Eric Archibald

Eric Archibald
Personal information
Date of birth	25 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s)	Central defender, right back
Youth career
	Hill of Beath Swifts
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1982	Inverkeithing United
1982–1983	Cowdenbeath
1983–1986	Hill of Beath Hawthorn
1986–1988	Raith Rovers
1988–1989	Hill of Beath Hawthorn
1989–1993	Cowdenbeath
1993–1996	Forfar Athletic
1996–1998	Newtongrange Star
1998	East Fife
1999	Cowdenbeath
	Newburgh
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Archibald (born 25 March 1965) is a Scottish retired footballer who made over 120 appearances as a central defender in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath.^[1]^[2] He captained the club and later became a youth coach.^[3]

Personal life

Archibald attended Beath High School.^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Forfar Athletic	1993–94^[5]	Scottish Second Division	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
	1994–95^[5]	Scottish Third Division	16	1	1	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	19	1
	1995–96^[5]	Scottish Second Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		49	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	54	2
East Fife	1998–99^[6]	Scottish Second Division	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Cowdenbeath	1998–99^[7]	Scottish Third Division	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Career total			51	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	56	2

Cowdenbeath

Forfar Athletic

Individual

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-03-25) 25 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Dunfermline, Scotland^[1]
Position(s)	Central defender, right back
Youth career
	Hill of Beath Swifts
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1982	Inverkeithing United
1982–1983	Cowdenbeath	0	(0)
1983–1986	Hill of Beath Hawthorn
1986–1988	Raith Rovers	25	(0)
1988–1989	Hill of Beath Hawthorn
1989–1993	Cowdenbeath	127	(3)
1993–1996	Forfar Athletic	49	(2)
1996–1998	Newtongrange Star
1998	East Fife	2	(0)
1999	Cowdenbeath	0	(0)
	Newburgh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals