John McGlashan (footballer)

John McGlashan
Personal information
Full name	John McGlashan
Date of birth	3 June 1967
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	10 January 2018 (aged 50)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Dundee Violet
1988–1990	Montrose
1990–1993	Millwall
1992–1993	→ Fulham (loan)
1993	→ Cambridge United (loan)
1993–1994	Peterborough United
1994–1997	Rotherham United
1997–1998	Dundee
1998	→ Arbroath (loan)
1998–2000	Ross County
2000–2005	Arbroath
2005	Dundee Violet
2005–2007	Arbroath
Total
Managerial career
	Millwall Lionesses
2005	Dundee Violet
2005–2009	Arbroath
2011–2014	Tayport
2014	Dundee Violet
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John McGlashan (3 June 1967 – 10 January 2018)^[2] was a Scottish football player and manager.

Playing career

In a long professional career, he played for nine clubs.^[3] He started his senior career in 1988 with Montrose, scoring some goals from a midfield position.^[2] This earned him a £50,000 move to London club Millwall in 1990.^[2] After loan spells with Fulham and Cambridge United, McGlashan moved to Peterborough United for £75,000 in 1993.^[2] A year later McGlashan moved to Rotherham United, where he stayed for three years.^[2] Whilst at Rotherham he was a part of the team that won the 1996 Football League Trophy Final.^[4] McGlashan returned to Scottish football in the summer of 1997, signing for Dundee.^[2] He made 11 appearances and scored two goals as Dundee won promotion to the Scottish Premier League in his first season with the club.^[2] Manager Jocky Scott made many changes to the squad after the club was promoted, and McGlashan was loaned to Arbroath and then moved to Ross County.^[2] He returned to Arbroath on a permanent basis in August 2000, and he made over 100 appearances in five years there.^[2]

Coaching career

McGlashan had a spell as manager of Millwall Lionesses during his time in London.^[5]

In the summer of 2005, McGlashan returned to Dundee Violet as player/manager.^[2] His father, also John, had been captain of Dundee Violet.^[6] In September 2005, Harry Cairney resigned as Arbroath manager and McGlashan was appointed as his replacement.^[2]^[7] The following month McGlashan made himself his first signing, re–registering as a player despite missing most of the previous season with a back injury.^[8] He made a further two league appearances for the club, over the next two seasons.^[9] He managed Arbroath for four years before resigning in October 2009.^[10]