Ted McDonald (footballer)

Ted McDonald

McDonald in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Personal information
Full name	Edward McDonald[1]
Date of birth	1876[1]
Place of birth	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Date of death	October 1938 (age 61–62)[1]
Position(s)	Left half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1893	Stoke	0	(0)
1894–1896	Burslem Port Vale	46	(4)
1896–1897	Stoke	2	(0)
1897–1899	Burslem Port Vale	67	(7)
1899–1904	Notts County	139	(3)
	Portsmouth
Total		247+	(14+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward McDonald (1876 – October 1938) was an English

McDonald played for Stoke, before joining Burslem Port Vale in July 1894.^[1] He made 19 Second Division appearances in the 1894–95 season, and scored his first senior goal on 24 December, in a 5–2 defeat to Newton Heath at the Athletic Ground.^[1] He played 30 games in the 1895–96 campaign, and scored in 4–0 home win over Rotherham Town and a 2–1 win over Newton Heath at Bank Street.^[1]

McDonald returned to Stoke in August 1896, after Vale failed to gain re-election to the Football League.^[1] He played two First Division games in the 1896–97 season, before leaving the Victoria Ground to return to Port Vale.^[1] After helping the Midland League club to lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1898, he scored seven goals in 39 appearances in the 1898–99 season.^[1] He scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 victory over Luton Town on 4 March 1899.^[1] He played nine league games at the start of the 1899–1900 season, before he was sold to Notts County for a 'considerable' fee in November 1899, after Vale suffered a financial crisis. He later played for Portsmouth.^[1]

Career statistics

Source:^[2]

Honours

Port Vale

• Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1898

References