Lachlan McPherson (born 11 July 1900) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half or inside left.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 July 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Dennistoun, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1921 | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
| 1921–1924 | Notts County | 32 | (5) |
| 1924–1930 | Swansea Town | 199 | (29) |
| 1930–1933 | Everton | 30 | (1) |
| 1933–1935 | New Brighton | 53 | (3) |
| 1935–1936 | Hereford United | ||
| 1936–1937 | Milford United | ||
| Total | 314 | (38) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1935–1936 | Hereford United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editRaised in the Springburn area of Glasgow, McPherson began his career as a teenager with Cambuslang Rangers in the Scottish junior leagues before moving south to English football; he never played for a senior Scottish club.[2]
His longest spell was at Swansea Town where he spent five seasons, made 199 Football League appearances[3] and helped the club to win the Third Division South and gain promotion in 1924–25, followed by a run to the semi-finals of the 1925–26 FA Cup.[4]
Prior to his time at the Swans, McPherson had been with Notts County, playing a part in their Second Division title in 1922–23 – although subsequently he featured only five times in the top tier[5] – and after his time in Wales he won the same medal again in 1930–31 with Everton. He had signed for the Toffees in January 1930 for a substantial £5,000 fee[6] a few days after Swansea teammate Ben Williams made the same move,[7] only for the team to be relegated five months later, recovering their top division status at the first time of asking.[8]
Technically McPherson was still part of the Everton squad as they went straight on to win the First Division in 1931–32, but he only made three appearances in the campaign,[5] and did not play first team football at Goodison Park for almost two years with his cause hampered by a serious knee injury,[9] and interested clubs deterred by the high value placed on his transfer by the club due to a determination to recoup as much as possible of the fee they paid Swansea for his services. Eventually he went to Merseyside neighbours New Brighton in August 1933 for a small fraction of that earlier deal.[1][10]
He later had a spell as player-manager of Hereford United, then competing in the semi-professional Birmingham & West Midlands League.
References
edit- ^ a b Archie Mapherson Transferred To New Brighton [sic - confuses his name with Archie McPherson of Liverpool, other information is accurate], Liverpool Post and Mercury, 24 August 1933, via Everton Independent Research Data
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Lachlan McPherson, Doing The 92
- ^ Swansea Town v Arsenal 1926, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 4 January 2013
- ^ a b About Lacky McPherson, Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Everton Transfers: 1929/30, EFC Statto
- ^ Everton Sign Half-back | McPherson Of Swansea Town Secured, The Evening Express, 2 January 1930, via Everton Independent Research Data
- ^ McPherson Lacky Image 1 Swansea Town 1926, Vintage Footballers
- ^ Everton's Best Ever Resolve, Evening Express, 27 August 1932, via Everton Independent Research Data
- ^ Everton Transfers: 1933/34, EFC Statto