John Mackie (footballer, born 1976)

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John Mackie
Personal information
Full name John George Mackie
Date of birth (1976-07-05) 5 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Whitechapel, England [1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1995 Kingsbury Town 0 (0)
1995–1999 Crawley Town 164 (0)
1999 Sutton United 8 (0)
1999–2004 Reading 71 (3)
1999 → Sutton United (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2007 Leyton Orient 122 (11)
2007–2008 Brentford 14 (0)
2008 A.F.C. Hornchurch 4 (0)
2008–2009 Hertford Town 0 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Walthamstow (joint-manager)
2022 FC Romania (joint-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John George Mackie (born 5 July 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender, notably for Reading and Leyton Orient. He was most recently joint manager of FC Romania.

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Playing career

Mackie was born in London and played football both for his school and for the Area London School Boys team. His dream was to play for Arsenal with whom he had a try out, but was unsuccessful. [2] Later he gained an apprenticeship at West Ham United. [3] At the end of his two-year apprenticeship Mackie was released by West Ham and he started work on a fruit and veg stall while playing for a pub team and Kingsbury Town. [2] He joined Crawley Town in 1995, playing in the Southern League Premier Division. [2] In 1999 he was signed by, then Reading manager, Alan Pardew and joined the then Second Division club. [3] Pardew immediately loaned Mackie out to Sutton United to gain more experience before he start playing for Reading on a semi-regular basis. [3] In his time at Reading Mackie got to play against Chelsea in a League Cup game where the opposition strike force that night consisted of Hernan Crespo. [3]

Mackie's time came to an end at Reading in January 2004 when he signed for Leyton Orient. [4]

In the 2005–06 season, Mackie made a formidable partnership for Leyton Orient with Gabriel Zakuani and went down in Orient folklore by captaining the Os to their first automatic promotion in 36 years. [3] He was released by the club at the end of the 2006–07 season. [5]

On 16 May 2007, he signed for Brentford on a two-year contract. [6] Two days after signing for the Bees, it was announced that Mackie would be Brentford captain for the 2007–08 season. [7] However, Mackie only made 14 league appearances for the club before leaving by mutual consent. [8] [9] He signed for A.F.C. Hornchurch on 18 January 2008, [10] he has since retired from the game and now runs a greengrocers on Blackstock Road in North London. [11] On 7 August 2008, Mackie signed for Hertford Town in a semi-professional capacity, but did not make an appearance. [12]

Coaching career

Mackie was appointed assistant manager of Greenwich Borough in December 2015. [13]

Mackie was appointed assistant manager of Potters Bar Town in May 2019. [14]

In April 2021, Mackie was appointed joint-manager of Essex Senior League club Walthamstow with Terry Spillane. [15] The 2021–22 season saw the management duo lead Walthamstow to the Essex Senior League title, their first league title in 37 years. [16] On 15 September 2022, Mackie and Spillane were sacked by the club. [17]

On 29 September 2022, Mackie was appointed joint manager of FC Romania, again with Terry Spillane. [18] Mackie left the club on 31 October 2022. [19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sutton United 1999–2000 [20] Conference 8000—0080
Reading 2000–01 [21] Second Division 10030201 [a] 0160
2001–02 [22] 27220002 [a] 0312
2002–03 [23] First Division 250201000280
2003–04 [24] 910010—00
Total713704030853
Sutton United (loan)1999–2000 [20] Conference10———10
Leyton Orient 2003–04 [24] Third Division 2010000—201
2004–05 [25] League Two 27410003 [a] 0314
2005–06 [26] 40641101 [a] 0467
2006–07 [27] League One 35020001 [a] 0380
Total1221171105013512
Brentford 2007–08 [8] League Two140101000160
A.F.C. Hornchurch 2007–08 [28] Isthmian League Premier Division50———50
Career total22114151608025015

Honours

Reading

Leyton Orient

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