Hamish MacKenzie

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Hamish MacKenzie
Personal information
Full name Hamish James Todd MacKenzie [1]
Date of birth (1945-03-11) 11 March 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Denny, Scotland
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Woodburn Athletic
1960–1962 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1963 Liverpool 0 (0)
1963–1964 Dunfermline Athletic 0 (0)
1964–1967 Brentford 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamish James Todd MacKenzie (born 11 March 1945) is a Scottish retired professional football full back who played in the Football League for Brentford.

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Career

Early years

MacKenzie began his career in his native Scotland with Woodburn Athletic, [2] before joining English Second Division club Liverpool in 1960. [3] He signed a professional contract in March 1962, but failed to make a first team appearance before departing Anfield in 1963. [4] MacKenzie returned to his native Scotland to join Scottish League First Division club Dunfermline Athletic in 1963, but failed to make an appearance during the 1963–64 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign. [4]

Brentford

MacKenzie returned to England to sign for Third Division club Brentford in August 1964. [1] He was mostly confined to the reserve team during his first two seasons with the club and made just three first team appearances. [4] [5] MacKenzie made a breakthrough of sorts during the 1966–67 season and made 20 appearances, [5] but financial cutbacks at the stricken club forced his release at the end of the season. [4] He made just 23 first team appearances for Brentford, [4] but found success with the reserve team, with whom he won the London Challenge Cup in 1964–65 and 1966–67. [6]

Personal life

MacKenzie's uncle, Duncan McKenzie, was also a professional footballer and played for Brentford and Middlesbrough. [4]

Honours

Brentford Reserves

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1964–65 [5] Third Division 00001010
1965–66 [5] 20000020
1966–67 [5] Fourth Division 1700030200
Career total1900040230

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hamish MacKenzie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. "Scottish Football Historical Archive – Mc2". p. 533. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. "LIVERWEB – Liverpool reserve Team Appearances". liverweb.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 99. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 388–389. ISBN   0951526200.
  6. 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN   1-874427-57-7.