Angus Beith
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2014 Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Heart of Midlothian 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Stirling Albion (loan) 18 (1)
2016 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 → Stirling Albion (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2018 → Stranraer (loan) 14 (8)
2018–2019 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 (0)
Total 49 (9)
International career
2012 Scotland U17 1 (0)
2013 Scotland U18 1 (0)
2014–2015 Scotland U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:21, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Angus Beith (born 22 February 1996) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Beith played as a midfielder for Heart of Midlothian, Stirling Albion, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Due to a hip injury, Beith was forced to retire aged 23.

Club career

Heart of Midlothian

Beith joined Heart of Midlothian aged 9.[1] He was first included in a matchday squad on 31 August 2013, remaining an unused substitute for their 2–0 defeat away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premiership.[2] He featured on the substitutes' bench in 12 more games that season, without entering the field,[3] in a campaign which ended in relegation from the top flight.[4] He made his Hearts debut on 20 August 2014, in the second round of the Scottish Challenge Cup away to Livingston, playing 85 minutes of a 4–1 loss before being replaced by fellow debutant Sean McKirdy.[5]

On 27 November 2014, he was loaned to Scottish League One team Stirling Albion on an emergency loan into early January.[6] The next day, he made his debut for them, playing the entirety of their 0–2 home loss to Raith Rovers in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[7] On 6 December, he played his first game in the Scottish Professional Football League, a 2–3 loss to Peterhead at the Forthbank Stadium.[8] The first senior goal of his career came on 27 December, Stirling's third as they went from 3–1 up to lose 3–4 at home to Greenock Morton.[9] His loan was extended, by request to Hearts manager Robbie Neilson, until the conclusion of the season.[10] Beith made 18 league appearances on his loan, with one goal,[11] as the team were relegated to the Scottish League Two.[12]

On 25 March 2016, Beith joined Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir on a 28-day emergency loan,[13] and played five full matches during his month at Ochilview Park.[3] He returned to Stirling on 28 October 2016 on a month's loan,[14] extended to January 2017,[15] and totalled 10 games, all starts. He was sent off on 24 December at the end of a 2–2 draw at Montrose for foul and abusive language.[16]

After returning to Hearts, Beith made his Scottish Premiership debut on 29 January 2017 in a 4–0 loss at league leaders Celtic, replacing Perry Kitchen for the last nine minutes.[17]

Beith was loaned to Stranraer in November 2017.[18] He won the League One player of the month award for January 2018, having scored goals in wins against Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers and Airdrie.[19]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

In April 2018, Beith agreed to sign a three-year contract with Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[20] The deal was completed in May 2018, with Beith moving in exchange for Jake Mulraney.[21]

However, he was forced to retire in early April without playing a game for the club due to a hip injury similar to the one that tennis player Andy Murray had. Beith stated:

"I would like to thank John Robertson and Inverness Caledonian Thistle for the opportunity they gave me when I signed last year. I have done everything possible to recover from injury and to get back playing but, reluctantly I have had to accept that it is just not possible for me to play football any longer I wish the club every success this season and in the future"

A benefit game on his behalf was agreed on between Hearts and Inverness.[22] The game finished in a 1–1 draw, with Beith being given a guard of honour before kick-off. He later continued a degree course via the Open University and did youth coaching work at Hearts.[23]

International career

Beith represented Scotland at under-19 level.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 April 2019[3][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heart of Midlothian 2014–15[25] Championship 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[26] Premiership 000000—00
2016–17[27] 2000000020
2017–18[28] 000000—00
Total 2000001030
Stirling Albion (loan) 2014–15[25] League One 181100000191
Stenhousemuir (loan) 2015–16[26] League One 5000000050
Stirling Albion (loan) 2016–17[27] League Two 100000000100
Stranraer (loan) 2017–18[28] League One 148000000148
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2018–19 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 499100010519
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Personal life

Beith grew up in Buckstone, Edinburgh[1] and attended Boroughmuir High School.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 "Angus Beith set to stake his claim at Hearts". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Inverness CT 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Angus Beith Stats". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Partick Thistle 2-4 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Livingston 4-1 Hearts". BBC Sport. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Beith joins on loan". Stirling Albion F.C. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stirling 0-2 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Crawford, Kenny (6 December 2014). "Stirling 2-3 Peterhead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Stirling 3-4 Morton". 27 December 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Anderson, Barry (25 February 2015). "Hearts kid Angus Beith doing Stirling job on loan". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Angus Beith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Andrew Jackson's stoppage-time winner consigned Stirling to League Two". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Player Signing". Stenhousemuir F.C. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Beith joins Binos on loan". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Beith loan extended". Stirling Albion F.C. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  16. ↑ "Montrose vs Stirling Albion". Football.co.uk. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "Celtic 4-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Beith joins Stranraer on loan". SPFL. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Beith voted League 1 Player of Month". SPFL. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  20. ↑ Stewart, Craig P. (24 April 2018). "Hearts midfielder Angus Beith signs for Inverness". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  21. ↑ "Hearts sign Jake Mulraney, Angus Beith goes to Inverness, Iain Vigurs to Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "Angus Beith Benefit Match | Heart Of Midlothian Football Club". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  23. ↑ Money, mental health & Messi - what happens when a player retires early?, BBC Sport, 21 May 2020
  24. ↑ Angus Beith at Soccerbase
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Angus Beith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Angus Beith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  27. 1 2 "Games played by Angus Beith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  28. 1 2 "Games played by Angus Beith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  29. ↑ "Scotland Under-19 coach watching Hearts' starlets". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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