John McGinlay
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John McGinlay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-04-08) 8 April 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1980 | Fort William | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Fort William | 92 | (61) |
| 1982–1983 | Nairn County | 17 | (8) |
| 1983–1984 | North Shore United | 24 | (10) |
| 1984–1985 | Nairn County | 21 | (13) |
| 1985–1988 | Yeovil Town | 88 | (49) |
| 1988–1989 | Elgin City | 60 | (42) |
| 1989–1990 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | (14) |
| 1990–1991 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Millwall (loan) | 34 | (16) |
| 1991–1992 | Millwall | 18 | (11) |
| 1992–1997 | Bolton Wanderers | 192 | (101) |
| 1997–1998 | Bradford City | 7 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | (4) |
| 2000 | Cincinnati Riverhawks | 7 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | Gresley Rovers | 32 | (17) |
| 2005–2006 | Cincinnati Kings | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 628 | (357) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1997 | Scotland | 13 | (4) |
| 1994–1997 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2002 | Gresley Rovers | ||
| 2002 | Ilkeston Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
John McGinlay (born 8 April 1964) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a striker and is perhaps best known for his spell at Bolton Wanderers in the mid to late 1990s.
Contents
1 Career
1.1 Early years
1.2 Bolton
1.3 Later years
1.4 International
2 Honours
2.1 Club
2.2 Individual
3 References
4 External links
Career[edit]
Early years[edit]
A supporter of Celtic in childhood,[2][3] McGinlay's first senior game was as a 16-year-old for his hometown club Fort William, in a Highland Football League game in August 1980 against Elgin City.[citation needed] Following a year playing in New Zealand either side of two seasons with Nairn County, and a three-year spell with English Football Conference club Yeovil Town, McGinlay returned to the Highland League with Elgin City in 1988.[citation needed]
He then progressed through English League football, initially playing with Shrewsbury Town then with Bury. After a successful loan spell with Millwall, in which he scored during their unsuccessful participation in the 1991 Football League play-offs, McGinlay moved to The Den permanently for the 1991–92 season. He scored 27 goals in 52 league matches for the London club.
Bolton[edit]
McGinlay is perhaps best known for his five-year spell with Bolton Wanderers between 1992 and 1997, where his scoring exploits led to him being nicknamed 'Super John'.[4] After his goals eliminated FA Cup holders Liverpool from the competition,[3] he successfully partnered fellow Scot Andy Walker[4] as the Trotters gained promotion from the third tier in 1993, with McGinlay scoring the match winning penalty in the last fixture against local rivals Preston.[4]
Further cup 'giant killings' over teams such as Everton and Arsenal[4][5] followed the next year, with McGinlay featuring prominently – he scored 33 goals across all competitions during the campaign, and the team became known in local media as 'white hot' due to the performances.[3][4] In the 1995 he was in the side which gained promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs, playing all 120 minutes of the dramatic 4–3 victory over Reading (they were relegated in the subsequent campaign), and also started in the League Cup Final (lost 2–1 to Liverpool) in the same season.
In April 1997, he scored the last goals at Burnden Park,[6] finishing as the club and the division's top scorer with 24 goals from 43 games as Bolton returned to the top level, this time as champions. A notable individual achievement in that year was scoring a hat-trick in a 6–1 cup win over Tottenham.[4] He made seven further league appearances for the club at the outset of the next season before joining second-tier Bradford City in November 1997 for £625,000 in what would be an injury-hit move.[5] He later had the Bolton club crest tattooed on his arm.[4]
Later years[edit]
McGinlay had short spells with Oldham Athletic and American team Cincinnati Riverhawks before moving into management with non-league sides Ilkeston Town and Gresley Rovers.[7] In 2013 was also employed by as a chief scout by Wigan Athletic,
[4] appointed by former Bolton teammate Owen Coyle during his spell as manager, after spending time working in similar roles in the United States with Cincinnati Kings (where he had also finished his playing career after serving as a manager), and with the Scottish Football Association.[8]
International[edit]
During his time with Bolton, McGinlay earned 13 international caps for Scotland, scoring four goals; his last and most important strike was the only goal of a 1–0 victory over Sweden[2][5] (which featured a memorable goalkeeping display by Jim Leighton) and helped the national side qualify for World Cup 98, although he did not make the squad for that tournament, nor for the Euro 96 competition.[5] McGinlay lined up for Scotland alongside his childhood friend from Fort William, Duncan Shearer,[9][5] who also spent much of his career in England – the two never played in the same team at club level. He also featured in the infamous '3-second match' in Estonia and its replay in Monaco, and missed the birth of his daughter in order to travel to Belarus for another qualification game the following year.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Bolton Wanderers
Football League First Division (1): 1996–97
Individual[edit]
First Division PFA Team of the Year (1): 1996–97
References[edit]
^ "John McGinlay". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 April 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ ab "Football: Leighton saves the day". The Independent. 11 November 1996. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ abc "The day Bolton Wanderers humbled the mighty Liverpool in FA Cup replay at Anfield". The Daily Telegraph. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ abcdefgh "Countdown to a Bolton Wanderers legend: John McGinlay's top 50 at 50". The Bolton News. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ abcdef "Interview: John McGinlay on his love of playing for Scotland". The Scotsman. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ Nixon, Alan (25 April 1997). "Bolton bid farewell with fitting victory". London: The Independent. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ "Ilkeston Town FC managers". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ "Football: Latics appoint chief scout". Wigan Athletic F.C. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Dark Blue Dons - Duncan Shearer". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
External links[edit]
John McGinlay at Soccerbase
John McGinlay at the Scottish Football Association
John McGinlay at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
[1] Cincinnati United Soccer Club
John McGinlay at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Fort William, Highland
- Sportspeople from Highland (council area)
- Association football forwards
- Scottish footballers
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Elgin City F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- Cincinnati Riverhawks players
- Cincinnati Kings players
- Scottish football managers
- Gresley F.C. managers
- Ilkeston Town F.C. managers
- Scotland international footballers
- Scotland B international footballers
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Premier League players
- English Football League players
- USL Second Division players
- Nairn County F.C. players
- Highland Football League players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
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