Garry MacDonald

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Garry MacDonald

Personal information
Full name	Garry MacDonald [1]
Date of birth	(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62) [1]
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, [1] England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
197?–1980	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1984	Middlesbrough	53	(5)
1984	Carlisle United	9	(0)
1984–1989	Darlington	162	(35)
1989	Stockport County	1	(0)
1989–1990	Hartlepool United	18	(1)
1990–199?	South Bank
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry MacDonald (born 26 March 1962) is an English former footballer who made nearly 250 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Middlesbrough, Carlisle United, Darlington, Stockport County and Hartlepool United. ^[3]

Life and career

MacDonald was born in 1962 in Middlesbrough. ^[1] He began his football career with Middlesbrough F.C., and made his first-team debut for them on 8 November 1980, aged 18, in the starting eleven for a 1–0 win away to Brighton & Hove Albion in the First Division. He made 16 appearances over his first two seasons, at the end of which Middlesbrough were relegated to the Second Division. ^[4] He went on to make 61 appearances before being released in 1984. ^{[4] [5]}

He began the 1984–85 season with another Second Division club, Carlisle United, ^[4] before moving on in October to Darlington of the Fourth Division under the management of Cyril Knowles. ^[6] He made 33 league appearances as the team gained promotion to the Third Division, and played in all six of their FA Cup ties and scored in the third-round replay as Darlington eliminated his former club Middlesbrough by two goals to one; some 20 years later, that match was voted the best ever played at the Feethams ground. ^[5] MacDonald top-scored for Darlington in 1985–86 with 16 league goals, ^[7] but injury deprived him of the chance to partner new signing David Currie the following season, at the end of which they were relegated. In 1987–88, MacDonald played regularly alongside Currie, whose performances earned him a move to a higher level. ^[8] MacDonald stayed with Darlington for one more season, but left the club when they were relegated out of the Football League into the Conference. He had scored 47 goals from 196 appearances in all competitions. ^[4]

After a few months with Stockport County during which he made only four first-team appearances, ^[4] Cyril Knowles signed him for Hartlepool United in December 1989 for a £5,000 fee. ^[9] MacDonald made 16 appearances that season but scored only once, and after three more matches in the 1990–91 season, he moved into non-league football with South Bank. ^{[10] [11]}

Career statistics

Source: ^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	1980–81	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	1981–82	First Division	8	1	1	0	0	0	—		9	1
	1982–83	Second Division	9	1	1	0	1	0	—		11	1
	1983–84	Second Division	29	3	3	1	2	0	—		34	4
	Total		53	5	5	1	3	0	—		61	6
Carlisle United	1984–85	Second Division	9	0	—		1	0	—		10	0
Darlington	1984–85	Fourth Division	33	4	6	2	—		4 [lower-alpha 1]	1	43	7
	1985–86	Third Division	36	16	1	0	4	1	3 [lower-alpha 1]	1	44	18
	1986–87	Third Division	10	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	3
	1987–88	Fourth Division	42	7	1	0	3	3	4 [lower-alpha 1]	3	50	13
	1988–89	Fourth Division	41	5	0	0	4	1	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	47	6
	Total		162	35	9	2	12	5	13	5	196	47
Stockport County	1989–90	Fourth Division	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	1
Hartlepool United	1989–90	Fourth Division	16	1	—		—		—		16	1
	1990–91	Fourth Division	2	0	—		1	0	—		3	0
	Total		18	1	—		1	0	—		19	1
Career total			243	41	14	3	20	6	13	5	290	55

1. Appearances in Associate Members' Cup

References

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2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  150. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
3. "Garry MacDonald". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
4. "MacDonald, G (Garry)" . English National Football Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
5. "Can we afford to lose 120 years of history?". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
6. Weatherill, Simon (22 June 2018). "Memory match – Aldershot 1984". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
7. Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: Soccerdata. p. 82. ISBN   978-1-899468-15-7.
8. Stoddart, Craig (4 September 2019). "David Currie makes guest appearance at Darlington match". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
9. "Knowles snaps up quartet". The Journal. Newcastle. 23 December 1989. p. 16.
10. "Garry Macdonald". In the Mad Crowd. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
11. Vickers, Anthony (8 September 2015). "Boro players in the Northern League: Julio Arca latest in a long list". Gazette Live. Middlesbrough. Retrieved 11 February 2020.