Matthew Dickie

Matt Dickie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1873-08-19)19 August 1873
Place of birth	Rhu, Scotland
Date of death	30 December 1959(1959-12-30) (aged 86)
Place of death	Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Helensburgh Victoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894–1896	Renton	29	(0)
1896–1904	Rangers	141	(0)
1904–1907	Clyde	27	(0)
International career
1897–1900	Scotland	3	(0)
1898[1]	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Dickie (19 August 1873 – 30 December 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is best known for his time with Rangers. He also played for Renton and Clyde.[2]

Dickie made his Rangers debut against St Mirren in a 5–1 home win at Ibrox on 15 August 1896. He played 126 league matches from a possible 132 during one sequence and went on to make 175 first class appearances over his eight years at the club, and 275 in total.[3]

Dickie won four Scottish Football League Championships (including the perfect season of 1898–99 in which he played in every match),[4] three Scottish Cups, five Glasgow Cups and two Charity Cups with Rangers, and represented Scotland three times.[5]

References

1. (SFL player) Matthew Dickie, London Hearts Supporters Club
2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
3. (Rangers player) Dickie, Matthew, FitbaStats
4. The Season of 1898-99, Scottish Football Museum, 16 January 2019
5. Early goalkeeping star, Helensburgh Heritage Trust, 11 August 2008

Sources

• Matthew Dickie at the Scottish Football Association