Thomas Orr
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997
Place of birth Livingston, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Stranraer
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2007 Langcraigs
2007–2009 St Peter's BC
2009–2012 St Mirren
2012–2014 St Peter's BC
2014–2015 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Greenock Morton 7 (0)
2016 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 20 (5)
2016 → Livingston (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → BSC Glasgow (loan)
2017–2018 Queen's Park 22 (2)
2018–2020 BSC Glasgow 48 (31)
2020–2021 Stranraer 22 (8)
2021–2023 Stenhousemuir 63 (17)
2023- Stranraer 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of Stranraer 2023

Thomas Orr (born 13 January 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Stranraer.[1]

Orr has previously played for Greenock Morton, East Stirlingshire, Livingston, Queen's Park, BSC Glasgow, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.[2]

Career

Morton

Having scored 24 goals by February for Morton's under-17 side,[3] Orr signed a full-time two-year contract with Morton in May 2014.[4]

He made his first-team debut for the first team in a Scottish League One match against Stranraer as a 79th-minute substitute for Michael Miller.[5] Orr scored his first goal at Cappielow for the senior side in kitman Andy Bryan's testimonial against Celtic.[6][7]

Orr agreed a new one-year deal to stay at Morton for the 2016–17 season.[8]

He was released along with John Mitchell and Alex McWaters in May 2017.[9]

Loan moves

In January 2016, Orr moved to Scottish League Two side East Stirlingshire on a development loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[10] Orr scored on his debut as the Shire won the Stirlingshire derby with Stirling Albion.[11]

In July 2016, Orr went on a short-term loan deal to home town club Livingston.[12] After six weeks, he was recalled from the loan deal.[13] On 25 January 2017, Orr was sent on loan to Lowland League side BSC Glasgow until the end of the 2016–17 season.[14]

Queen's Park

Orr moved to Queen's Park in July 2017,[15] and scored his first senior goal against old club Morton in the Scottish League Cup.[16]

BSC Glasgow

Orr signed for BSC Glasgow on a permanent deal in June 2018.[17][18]

Stranraer

Orr returned to playing in the SPFL after agreeing a move to Stranraer in June 2020.[2]

Personal life

Orr attended Gleniffer High School in Paisley.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppaGoals AppaGoals AppaGoals AppaGoals AppaGoals
Greenock Morton 2014–15[19] Scottish League One 2010000030
2015–16[20] Scottish Championship 2010201[lower-alpha 1]060
2016–17[21] 3000000030
Greenock Morton total 70202010120
East Stirlingshire (loan) 2015–16[20] Scottish League Two 205000000205
Livingston (loan) 2016–17[21] Scottish League One 1000200030
Queen's Park 2017–18[22] Scottish League One 22200411[lower-alpha 1]0273
Career total 507208120628
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Morton

  • SPFL Development League West: Winners 2015–16[23]

BSC Glasgow

  • Lowland League Cup: Winners 2018–19
  • Stranraer fc
  • SPFL League 2: Team of the season 2020-21
  • Stenhousemuir fc
  • Cinch League 2 player of the month January

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Orr".
  2. 1 2 "Blues add striker Orr". www.stranraerfc.org. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "THE NEXT BIG THING... This week, Thomas Orr". Greenock Telegraph. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (23 May 2014). "Ten commit future to Ton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Morton 4–0 Stranraer". Scottish Professional Football League. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (14 July 2015). "Report: Morton 1 Celtic XI 3". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Mullen, Scott (13 July 2015). "Morton and Celtic celebrate the life of Bryan". The Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Five starts to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (10 May 2013). "Three young players depart". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Shire Welcome Thomas". eaststirlingshirefc.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Elgin go top in League 2". Scottish Professional Football League. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "New striker comes on loan". Livingston F.C. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (30 August 2016). "Thomas Orr returns from Livingston". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (25 January 2017). "Orr joins BSC Glasgow on loan until end of season". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Thomas Orr". Queen's Park F.C. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "Morton 2–2 Queen's Park". Scottish Professional Football League. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Welcome back Tam!". Twitter. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "Thomas Orr". BSC Glasgow FC. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Orr in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Thomas Orr in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Thomas Orr in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Thomas Orr in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  23. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (29 March 2016). "Morton Under-20s crowned champions". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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