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Gary Mason
Date of Birth: 15-10-1979
Position: Central Midfielder
Joined: 02-01-2001
Appearances: 315
Substitute Appearances: 15
Goals: 15
Nationality: Scottish
Previous Clubs: Manchester City
Subsequent Clubs: St Mirren, Hamilton
A hard tackling ball winner from Edinburgh who who is a product of Hutchison Vale Boys Club. Started his career as a trainee with Manchester City, however the Under 21 internationalist lost his regular place after helping City to the Premiership in 1999.
Ended up loaned out to Hartlepool United before signing for the Pars in December 2000. In his first season he won a Scotland Under 21 cap and In his first spell he appeared in the Scottish Cup final in 2004, a Scottish League Cup Final but sadly missed the 2007 Final after being booked in the semi-final against Hibs.
After our relegation in 2007 he opted to stay in the SPL with St Mirren, signing on a free transfer. He left the Buddies in June 2009 and joined Hamilton but in the next transfer window in January 2010 he was back at East End Park.
A defensive midfielder and one of Dunfermline`s most consistent performers in the first decade of the 21st century, Gary decided to hang up his boots at the start of season 2012/13.
Born in Edinburgh on 15 November 1979, Gary was a product of Hutchison Vale Boys Club who signed as a trainee for Manchester City when he was sixteen. In season 1998/99 he made his first team breakthrough and made a total of 24 appearances that season, scoring his first senior goal in a 7-1 League Cup win over Notts County on 19 August 1998. He also helped City get promoted from third tier football into the English First Division, but by the following season he had lost his place and went on loan to Hartlepool, making eight appearances, before being picked up by Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood on a free transfer in December 2000.
It turned out to be a fantastic piece of business as Gary went on to become one of Dunfermlin`s most regular and consistent performers under four different managers at East End Park. A hard-tackling ball winner, Gary thrived in his role as defensive midfielder, and helped the Pars to enjoy one of the best periods in the club`s history.
Among his many achievements were to help the Pars reach their highest ever Premier League finishing place (4th), play in the Scottish Cup Final and qualify to play in Europe in 2003/04. He was part of the team that played in the 2006 League Cup Final and also that which defeated Hibernian in the 2007 Scottish Cup semi-final, unfortunately then to be unable to play in the Final that year.
At the end of that season, Gary opted to remain in the Premier League by moving to St Mirren, with whom he stayed for two years before signing for Hamilton Accies in 2009. However, in 2010 he re-joined Dunfermline and helped them win the First Division title to add yet another accolade to his name.
Gary remained with the Pars during what has been their most recent season in Scotland`s top flight. When relegation arrived at the end of a season of financial difficulties, and despite new manager Jim Jefferies pleas for him to stay, Gary decided to quit football for good. In any case, Gary had decided that ‘family comes first’ and he wanted to spend time with his wife and children, and to his great credit, thats exactly what he did, taking on a job of driving taxis and having no ongoing involvement in football.
In his quiet, unassuming way, Gary made a serious mark on Dunfermline Athletics fortunes during the early 2000s, and it is no surprise to find his name wherever success was achieved by the Pars during this period. Gary made a massive 330 first team appearances for Dunfermline, and he scored 15 goals.
Gary was never considered to be a great goalscorer, but he did score one or two useful goals. Notably, Gary`s 90th minute goal against Hibernian in the League Cup quarter-final in 2006 which Jim Leishman described at the time as, “It really was a fantastic goal and a memory “I`ll treasure forever.â€
Then there was the ‘miracle` at Tannadice in season 2004/05, with three games to go Jim Leishman had just taken over from David Hay as manager, and the club looked doomed. Leishman somehow conjured up a 5-0 win against Dundee, but the next game was much more difficult, and one that the Pars had to win to avoid relegation, an away match at Tannadice against Dundee United. It was a tight, tense game but in the 89th minute, Gary Mason had the energy to make a forward run and score the only goal of the game to ensure the Pars stayed in the SPL for another season.
DID YOU KNOW?
Gary is one of a small group of Dunfermline players who have been capped for Scotland at Under 21 level. On 4 September 2001, Gary played for Scotland against Belgium.
Among Garys 330 appearances for the Pars, were 236 in the Scottish Premier League. This is far and away the highest number of Premier League appearances by any player for Dunfermline, and Gary is in fact the only player to have made more than 200 SPL appearances for Dunfermline.
Garys 330 first team appearances for the Pars put him 12th on the all-time list.
Position: Central Midfielder
Joined: 02-01-2001
Appearances: 315
Substitute Appearances: 15
Goals: 15
Nationality: Scottish
Previous Clubs: Manchester City
Subsequent Clubs: St Mirren, Hamilton
A hard tackling ball winner from Edinburgh who who is a product of Hutchison Vale Boys Club. Started his career as a trainee with Manchester City, however the Under 21 internationalist lost his regular place after helping City to the Premiership in 1999.
Ended up loaned out to Hartlepool United before signing for the Pars in December 2000. In his first season he won a Scotland Under 21 cap and In his first spell he appeared in the Scottish Cup final in 2004, a Scottish League Cup Final but sadly missed the 2007 Final after being booked in the semi-final against Hibs.
After our relegation in 2007 he opted to stay in the SPL with St Mirren, signing on a free transfer. He left the Buddies in June 2009 and joined Hamilton but in the next transfer window in January 2010 he was back at East End Park.
A defensive midfielder and one of Dunfermline`s most consistent performers in the first decade of the 21st century, Gary decided to hang up his boots at the start of season 2012/13.
Born in Edinburgh on 15 November 1979, Gary was a product of Hutchison Vale Boys Club who signed as a trainee for Manchester City when he was sixteen. In season 1998/99 he made his first team breakthrough and made a total of 24 appearances that season, scoring his first senior goal in a 7-1 League Cup win over Notts County on 19 August 1998. He also helped City get promoted from third tier football into the English First Division, but by the following season he had lost his place and went on loan to Hartlepool, making eight appearances, before being picked up by Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood on a free transfer in December 2000.
It turned out to be a fantastic piece of business as Gary went on to become one of Dunfermlin`s most regular and consistent performers under four different managers at East End Park. A hard-tackling ball winner, Gary thrived in his role as defensive midfielder, and helped the Pars to enjoy one of the best periods in the club`s history.
Among his many achievements were to help the Pars reach their highest ever Premier League finishing place (4th), play in the Scottish Cup Final and qualify to play in Europe in 2003/04. He was part of the team that played in the 2006 League Cup Final and also that which defeated Hibernian in the 2007 Scottish Cup semi-final, unfortunately then to be unable to play in the Final that year.
At the end of that season, Gary opted to remain in the Premier League by moving to St Mirren, with whom he stayed for two years before signing for Hamilton Accies in 2009. However, in 2010 he re-joined Dunfermline and helped them win the First Division title to add yet another accolade to his name.
Gary remained with the Pars during what has been their most recent season in Scotland`s top flight. When relegation arrived at the end of a season of financial difficulties, and despite new manager Jim Jefferies pleas for him to stay, Gary decided to quit football for good. In any case, Gary had decided that ‘family comes first’ and he wanted to spend time with his wife and children, and to his great credit, thats exactly what he did, taking on a job of driving taxis and having no ongoing involvement in football.
In his quiet, unassuming way, Gary made a serious mark on Dunfermline Athletics fortunes during the early 2000s, and it is no surprise to find his name wherever success was achieved by the Pars during this period. Gary made a massive 330 first team appearances for Dunfermline, and he scored 15 goals.
Gary was never considered to be a great goalscorer, but he did score one or two useful goals. Notably, Gary`s 90th minute goal against Hibernian in the League Cup quarter-final in 2006 which Jim Leishman described at the time as, “It really was a fantastic goal and a memory “I`ll treasure forever.â€
Then there was the ‘miracle` at Tannadice in season 2004/05, with three games to go Jim Leishman had just taken over from David Hay as manager, and the club looked doomed. Leishman somehow conjured up a 5-0 win against Dundee, but the next game was much more difficult, and one that the Pars had to win to avoid relegation, an away match at Tannadice against Dundee United. It was a tight, tense game but in the 89th minute, Gary Mason had the energy to make a forward run and score the only goal of the game to ensure the Pars stayed in the SPL for another season.
DID YOU KNOW?
Gary is one of a small group of Dunfermline players who have been capped for Scotland at Under 21 level. On 4 September 2001, Gary played for Scotland against Belgium.
Among Garys 330 appearances for the Pars, were 236 in the Scottish Premier League. This is far and away the highest number of Premier League appearances by any player for Dunfermline, and Gary is in fact the only player to have made more than 200 SPL appearances for Dunfermline.
Garys 330 first team appearances for the Pars put him 12th on the all-time list.
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