Andrew Donaldson (footballer, born 1884)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 June 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Ashfield | ||
| 1906–1908 | Motherwell | 63 | (15) |
| 1908–1911 | Airdrieonians | 92 | (22) |
| 1911–1912 | Celtic | 17 | (6) |
| 1912–1918 | Airdrieonians | 215 | (64) |
| 1918–1920 | Third Lanark | 44 | (9) |
| 1920 | Airdrieonians | 15 | (5) |
| 1920–1922 | St Johnstone | ||
| 1922 | Dykehead | ||
| Total | 446 | (121) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Andrew Donaldson (born 5 June 1884) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left.
His clubs included Motherwell,[1] Airdrieonians[2] (three spells, making 337 Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup appearances in total and scoring 95 goals),[3] Celtic[4] and Third Lanark. In January 1915 he scored four goals for Airdrie in a 5–0 league victory over Rangers,[5][6] albeit this was during World War I when the SFL continued but wartime commitments and restrictions often affected the matches. Donaldson played regularly in the top division of Scottish football for 14 seasons, but never won a major trophy nor took part in a final[3] – however, Airdrie won the Lanarkshire Cup six times while he was with the club, and he is known to have been involved in the 1914 victory[7] but likely to have played in most if not all of the other finals.
He later worked as a trainer at Motherwell, including during the club's most successful period in the early 1930s.[8]
References[]
- ^ Andy Donaldson, MotherWELLnet
- ^ Donaldson's Goals. | Airdrie Win Easily. The Scottish Referee, 20 October 1913. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ (Celtic player) Donaldson, Andrew, FitbaStats
- ^ Association Football., The Glasgow Herald, 5 January 1915
- ^ Donaldson, Andrew, The Celtic Wiki
- ^ Association Football., The Glasgow Herald, 3 January 1914
- ^ 1931/32 Squad Photo, MotherWELLnet
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- 1884 births
- 20th-century deaths
- Sportspeople from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
- Scottish footballers
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Ashfield F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Dykehead F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Association football inside forwards
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