John McGinley (footballer)

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John McGinley
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-06-11) 11 June 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Rowlands Gill, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Left wing / Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1980 Ashington
1980–1982 Gateshead
1982 Sunderland 3 (0)
1982 Gateshead 0 (0)
1982–1984 Charleroi
1984–1986 Lincoln City 71 (11)
1986–1987 Rotherham United 4 (0)
1987Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
1987–1989 Lincoln City 41 (7)
1989–1990 Doncaster Rovers 10 (0)
1990Boston United (loan) 16 (10)
1990–1992 Boston United 43 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John McGinley (born 11 June 1959) [2] is an English professional footballer who scored 18 goals from 131 appearances in the Football League playing on the left wing or as a forward for Sunderland, Lincoln City, Rotherham United, Hartlepool United and Doncaster Rovers. [3]

Football career

McGinley was born in Rowlands Gill, then in County Durham. He played non-League football for Ashington [4] and Gateshead [5] [6] before signing for First Division club Sunderland in early 1982. McGinley made his Football League debut on 10 February 1982 in the starting eleven for a 2–0 home defeat to Stoke City, [7] but spent only four months with Sunderland, making just three first-team appearances, before rejoining Gateshead. [8]


He played in Belgium for Charleroi before returning to England for two spells with Lincoln City either side of brief appearances for Rotherham United and Hartlepool United. [3] Lincoln were relegated from the Fourth Division in 1987, but returned to the League at their first attempt, winning the Conference title in the 1987–88 season; McGinley and Phil Brown were their joint leading scorers with 20 goals apiece in all competitions. [2] McGinley finished his League career in the 1989–90 season with Doncaster Rovers, then played for Boston United in the Conference. [9]

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References

  1. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 233. ISBN   0-356-17911-7.
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  4. "Famous Players from Ashington". Ashington A.F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  5. "Gateshead F.C. 1980/81". Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Alan Percival. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  6. "Players A to Z 1979–1990". Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database. Alan Percival. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  7. "Player details: John McGinley". The Statcat. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  8. "On This Day: May". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  9. "Boston United Roll Call". Boston United FC – The Original Website. Ken Fox. Retrieved 21 April 2010.