Mike McDonald (footballer)

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Mike McDonald
Personal information
Full name	Michael Flynn McDonald^[1]
Date of birth	(1950-11-08) 8 November 1950^[1]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland^[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	St Roch's
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1968–1972	Clydebank	108	(0)
1972–1974	Stoke City	5	(0)
1975–1980	Hibernian	109	(0)
1980–1981	Berwick Rangers	16	(0)
1981–1982	Hawick Royal Albert
1982–1984	St. Johnstone	42	(0)
1984–1985	Arbroath	2	(0)
Total		282	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Flynn "Mike" McDonald (born 8 November 1950) was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City as well as a number of Scottish clubs.^[1]

Career

McDonald was born in Glasgow and played with St Roch's and Clydebank before joining Stoke City in 1972.^[1] His transfer to Stoke came about when in October 1972 Stoke, world cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks was involved in a near fatal car crash which left him blind in one eye, ending his top flight career.^[1] Manager Tony Waddington wanted Scotland international Bobby Clark to be his replacement but he failed to impress the Stoke board and the move fell through. So Instead Banks' understudy John Farmer was made first choice and McDonald was brought in as his back-up.^[1] He made just nine appearances for Stoke in two seasons and returned north of the border to Hibernian. He later went on to play for Berwick Rangers, Hawick Royal Albert, St. Johnstone and Arbroath.^[1]

McDonald later managed Gala Fairydean.^[2] He was banned from the touchline for 18 months in April 1989 by the Scottish Football Association.^[2]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City^[1]	1972–73	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Stoke City^[1]	1973–74	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
Career Total		5	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	9	0

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Texaco Cup.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul, Ian (27 April 1989). "Robertson ready to fight ban but Souness suffers". The Herald (Herald & Times Group). Retrieved 21 October 2012.

External links

Mike McDonald stats at Neil Brown stat site

Persondata
Name	McDonald, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	8 November 1950
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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