Malcolm Macdonald

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Malcolm Macdonald
Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Ian Macdonald
Date of birth	7 January 1950 (1950-01-07) (age 59)
Place of birth	Fulham, England
Playing position	Forward (retired)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968–1969 1969–1971 1971–1976 1976–1979 1979	Fulham Luton Town Newcastle United Arsenal Djurgårdens IF Career	013 00(5) 088 0(49) 187 0(95) 084 0(42) 009 00(2) 381 (193)
National team
1972–1976	England	14 (6)
Teams managed
1980–1984 1987–1988	Fulham Huddersfield Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born 7 January 1950) is a former English footballer nicknamed "Supermac", famed for scoring goals for Luton Town, Newcastle United and Arsenal.

Contents 1 Football career 2 Football management 3 Radio 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Football career

Born in Fulham, London, Macdonald started out as a full back before switching to centre forward. After signing from Tonbridge Angels^{[citation needed]} he played for Fulham for one season (1968–69), before moving to Luton Town. At Luton he scored 49 times in 88 matches, which caught the eye of Newcastle United manager Joe Harvey, who signed him for £180,000 in the summer of 1971. At Newcastle he quickly became a favourite of the fans, scoring a hat-trick on his home debut against Liverpool, and was the club's top scorer for five seasons in a row.

While at Newcastle, he made his debut for England (against Wales). On 16 April 1975, in a game for England against Cyprus he scored all five goals in a 5–0 victory, a record that still stands today (spawning a newspaper headline "SuperMac 5, Cyprus 0".^{[citation needed]}) In total he played 14 times for his country, scoring six times (the only other game he scored in being a 2–0 win over then World Champions West Germany).

Macdonald left Newcastle for Arsenal in 1976, for the unusual fee of £333,333.33, and played two full seasons (being the club's top scorer in both), but suffered a knee injury in a League Cup match against Rotherham at the start of the 1978–79 season, from which he was unable to recover. After having spent a couple of months in Sweden with Djurgårdens IF he announced his retirement from playing at the premature age of 29 in August 1979. He never won a major honour but was on the losing side in two FA Cup finals, one each for Newcastle and Arsenal.

[edit] Football management

After retirement from playing, he returned to Fulham to manage them for four seasons from 1980 to 1984, and was later manager of Huddersfield Town between 1987 and 1988. His time at Fulham was initially successful, with promotion being achieved in 1982. In the 1982-83 season, they appeared certainties for promotion to the First Division for the majority of the season, but a slump in the later stages of the season allowed their lead to wither away and they finished 4th. The following season began as a struggle before a second half turnaround saw them into mid-table safety, however he would be replaced by Ray Harford in April 1984.

He returned to management with Huddersfield in 1987, but his time in charge proved disastrous, including a 10-1 loss to Manchester City as the side were relegated from the Second Division in dismal fashion.

However, after being declared bankrupt following a failed business venture, divorcing his second wife and struggling with the aftermath of his injury, he became an alcoholic. Macdonald said that the pain from his long-standing knee injury led to his increasing dependence on alcohol. He eventually gave up drinking in 1999.^[1]

[edit] Radio

He has since become a radio presenter on the North East's Century Radio Legends Football Phone In alongside Bernie Slaven and Micky Horswill.

He also presents "Upfront With Malcolm Macdonald"^[2], a thirty minute show consisting of interviews with ex-professional players across the Real Radio and Century Network. The guests he has interviewed on the show so far are:

• Cyrille Regis
• Frank Stapleton
• Clive Allen
• Steve Bull
• Charlie George
• Tony Cottee
• Ian Wright
• Ian Rush
• Peter Beardsley
• Joe Jordan
• Joe Royle
• Peter Withe

[edit] Trivia

During the TV show Superstars, Macdonald ran 100m in 10.9 seconds,^[3] on a cinder track wearing spikes.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Jackson, Jamie (2003-08-03). "Triumph and despair". The Observer (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/aug/03/newsstory.sport. Retrieved on 2008-09-27. 
2. ^ 100-102 Century Radio - Music you just have to sing along to!
3. ^ "Superstars: A brief history". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 2004-11-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/superstars/3091096.stm. Retrieved on 2008-09-27. "Newcastle United legend Malcom McDonald [sic] confirmed his place in Superstars history when he completed the 100m in an astonishing 10.4 seconds in 1975." 

[edit] External links

• Malcolm's own web site

Awards
Preceded by Mick Channon	First Division top scorer 1974–75	Succeeded by Ted MacDougall
Preceded by Ted MacDougall	First Division top scorer 1976–77 (shared with Andy Gray)	Succeeded by Bob Latchford

v • d • e Fulham F.C. – Managers H. Bradshaw (1904–09) · Kelso (1909–24) · Ducat (1924–26) · J. Bradshaw (1926–29) · Liddell (1929–31) · McIntyre (1931–34) · Hogan (1934–35) · Peart (1935–48) · Osborne (1948–49) · Dodgin, Sr. (1949–53) · Osborne (1953–56) · Livingstone (1956–58) · Jezzard (1958–64) · Buckingham (1965–68) · Robson (1968) · Dodgin, Jr. (1969–72) · Stock (1972–76) · Campbell (1976–80) · Macdonald (1980–84) · Harford (1984–86) · Lewington (1986–90) · Dicks (1990–91) · Mackay (1991–94) · Branfoot (1994–96) · Adams (1996–97) · Wilkins (1997–98) · Keegan (1998–99) · Bracewell (1999–2000) · Riedle (2000) · Tigana (2000–03) · Coleman (2003–07) · Sanchez (2007) · Lewington (2007) · Hodgson (2007–)

v • d • e Huddersfield Town F.C. – Managers Walker (1908–10) · Pudan (1910–12) · Knighton (1912) · Fairclough (1912–19) · Langley (1919–21) · Chapman (1921–25) · Potter (1925–26) · Chaplin (1926–29) · C. Stephenson (1929–42) · Magner (1942–43) · Steele (1943–47) · G. Stephenson (1947–52) · Board Of Directors (1952) · Beattie (1952–56) · Shankly (1956–60) · Boot (1960–64) · Greaves (1964) · Johnston (1964–68) · Greaves (1968–74) · Collins (1974–75) · Johnston (1975–77) · Haselden (1977) · Johnston (1977–78) · Buxton (1978–86) · Smith (1986–87) · Coaching Staff (1987) · Macdonald (1987–88) · Hand (1988–92) · Ross (1992–93) · Warnock (1993–95) · Horton (1995–97) · Jackson (1997–99) · Bruce (1999–2000) · Macari (2000–02) · Wadsworth (2002–03) · Machin (2003) · Jackson (2003–07) · Murphy (2007) · Ritchie (2007–08) · Murphy (2008) · Ternent (2008) · Murphy (2008) · Mitchell (2008) · Clark (2008–)