John McGlashan (footballer)

John McGlashan
Personal information
Full name John McGlashan[1]
Date of birth (1967-06-03)3 June 1967
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 10 January 2018(2018-01-10) (aged 50)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dundee Violet
1988–1990 Montrose 68 (10)
1990–1993 Millwall 16 (0)
1992–1993 → Fulham (loan) 5 (1)
1993 → Cambridge United (loan) 1 (0)
1993–1994 Peterborough United 46 (3)
1994–1997 Rotherham United 74 (5)
1997–1998 Dundee 8 (1)
1998 → Arbroath (loan) 14 (2)
1998–2000 Ross County 33 (10)
2000–2005 Arbroath 120 (25)
2005 Dundee Violet
2005–2007 Arbroath 2 (0)
Total 387 (57)
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]

McGlashan later managed Tayport and Dundee Violet.[2]

McGlashan died on 10 January 2018 after a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.[11]

Honours

Rotherham United

References

  1. ^ "John McGlashan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "John McGlashan (1967-2018)". Dundee FC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ John McGlashan at Soccerbase
  4. ^ "Rotherham's 1996 Auto Windscreens Shield winning side: Where are they now?". itsmillerstime.co.uk. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Football: My fav things by Arbroath's John McGlashan". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ Brown, John (24 June 2005). "Blether with Brown". Evening Telegraph (Dundee). Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  7. ^ "McGlashan takes over at Arbroath". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ Parks, Gordon. "Football: Arbroath gaffer John is ready to help on the field". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ Brown, Neil. "John McGlashan". Post War English & Scottish Football League A-Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. ^ "McGlashan's exit shocks Arbroath". BBC News. 19 October 2009.
  11. ^ "Funeral details revealed for former Dundee footballer John McGlashan". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  12. ^ Wood, Greg (14 April 1996). "Familiar role for Jemson". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2024.