Shea Kearney

Shea Kearney has been used regularly but not as an automatic league starter for Dunfermline Athletic in the 2025-26 Championship, making 28 appearances with 17 starts and 11 outings from the bench. He has not scored, and with only two bookings and no red cards, the profile is of a disciplined right back providing rotation and depth rather than a major attacking output.

Kearney’s senior record points to a fairly direct pathway rather than a journeyman career. Cliftonville were the clear platform before his move to Dunfermline, and the recorded three-goal return in 2023-24 stands out more than his current attacking numbers. At 22, the move into the Scottish Championship looks more like a development step than a finished-level transfer.

The notable transfer is Dunfermline paying £100,000 to sign Kearney from Cliftonville on 11 July 2025. That fee suggests he was viewed as more than a speculative squad addition, while the earlier move to Cliftonville is listed without a fee. The pattern is a move up into a more visible Scottish league environment rather than repeated short-term movement.