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George MacNaughton

Biography

George played for Edenbank in Dundee and featured several times in the latter stages of the 1901-02 season before signing professionally that summer, despite interest from other Dundee teams and offers from England. He spent the 1902-03 campaign at Gayfield, featuring regularly in our half back line. In the summer of 1903 with several offers on the table, he decided to leave Arbroath for West Hartlepool where he secured employment, and two months later Middlesborough signed him up. After spending the 1903-04 season predominately playing for Middlesborough A, he signed for Forfar Athletic in November 1904 after moving back home.…Read moreRead less
George played for Edenbank in Dundee and featured several times in the latter stages of the 1901-02 season before signing professionally that summer, despite interest from other Dundee teams and offers from England.

He spent the 1902-03 campaign at Gayfield, featuring regularly in our half back line. In the summer of 1903 with several offers on the table, he decided to leave Arbroath for West Hartlepool where he secured employment, and two months later Middlesborough signed him up. After spending the 1903-04 season predominately playing for Middlesborough A, he signed for Forfar Athletic in November 1904 after moving back home. In 1905 he moved to Rochester, New York where he lived up until his death in 1938.

Statistics

Apps
31
Goals
2
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.06
Minutes
2790
Seasons
2
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1902-0328200
1901-023000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 14 Jul 1902 · Left: 15 Jun 1903

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee5 Apr 19029 May 190331

Timeline

  1. Born

    Dundee

  3. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

  8. Died

    Rochester, New York, USA

Appearances (31)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
9 May 1903 Victoria Utd 2–2 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 D
2 May 1903 Cowdenbeath 4–1 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
29 Apr 1903 Arbroath 0–3 Dundee Dundee Charity Cup1902-03 L
4 Apr 1903 Arbroath 3–3 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1902-03 D
28 Mar 1903 Dundee Wands 2–1 Arbroath Carry Cup1902-03 L
21 Mar 1903 Arbroath 3–1 St Johnstone Northern League1902-03 W
7 Mar 1903 Arbroath 3–0 Cowdenbeath Northern League1902-03 W
28 Feb 1903 Montrose 0–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W
21 Feb 1903 Arbroath 1–0 Dunfermline Northern League1902-03 W
14 Feb 1903 Orion 4–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
27 Dec 1902 Arbroath 1–3 Forfar Northern League1902-03 L
20 Dec 1902 Dundee 'A' 3–1 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
13 Dec 1902 Dunfermline 3–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 D
6 Dec 1902 Arbroath 6–1 Lochee Utd Northern League1902-03 W
29 Nov 1902 Stenhousemuir 6–0 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 L
22 Nov 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 D
15 Nov 1902 Arbroath 2–0 Montrose Northern League1902-03 W
8 Nov 1902 Arbroath 2–0 Dundee Wands Northern League1902-03 W
1 Nov 1902 Arbroath 5–0 Caledonian Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
25 Oct 1902 Forfar 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W
18 Oct 1902 Arbroath 2–1 Camelon [1] Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
11 Oct 1902 Dundee Wands 0–1 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
4 Oct 1902 Aberdeen (Old) 1–1 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 D
27 Sep 1902 Lochee Utd 1–2 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W
20 Sep 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee 'A' Northern League1902-03 D
13 Sep 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Orion Northern League1902-03 D
6 Sep 1902 Arbroath 7–2 Lochee Utd Scottish Qualifying Cup1902-03 W
23 Aug 1902 St Johnstone 5–0 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 L
10 May 1902 Orion 4–4 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 D
3 May 1902 Dundee 'A' 3–0 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L

Goals scored (2)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
7 Mar 1903 Arbroath 3–0 Cowdenbeath Northern League1902-03 W 55′
28 Feb 1903 Montrose 0–3 Arbroath Northern League1902-03 W 67′