David MacGregor
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| David MacGregor | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David George MacGregor | |
| Date of birth | 9 June 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | |
| Height | 5.11 | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Greenock Morton F.C. | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2001 2001- |
Greenock Morton Greenock Morton |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David MacGregor (born 9 June 1981 in Greenock) is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish First Division.
MacGregor is a local boy who progressed through Morton's youth ranks to become a dependable first team player. He was a product of the Peter Weir youth side; a side that ran Celtic so close in the BP Scottish Youth Cup Semi-Final at Parkhead in 1999. David's progress was rapid and as a result he made his first team debut in season 1999/00 at 18 years old. It could be argued that his progress was somewhat accelerated by Morton's mismanagement by then owner and chairman Hugh Scott.
MacGregor started out as a midfielder but also proved his versatility when he easily adapted to play at right back. However his career took a significant turn for the worse in 2001. Towards the end of the 2000/01 season Hugh Scott put Morton into administration. As a result of ongoing cash flow problems administrator Graham Martin was forced to release all of Morton's first team players. Unfortunately MacGregor was one of them.
After current chairman Douglas Rae stepped in to save the club from folding the team advertised for players to come for trials. MacGregor appeared at these trials and subsequently re-signed for the club.
2001/02 was his first season back at Cappielow. However this ended in relegation from the Scottish Second Division. The next season was much better as Morton won the Scottish Third Division Championship. The joy of a winners medal was not as sweet as it should have been for MacGregor. The reason being that in the 5th from last game of the season he suffered a broken leg and was ruled out of the game for a year.
David's recovery took a long time and ever since he has been very susceptible to injury.
However there is no player at Cappielow more dedicated to the Morton cause than David MacGregor. This dedication was rewarded by chairman Douglas Rae when he gave David a three year contract extension (when he was out injured) in 2003.
MacGregor is currently Morton's longest serving player with 5 years consecutive service. If one considers the fact that his time at Morton was only broken up by a few months in the close season(in which his release was a necessity) he has in reality played for Morton for 7 years.
He has established himself as a defender in the current squad. He is first and foremost a centre back but he has, more often than not, played at left back for Jim McInally, even though he is predominantly right footed.
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