Malcolm McPherson

Malcolm McPherson
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-12-09) 9 December 1974
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1992 Yeovil Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Yeovil Town 18 (2)
1994–1996 West Ham United 0 (0)
→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)
→ IFK Norrköping (loan)
1996–1998 Brentford 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Malcolm McPherson (born 9 December 1974) is a Scottish football coach and former footballer who played professionally in the Football League for Brentford. He is the former manager of New Zealand clubs Eastern Suburbs and North Shore United AFC.

Career

Playing career

McPherson's playing career started at Yeovil Town where he made his 1st team debut at 17 in the Vauxhall Conference 1992-93 season. Mcpherson was a regular for Yeovil Town playing at their newly built Huish Park Stadium. Mcpherson was in the 14-man squad that defeated Fulham 1-0 in the FA Cup at Huish Park in November 1993.

After three seasons at the club, West Ham United bought McPherson for £30,000 in a three-year deal,[1] which, dependent upon appearances, would have risen to £200,000.[2] The transfer fee between West Ham United and Yeovil Town was the largest paid for a player transferring from the English Football Conference to an English Premier League club.

His time at Upton Park was riddled with injury; the longest period of fitness being three months.[1] In May 1995 West Ham United's first team squad toured Australia. The Scottish striker scored in the 2-2 draw versus a Western Australia Select XI and scored the winning goal versus the Australian Olympic team in Brisbane featuring Danny Tiatto and Kevin Muscat.

In the 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 seasons McPherson had loan spells from West Ham United to Dagenham & Redbridge and Swedish Allsvenskan Premier Division club IFK Norrköping. Mcpherson's Allsvenskan home debut for IFK Norrkoping was in April 1996. His scoring debut was in the 4-1 defeat of Orebro SK in his 2nd appearance for the club before returning to West Ham United.

In June 1996 McPherson rejected a one-year contract extension at West Ham.[1] He signed for Brentford, reaching the Division One play off final at Wembley, losing in the final to Crewe Alexandra in the 1996–97 season. Mcpherson made his debut for Brentford at Griffin Park versus Bristol Rovers in January 1997.

In the 1997–98 season Brentford, were relegated under the management of Micky Adams from Division Two to Division Three.

McPherson played two seasons at Brentford playing in notable fixtures. December 1997 at Craven Cottage versus Kevin Keegan's Fulham and at Turf Moor away to Burnley the same season. He was in the 14-man squad that lost 1-0 to Manchester City in the FA Cup 3rd Round January 1997.

McPherson had torn his thigh muscle and at the end of the season he left Brentford after relegation. Mcpherson stopped his playing career and didn't play again until moving to New Zealand in his early thirties. [1]

Coaching career

McPherson has coached in New Zealand as the Head Coach of U20s and Assistant 1st team coach for Waitakere United,[3] Head Coach at Eastern Suburbs winning the Northern Premier League and Chatham Cup 2015-16 season, McPherson was the Head Coach for North Shore United in 2019 winning the Northern Premier League title for the second time in his senior coaching career.

In New Zealand's 2021 season North Shore United reached the Chatham Cup semi-final with McPherson as Head Coach. However due to Covid-19 the match did not go ahead.

Honours

North Shore United

- NRFL Premier 2015

- Chatham Cup 2015

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mac the Hack". macthehack.coms.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Sporting Digest: Football". www.independent.co.uk. 7 January 1994. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Focus shifts for Youth League finalists". za.klikfc.com. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Coach's burning ambition fires up North Shore". Devon Port Flag Staff. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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