Jack Baird

Jack Baird (born 7 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Greenock Morton.

Jack Baird
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 St Mirren 128 (2)
2019–2020 → Greenock Morton (loan) 24 (3)
2020–2022 Ayr United 54 (2)
2022– Greenock Morton 40 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:48, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Baird made his first team debut for St Mirren on 22 November 2014, in a 3–0 defeat to Hamilton Academical.[2] On 14 May 2015, Baird signed a two–year extension to his contract, tying him to the club until the summer of 2017.[3]

After establishing himself as a first team regular over the past few years, Baird signed a new one-year deal in May 2017.[4] Baird signed a further one-year extension to his contract in January 2018, tying him to the club until the summer of 2019 after showing impressive form.[5]

In January 2019, Baird signed a further two-year contract extension meaning that he will be at the club until the summer of 2021.[6]

He moved on loan to Greenock Morton in September 2019.[7] The loan agreement was originally due to expire in January 2020, but it was later extended to the end of the 2019–20 season.[8]

On 3 September 2020 Baird left St Mirren club by mutual consent.[9] The next day he signed for Ayr United.[10] In May 2022, Baird signed a pre-contract agreement with fellow Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton.[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2014–15[12] Scottish Premiership 8000000080
2015–16[13] Scottish Championship 31110104[lower-alpha 1]0371
2016–17[14] 25031424[lower-alpha 1]0363
2017–18[15] 31121203[lower-alpha 1]0382
2018–19[16] Scottish Premiership 33020502[lower-alpha 2]0420
2019–20[17] 0000400040
Total 1282821621301656
Greenock Morton (loan) 2019–20[17] Scottish Championship 19310001[lower-alpha 1]0213
Career total 1475921621401869
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs.

References
  1. "Profile". St Mirren F.C. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. "Hamilton Accies 3–0 St Mirren". BBC Sport. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. "New Deals for Jack, Lewis and Barry". Official St Mirren website. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. "Jack Baird signs contract extension". St Mirren Official website. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "Delight for Saints as Jack Baird signs contract extension". stmirren.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. "Jack Baird signs contract extension". stmirren.com. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. "Jack Baird Joins Morton On Loan – Greenock Morton".
  8. "St Mirren: Centre-back Conor McCarthy signs from Cork City". BBC Sport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. "Jack Baird leaves by mutual consent". www.stmirren.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. "Jack Baird signs for the Honest Men – Ayr United Football Club".
  11. "Jack Baird signs pre-contract agreement with the club". Greenock Morton FC. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  13. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  14. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  15. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  16. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  17. "Games played by Jack Baird in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2019.


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