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Career

Season
1966-6718 (1)000
Totals:18 (1)000

 Apps = first-team starts with substitute appearances in brackets.
 Gls = goals.
 All = competitive appearances only. Friendlies are shown separately and do not form part of the competitive totals.
 Yel = yellow cards/cautions. Red = red cards/dismissals.

 Recent First Team Starts
 04/03/67 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A) 1 - 1
 12/11/66 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A) 1 - 4
 05/11/66 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H) 0 - 2
 29/10/66 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A) 2 - 2
 22/10/66 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H) 3 - 3

 Recent First Team Goals
 None

 List of Goals Scored
None

 List of Games Played (click to expand)
 04/03/67 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (A)  1 - 1
 21/01/67 Division 2 vs. Albion Rovers (A)  2 - 0
 12/11/66 Division 2 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 4
 05/11/66 Division 2 vs. Alloa Athletic (H)  0 - 2
 29/10/66 Division 2 vs. Stranraer (A)  2 - 2
 22/10/66 Division 2 vs. Queen of the South (H)  3 - 3
 15/10/66 Division 2 vs. Berwick Rangers (A)  1 - 1
 01/10/66 Division 2 vs. Morton (A)  0 - 6
 24/09/66 Division 2 vs. Montrose (H)  0 - 4
 21/09/66 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (A)  0 - 3
 17/09/66 Division 2 vs. Raith Rovers (A)  0 - 3
 10/09/66 Division 2 vs. Dumbarton (H)  1 - 3
 07/09/66 Division 2 vs. East Fife (A)  1 - 3
 03/09/66 Group 9 vs. Stenhousemuir (H)  3 - 2
 27/08/66 Group 9 vs. Stranraer (A)  0 - 1
 24/08/66 Division 2 vs. Arbroath (H)  0 - 3
 20/08/66 Group 9 vs. Brechin City (A)  1 - 3
 17/08/66 Group 9 vs. Forfar Ath (A)  1 - 2
 13/08/66 Group 9 vs. East Stirlingshire (H)  3 - 0


Competition History

Competition Win % Draw % Loss %
League13 (1)0007.1%28.6%64.3%
League Cup500040.0%0.0%60.0%
Totals:18 (1)00015.8%21.1%63.2%

Competition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. G2G = goals to games ratio.


Opposition Record

Opponent W D L Win %
Albion Rovers0 (1)000100100.0%
Alloa Athletic20000110.0%
Arbroath20000020.0%
Berwick Rangers10000100.0%
Brechin City10000010.0%
Dumbarton10000010.0%
East Fife10000010.0%
East Stirlingshire1000100100.0%
Forfar Ath20000020.0%
Montrose10000010.0%
Morton10000010.0%
Queen of the South10000100.0%
Raith Rovers10000010.0%
Stenhousemuir1000100100.0%
Stranraer20000110.0%
Totals:18 (1)000341215.8%

Opposition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. Yellow and red card totals are shown on desktop screens.


Biography

Donald McDonald was freed by Dundee United and picked up by Clydebank. He was a left back but as he was tall Mr Steedman thought he had found a centre half. In a desperate start to senior football in season 1966-67, Clydebank we’re struggling to get to know each other as players and struggling to get to grips with Second Division football in Scotland. There was no consistency in selection as The Bankies defence was leaking goals in every game. The constant changes were affecting morale and Donald McDonald was one of the casualties of these changes.

He was a young defender still learning his trade but he was being switched between left back and centre half and as a result was losing confidence with the constant switching. He had a very poor record in the Clydebank colours, with his thirteen league appearances seeing no victories. He was dropped from the team in November 1966 after a poor performance in a 4-1 defeat at Forfar. He was replaced by John Wark at left back who was only to last a few games in that position before he also had a horror show and was replaced by Davie Mitchell who tied down that position, well until Mr Steedman made another signing and moved Davie Mitchell to right back. Donald McDonald finally made a winning league appearance for The Bankies when he came on as a substitute ten minutes from the end in a 2-0 victory at Albion Rovers in January 1967. His final game was in March 1967 in a 1-1 draw at Alloa in a Bankies team fielding three Trialists. He was unlucky to play in a struggling team and he found himself freed at the end of the season.

Debut

August 13th, 1966
Clydebank 3 - 0 East Stirlingshire

League Cup (Group 9)


Timeline

  • Date of Birth


    Donald has an unknown date of birth.

    Date unknown

  • Signed For Clydebank

    Wednesday, July 6th, 1966

  • First Team Debut

    Clydebank 3 - 0 East Stirlingshire
    League Cup (Group 9)

    Clydebank PressClydebank's 4-2-4 system really proved to be too much for this weak East Stirling side and Bankies thoroughly deserved this good win.Several Clydebank to

    Saturday, August 13th, 1966

  • League Debut

    Clydebank 0 - 3 Arbroath
    League (Division 2)

    Arbroath HeraldArbroath got off to a good start in the League programme proper on Wednesday night, when they beat Clydebank, the new member of the Second Division, at Kilbowie Park

    Wednesday, August 24th, 1966

  • Last Appearance

    Alloa Athletic 1 - 1 Clydebank
    League (Division 2)

    Clydebank PressA good result for Bankies considering this was an away game and they were without three regulars.Man of the match was Frank Russell who was playing at outsid

    Saturday, March 4th, 1967

  • Left the Club

    Sunday, April 30th, 1967