# David Scullion

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Scullion
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Scullion.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scullion
> Source revision: 1303565152
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**David Scullion** (born 27 April 1984 in Lurgan) is a Northern Irish former [footballer](/source/Association_football).[1]

## Career

A midfielder who began his career at [Portadown](/source/Portadown_F.C.). Aged 16, and after only 10 league appearances at [Shamrock Park](/source/Shamrock_Park) he signed for [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa). At Villa, he was part of the [2002 FA Youth Cup winning side](/source/2002_FA_Youth_Cup_winning_side), but was unable to break into the first team.

David returned home and joined home town club [Glenavon](/source/Glenavon_F.C.), before moving to [Dungannon Swifts](/source/Dungannon_Swifts_F.C.) in 2003.

Under Joe McAree, Scullion was a key member of the [Dungannon Swifts](/source/Dungannon_Swifts_F.C.) team and played a huge role in guiding the club to a 4th-place finish in the Carling Premier league (Now the [Danske Bank](/source/Danske_Bank) [NIFL Premiership](/source/NIFL_Premiership)) in the 2005/06 campaign and with that success brought [Dungannon Swifts](/source/Dungannon_Swifts_F.C.) [Setanta cup](/source/Setanta_Sports_Cup) football and the season after the club's first ever European outing against Icelandic Opposition.

David was also a key member of [Roy Millar](/source/Roy_Millar)'s [Northern Ireland Under 21 squad](/source/Northern_Ireland_national_under-21_football_team) for the 2005/06 season and retained his place for the European qualifiers at the start of the new domestic season. Scullion is an attacking midfielder and finished his last season with the Swifts with 13 goals.

He joined [Glentoran](/source/Glentoran_F.C.) on 16 June 2007 for a fee believed to be around the £10,000 mark and scored 15 goals in 64 appearances in his time with the club.

On 23 February 2009 Scullion joined [Derry City](/source/Derry_City_F.C.) in a one-year deal on the last day of the League of Ireland transfer window.

In July 2010, David signed a 1-year deal with Irish Premier League side [Coleraine](/source/Coleraine_F.C.)

Scored in the [Europa League](/source/Europa_League) in August 2009.[2]

On 1 July 2013 Scullion rejoined [Glentoran F.C.](/source/Glentoran_F.C.) on a three-year contract. In February 2015, he signed a two-year contract extension. On 2 May 2015, Scullion scored the winning goal in the [2014-15 Irish Cup final](/source/2014-15_Irish_Cup#Final) to grant Glentoran their 22nd Cup win. In May 2016, he was transfer listed as a part of Alan Kernaghan restructuring of the squad.

He joined [Larne F.C.](/source/Larne_F.C.) in the autumn of 2017 and helped the club win the Championship title in 2018/19.

## Honours

**[Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa_F.C.)**

- [FA Youth Cup](/source/FA_Youth_Cup): [2001–02](/source/FA_Youth_Cup_Finals#2001–02:_Aston_Villa_v._Everton_(4–1,_0–1))

## References

1. Larne Football Club (31 August 2017). "NEW SIGNING: We are very pleased to announce the signing of former Glentoran winger David Scullion.". No. 903287025079549954.

1. ["uefa cup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090922024849/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000035/match=2000672/index.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000035/match=2000672/index.html) on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Scullion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scullion) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Scullion?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.