Ian Purdie

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Ian Purdie
Personal information
Full name Ian Purdie [1]
Date of birth (1953-03-07) 7 March 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Larkhall Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1975 Aberdeen 39 (10)
1975–1977 Dundee 59 (7)
1977–1978 Motherwell 16 (3)
1978–1979 Wigan Athletic 55 (12)
1979–1980 Portsmouth 5 (1)
1981–1982 Canberra City 43 (13)
1983 Footscray JUST 14 (1)
International career
1974 Scotland U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Purdie (born 7 March 1953 in Bellshill) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a winger.

He started his professional career at Aberdeen before moving on to Dundee and then Motherwell.

Following a disagreement with his manager at Motherwell, [3] Purdie moved to Wigan Athletic, and was the club's first signing after being elected into the Football League. He made his debut in the club's first ever Football League game against Hereford United, and in October 1978, he became the scorer of Wigan's first successful penalty in the Football League against Northampton Town. [4]

Purdie signed for Portsmouth in October 1979 for a fee of £20,000, but made just five appearances for the club. However, he did score the crucial 2nd goal when Portsmouth beat Northampton 2–0 on 3 May 1980 to secure promotion to Division 3. He moved to the Australian capital in 1981 to play for Canberra City in the National Soccer League, before transferring to Melbourne-based Footscray JUST in 1983. And if he ever reads this, perhaps he'll return the only autographed copies of 'The League at Last' that he 'borrowed' ...

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References

  1. "Ian Purdie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Ian Purdie". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. Cherry, D. B. (1979). The League: At Last. D.B.C. Enterprises. p. 112.
  4. "Latics A–Z". Ye Olde Tree and Crown. Retrieved 11 November 2010.[ permanent dead link ]