Malcolm Macdonald

Full name:
Malcolm Ian Macdonald

Born:
Fulham, London, 7 January 1950

Position:
Forward

Height/weight:
-

Joined Arsenal:
Summer 1976 (£333,333)

Clubs:
Fulham (1968–69)
Luton Town (1969–71)
Newcastle United (1971–76)
Arsenal (1976–79)
Djurgården (Summer 1979)

Managerial career:
Fulham (1980–83)

First Arsenal appearance:
League vs Bristol City, 21 August 1976 (0–1)

Last Arsenal appearance:
League vs Chelsea, 14 May 1979 (1–1)

International matches:
14 caps (6 goals) for England

International debut:
20 May 1972 against Wales (3–0)

	League		FA Cup		FL Cup		Ch.Shld		Europe		Total
Season	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1976–77	41	25	3	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	50	29
1977–78	39	16	6	7	7	4	-	-	-	-	52	27
1978–79	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	0+1	-	5+1	2
Total	84	43	9	10	14	5	-	-	0+1	-	107+1	58

My comments

“Supermac” was an extremly fast and strong centre-forward who had two good seasons at Arsenal (Division 1 topscorer in 1977 for example), before injury prevented him from making any impact during the 1978/79 season. In the summer of 1979, he went to Sweden to play a few games for Djurgården. Before his Arsenal days, Macdonald scored his goals for Newcastle, and managed to score a hat-trick on his home debut for the Magpies against Liverpool. He is also remembered for scoring all five goals as England beat Cyprus 5–0 in a European Championship qualifying game in 1975.