By 2002, however, McSwegan had fallen out of favour at Hearts and subsequently had loan spells in England with Barnsley and Luton Town before joining Kilmarnock where he remained for two seasons, scoring 17 goals.
His next professional club was Ross County where he played 39 games, scoring just 1 goal against Queen of the South[3] in two injury-ravaged seasons.
Despite these problems, McSwegan returned to top flight football, when signed by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2006 on a short-term deal.
McSwegan joined Clyde on 14 March 2008, after previously training with the club and appearing in reserve games.
McSwegan was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.