David Mathers

David Cochrane Mathers (born 23 October 1931 in Glasgow) is a retired Scottish football left-half.

He joined Partick Thistle from school in 1947 and turned professional two years later aged 17. He remained there until September 1959 joining Southern League team Headington United, which changed their name to Oxford United the following summer. He returned to Partick in December 1960 but did not make any more first team appearances before joining East Stirlingshire the following summer, but retired after one season.

He won his only cap for Scotland in their final preparation match for the 1954 FIFA World Cup Finals against Finland. Although named in Scotland's 22 man squad for Switzerland, Scotland decided to take only 13 of the 22 to the finals. Mathers stayed at home on reserve with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning. Inside forward George Hamilton was also on reserve but travelled after Bobby Johnstone withdrew through injury. Mathers also represented the Scottish League.^[1]

References

^ http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/daviemathers.html

External links

David Mathers at scottishfa.co.uk
Dave Mathers, Neil Brown

Scotland squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

1 Martin 2 Cunningham 3 Aird 4 Evans 5 Docherty 6 Davidson 7 Cowie 8 Mackenzie 9 Hamilton 10 Brown 11 Mochan 12 Fernie 13 Ormond 14 Anderson 15 Johnstone 16 Henderson 17 Mathers 18 Wilson 19 Binning 20 Combe 21 Copland 22 McMillan Coach: Beattie

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Name	Mathers, David
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Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	23 October 1931
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