-0 (SFL Premier Division - game 12)
24y, 0m, 25d		15.11.1980 Aberdeen [a] L1-2 (SFL Premier Division - game 14)
24y, 1m, 1d		22.11.1980 Dundee United [h] L2-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 15)
24y, 1m, 25d		16.12.1980 Clyde [a] W3-1 (Glasgow Cup Quarter Final)
24y, 2m, 11d		01.01.1981 Rangers [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 21)
24y, 3m, 7d		28.01.1981 Clyde [a] W4-2 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round replay)
24y, 6m, 11d		02.05.1981 Dundee United [a] L2-3 (SFL Premier Division - game 36)
24y, 10m, 1d		22.08.1981 Motherwell [a] W1-0 (League Cup Section 4 - game 5)
25y, 3m, 23d		13.02.1982 Raith Rovers [h] W4-1 (Friendly)
25y, 4m, 20d		13.03.1982 Dundee United [a] L1-5 (SFL Premier Division - game 24)
25y, 5m, 17d		07.04.1982 Airdrieonians [h] W4-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 27)
25y, 10m, 25d		15.09.1982 Ayr United [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 3)
25y, 11m, 4d		25.09.1982 Raith Rovers [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 5)
25y, 11m, 25d		16.10.1982 Alloa Athletic [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 10)
26y, 0m, 9d		30.10.1982 Heart of Midlothian [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 12)
26y, 0m, 16d		06.11.1982 St Johnstone [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 13)
26y, 10m, 24d		14.09.1983 Alloa Athletic [a] W4-3 (SFL First Division - game 4)
26y, 11m, 7d		28.09.1983 Morton [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 7)
27y, 0m, 22d		12.11.1983 Alloa Athletic [h] W5-0 (SFL First Division - game 14)
27y, 1m, 5d		26.11.1983 Hamilton Academical [a] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 16)
27y, 1m, 26d		17.12.1983 Morton [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 19)
27y, 3m, 14d		04.02.1984 Falkirk [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 24)
27y, 6m, 21d		12.05.1984 Falkirk [a] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 39)

Video

vs. Dundee United, 13th March 1982

(credit: BBC Scotland )