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John MacDonald

Trialist

Biography

Previous Club: Fort William​ - Debut Played: 21 Jan 1995​
Last Game: 4 Feb 1995​

Former Rangers player who came on trial in January 1995 and scored on his debut - terms offered but declined for travel reasons.​ He made two appearances scoring on his debut against Queens Park in a 4-1 defeat at Hampden Park.

Later coached at Partick Thistle​

He made 230 appearances for Rangers, scoring 77 goals, and won the 1981 Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup in 1982 and 1984. He is also shown as having played 94 times for Barnsley scoring 20 times.

Statistics

Apps
2
Goals
1
Yel
-
Red
-
Goals/game
0.50
Minutes
156
Seasons
1
Wins
-
Draws
1
Losses
1
SeasonAppsGoalsYelRed
1994/952100

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 3 Jan 1995 · Left: 10 Feb 1995

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceLast appearanceApps
Sergei Baltacha21 Jan 19954 Feb 19952

Timeline

  1. Born

    Glasgow

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance · First competitive goal · Last goal

    Queens Park 4–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

    · SFL Third Division · Hampden Park, Glasgow

    This was one of Caley Thistle's worst performances of the season. In the first minute John Scott caught a boot in the face and was taken to hospital for emergency surgery. Caley Thistle started well despite the wet pitch and trialist ex-Ranger John MacDonald had…

  4. Recorded contract end

Appearances (2)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
4 Feb 1995 Inverness CT 1–1 Forfar Athletic SFL Third Division1994/95 D
21 Jan 1995 Queens Park 4–1 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1994/95 L

Goals scored (1)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
21 Jan 1995 Queens Park 4–1 Inverness CT SFL Third Division1994/95 L 59′