The product of a Belfast mother and a Scottish Father, Stewart was eligible to play both international football and rugby for either country. Unfortunately, due to a breakdown in communications, this news escaped both camps, in both sports, so Stewart remained undiscovered. (This was before Jack Charlton's time!).

Stewart's main interest is sport, Football, Rugby and Golf. He supports Airdrieonians football club which makes him an optimist with a sense of humour. He is past president of both Waysiders and Cumbernauld rugby clubs and he plays golf on the two magnificent courses at Dullatur Golf Club.

Stewart's other interests are cooking (seafood a speciality - he claims his dressed crab will stand comparison with anyone's) music - he plays guitar and banjo ukulele and sings 'diddly diddly' music and caravanning, mostly in Portpatrick..