Name: Gary Teale

Date of birth: 21/7/1978

Position: Midfielder

Former clubs: Clydebank, Ayr, Wigan, Derby, Plymouth, Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday

Signed: Summer 2011

Contracted to: Summer 2013

Gary's move to Saints came completely out of the blue. He was looking to return to Scotland, phoned up Saints general manager Brian Caldwell - who knows him from his days at Ayr - for training facilities and was very quickly signed! The winger started off his career with Clydebank and was highly rated, so it was a surprise when he made the move to first division Ayr. Saints fans were far from impressed as he'd caused us problems at Boghead and quickly did it for his new club the following week at Love Street. He had three great years at Ayr, which coincided with their best spell in recent years, before moving to Wigan in 2001. He helped them into the Premiership three years later before appearing in the losing side of the League Cup Final in 2005. A move to Derby County came in 2007 but he was shunted out on loan a few times before getting a second chance when Nigel Clough took charge. He finally left in 2010 for a season with League One side Sheffield United before a desire to return to Scotland saw him sign for Saints at the end of the season. Capped 13 times for Scotland, it seems he has lost a bit of his pace and has strugled to make a real impact for the club in what is his first ever season of SPL action. May be more suited to a role as an impact sub or through the middle, although is still capable of producing a decent cross from wide areas.

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