Andrew Clark Donaldson (8 November 1886 – 14 June 1980)[citation needed] 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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Clark Donaldson | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1886[citation needed] | ||
| Place of birth | Mossend, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 14 June 1980 (aged 93) | ||
| Place of death | Cleland, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[citation needed] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1906 | 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) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editDonaldson's father died when he was an infant – his mother remarried and at the time of the 1891 census he was known as Andrew Colquhoun.[5] Soon afterwards his mother also died and his stepfather moved away; he and his brothers reverted to their original surname and were raised by their maternal grandparents in Motherwell.[6] He began his football career in the juniors at Ashfield, and in March 1906 scored twice for Scotland Juniors against Ireland in March 1906; he was also capped against England a few weeks later.[7]
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 minor Lanarkshire Cup six times while he was with the club, and he is known to have been involved in the 1914 victory[8] but likely to have played in most if not all of the other finals. In January 1915 he scored four goals for Airdrie in a 5–0 league victory over Rangers,[9][10] albeit this was during World War I when the SFL continued but wartime commitments and restrictions often affected the matches.
He later worked as a trainer and scout at Motherwell, including during the club's most successful period in the early 1930s[11] and then worked as a groundsman until he was 83.
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Andrew Colquhoun in the 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry UK (subscription required)
- ^ Andrew Donaldson in the 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry UK (subscription required)
- ^ Junior Scotland 1889 to 2019: The Players and Matches, Douglas Gorman and Tom McGouran, 2019, via Scottish Football Historical Archive
- ^ Association Football., The Glasgow Herald, 3 January 1914
- ^ Association Football., The Glasgow Herald, 5 January 1915
- ^ Donaldson, Andrew, The Celtic Wiki
- ^ 1931/32 Squad Photo, MotherWELLnet
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