www.killiefc.com...Player Profile... Fraser Wright

Notes: Fraser Wright jacked in his job as a mechanic to sign full-time with Kilmarnock, in late June of 2005. The 25-year-old left-sided player knew he’d made the right decision after seeing the new fixture-list. Wright completed a sizzling summer of 2005, which saw him clinch promotion with Stranraer, wed his sweetheart Kirsty Brown then join Killie in time for their training trip to Italy. But he

admitted quitting Stranraer and the long trek for HOME games was a real winner. He said: “I was delighted looking at the fixture-list with the furthest games being Aberdeen and Inverness when every second week was like an away game at Stranraer. I live in Stonehouse and for a home game I would leave the house at 9.30 in the morning to be there at 12.30. But now it’s going to be just half an hour along the road.”

The move took weeks to complete with Wright going on honeymoon then Killie boss Jim Jefferies jetting off on holiday before the player’s return. Wright said:“I always wanted full-time football but had pretty much given up on it so it was definitely a surprise. I wasn’t expecting it at all. “I started out at St Mirren in the same youth team as Burton O’Brien and David McNamee but they went to Blackburn and I went to Stranraer.” As for quitting his job as a mechanic,Wright

said: “It’s not too much of a risk because the job was with my father-in-law, Bobby Brown, so I still have
that to fall back on if things don’t workout.” The player confessed it was still hard to quit Stair Park for Killie after seven years. He said: “It was a bit of a wrench because the boys at Stranraer are more friends than anything. I had won two promotions with them and been relegated. But if you get the chance to play in the SPL you have to take it.” Jefferies said: “We looked at Fraser when Freddie Dindeleux intimated his future was away from Kilmarnock.”

CONTRACT UPDATE (Dec 2007): Frazer Wright has agreed a new contract that ties the 27-year-old defender to Kilmarnock until summer 2010. Wright, signed from Stranraer in 2005, rejected the club's initial offer after talks began during the close season. "I was just after the best deal I could get for myself and my family. I had no real plans to move away as I enjoy it here. The gaffer is one of the main reasons why I signed the deal. He gave me a chance in the SPL."