Kevin MacDonald (footballer)
![]() MacDonald in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Duncan MacDonald[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 November 1960||
Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Inverness Caledonian | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1984 | Leicester City | 138 | (8) |
1984–1989 | Liverpool | 40 | (1) |
1987 | → Leicester City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1988 | → Rangers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1989–1991 | Coventry City | 31 | (0) |
1990–1991 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
1991–1993 | Walsall | 53 | (7) |
Total | 276 | (16) | |
Managerial career | |||
1994 | Leicester City (caretaker) | ||
1995–2012 | Aston Villa Reserves | ||
2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland (assistant) | ||
2010 | Aston Villa (caretaker) | ||
2013 | Swindon Town | ||
2015 | Aston Villa (assistant) | ||
2015 | Aston Villa (caretaker) | ||
2018 | Aston Villa (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Duncan MacDonald (born 22 November 1960) is a Scottish former footballer who is the former manager of Swindon Town and caretaker manager of Aston Villa on three occasions. As a player MacDonald was a member of the Liverpool "double" winning side of 1986.
Prior to taking his first managerial job at Swindon MacDonald's career most notably included a spell as caretaker manager at Aston Villa following the resignation of Martin O'Neill on 9 August 2010. MacDonald also worked as assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland, with his ex-Liverpool teammate Steve Staunton, who he used to coach at Aston Villa.[3] In 1994, he also spent a short time as caretaker manager at Leicester City.
Playing career
MacDonald was discovered by Leicester City while playing for his home town club, Inverness Caledonian, in the Highland League. Alex Ferguson, then manager of Aberdeen, watched Macdonald on several occasions while he played for Inverness Caledonian, but no business was done.
MacDonald joined
At the start of the following season, MacDonald broke his leg against
Management and coaching
Leicester City
In November 1994, MacDonald was named caretaker manager of
Aston Villa
In August 2010, following the immediate resignation of former
MacDonald's first game as caretaker manager came at
Villa named Gérard Houllier as their permanent manager on 8 September 2010; however, MacDonald remained in charge for the following two Premier League matches against Stoke City and Bolton due to Houllier having to work his notice with the French Football Federation.[15]
With the departure of Houllier and his
On 13 December 2018, Aston Villa suspended MacDonald after allegations of bullying from ex-midfielder Gareth Farrelly. Farrelly gave an interview to the Guardian newspaper where he described MacDonald as being "relentlessly negative" to him in the 1990s. Furthermore, Farrelly claimed MacDonald was "incredibly aggressive, with constant verbal and physical bullying". Other players came forward to give information including Greg Walters a trainee at Aston Villa between 1998 and 2000. Villa initiated an internal investigation and MacDonald was temporarily reassigned to non-player facing duties.[17] On 20 August 2019, Aston Villa announced MacDonald's departure with immediate effect. Aston Villa apologised to all former players that came forward as part of the investigation into Kevin Macdonald's behaviour. In the clubs statement it said "Aston Villa wishes to apologise to all former players who were affected by behaviour which would not be tolerated by the Club today".[18]
Swindon Town
On 28 February 2013, it was announced MacDonald was the new manager of
On 12 July 2013, he failed to attend a pre-season friendly with Forest Green Rovers at The New Lawn for what was described by Swindon as 'personal problems' and after six months in the job, it was announced that he had quit the club the following day.[20][21]
References
- ^ a b c "Kevin MacDonald". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b c "Kevin MacDonald". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Southampton 2–1 Liverpool". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "List of appearances in 1987–1988 by Kevin MacDonald". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "List of appearances in 1988–1989 by Kevin MacDonald". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ MacDonald attends Hillsborough victim's funeral: Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "List of goals in 1985–1986 by Kevin MacDonald". lfchistory.net. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ a b Clarkson, Ian (10 May 2003). "Kevin MacDonald: a man who helped make Lineker and Smith great!". Givemefootball.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Martin O'Neill resigns as Aston Villa manager". BBC Sport. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Villa caretaker will have no favourites". Mirror Football. Daily Mirror. 13 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ Darling, Kevin (14 August 2010). "Aston Villa 3–0 West Ham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ Stevenson, Jonathan (19 August 2010). "Rapid Vienna 1–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ Chowdhury, Saj (22 August 2010). "Newcastle 6–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Houllier takes Villa reins". Sky Sports.
- The People, 12 June 2011
- ^ Conn, David. "Aston Villa remove Kevin MacDonald from coaching after new bullying claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Conn, David. "Kevin MacDonald leaves Aston Villa following bullying investigation". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Swindon Town: Kevin MacDonald succeeds Paolo Di Canio as boss". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Kevin MacDonald leaves managerial role". BBC Sport. 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Swindon Town part company with Kevin MacDonald by mutual consent". Guardian. 13 July 2013.
External links
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- LFChistory.net player profile
- Kevin MacDonald at Soccerbase
- Kevin MacDonald management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Kevin MacDonald career stats
- Kevin MacDonald – UEFA competition record (archive)