Gary MacDonald (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary MacDonald | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Walton & Hersham (player-manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Havant & Waterlooville | 57 | (2) |
| 2001–2003 | Peterborough United | 18 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | →Stevenage Borough (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Woking | 122 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Ebbsfleet United | 7 | (0) |
| 2008 | →Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Hayes & Yeading United | 25 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Havant & Waterlooville | 27 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Kingstonian | 20 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Metropolitan Police (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Walton Casuals | 20 | (0) |
| 2014 | Slough Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Hayes & Yeading United | 24 | (1) |
| 2015 | Slough Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Farnborough | 15 | (1) |
| 2016 | Staines Town | ||
| 2016– | Walton & Hersham | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016- | Walton & Hersham (player-manager) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:35 16 November 2013 (GMT). | |||
Gary MacDonald (born 25 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, and is player-manager of Walton & Hersham. He has made over 150 appearances in the Football League and the Conference Premier.
Career
MacDonald began his career with Portsmouth but made no first-team appearances and joined non-league club Havant & Waterlooville.[1] He joined Football League One club Peterborough United in February 2001[2] but struggled to break into the first-team,[1] making 21 league and cup appearances in two years.[2] He joined Football Conference side Stevenage Borough on loan in November 2001[1] and made eleven appearances for the club during the remainder of the 2001–02 season.[2]
At the end of the season, he joined another National Conference side Woking,[3] where he started 120 games in four years.[4] He was signed by Ebbsfleet United in June 2007[4] but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his first game for Ebbsfleet in August 2007,[5][6] which ruled him out of the game for several months until he made his comeback in a Kent Senior Cup match in January 2008.[6]
MacDonald returned to the first-team in March 2008 and by the end of the 2007–08 season, had made eight appearances for Ebbsfleet[7] and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.[8] MacDonald returned to Havant & Waterlooville in 2009, but fell out of favour with the manager and made his last appearance for the club in March 2010. During the close-season of 2010, MacDonald signed for Kingstonian.[9]
Following a one-month loan with Metropolitan Police, the 34-year-old signed for Walton Casuals. In July 2014, the versatile defender signed for Slough Town. He then briefly lined up for Farnborough, before a switch to Staines Town. He then joined Walton & Hersham in February 2016.[10] Following the resignation of manager Mark Hams the following month, MacDonald was announced as player-manager for the eight remaining games of the 2015/16 season.[11]
Honours
- FA Trophy: 2008
- Conference South Play-Off Winner: 2009
References
- 1 2 3 "Stevenage borrow Posh MacDonald". Non League Daily. 2002-11-07. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- 1 2 3 "Gary MacDonald". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ "Woking snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. 2003-07-03. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- 1 2 "Fleet snap up defender MacDonald". BBC Sport. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- ↑ "Ebbsfleet suffer MacDonald blow". BBC Sport. 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- 1 2 "Fleet overcome neighbours in cup". BBC Sport. 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ "Games played by Gary MacDonald in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ↑ "Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay". BBC Sport. 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ↑ Amos, Stuart (6 August 2010). "Ks boss moves quickly to replace Boardman". Kingston Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ↑ "Football: Five new faces, but same old story for Walton & Hersham". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ↑ "Club Announcement | Walton & Hersham Football Club". www.waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-12.