| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John George Mackie | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hertford Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–1999 | Crawley Town | 35 | (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 | AFC Hornchurch | 4 | (0) |
| 2008- | Hertford Town | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 Jan 2008. † Appearances (Goals). |
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John George Mackie (born 5 July 1976 in London) is a professional footballer who is currently playing for Hertford Town F.C. Mackie is a central defender.
From a young age John showed a talent for playing football both representing his school and the Area London School Boys team. His dream was to play for Arsenal for whom he had a try out, but was unsuccessful. Later he got a trial at West Ham United and was successful gaining an apprenticeship with them. At the end of his two year apprenticeship John was released by West Ham and he started work on a fruit and veg stall and in 1998 John started playing for Crawley Town in the Southern Premier League and about a year late he was signed by the then Reading manager Alan Pardew to play for them. Pardew immediately loaned John out to Sutton United to gain more experience before he start playing for Reading on a semi regular basis. In his time at Reading John got to play against Chelsea in a League Cup game where the strikeforce that night consisted of Herman Crespo and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
In December 2002, Mackie donated two weeks' wages to anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out, after admitting that he had racially abused opposition player Carl Asaba following the end of a match against Sheffield United.[1]
John's time came to an end at Reading in 2004 when he signed for Leyton Orient.
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. He was released by the club at the end of the 2006-07 season.
On 16 May 2007, he signed for Brentford on a two-year contract. Two days after signing for the Bees, it was announced that Mackie would be Brentford captain for the 2007-08 season. However, Mackie only manager 14 league appearances for the club before leaving by mutual consent. He signed for AFC Hornchurch on 18 January 2008, he has since retired from the game and now runs a fruit and veg stall in Camden Market. On 7 August 2008, Mackie signed for Hertford Town F.C. in a semi-professional capacity.