Sandy MacFarlane

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Sandy MacFarlane
Personal information
Full name Alexander MacFarlane
Date of birth 1878
Place of birth    Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death    Unknown
Playing position Inside forward
Youth clubs
Baillieston
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1895-1896
1896-1897
1897-1898
1898-1901
1901-1913
1913-1914		 Airdrie
Woolwich Arsenal
Airdrie
Newcastle United
Dundee
Chelsea
05 0(0)

84 (17)

04 0(0)   
National team
1904-1911 Scotland 05 0(1)
Teams managed
1919-1925
1925-1928
1928
1928-1932
1933-1935		 Dundee
Charlton Athletic
Dundee
Charlton Athletic
Blackpool

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexander "Sandy" MacFarlane (born 1878 - d. 19??) and was a Scottish professional football player and manager.

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[edit] Playing career

A Scotland international inside-forward, he played domestically for Airdrie before moving south to join Woolwich Arsenal in 1896. He only made seven appearances for Arsenal, his debut coming against Grimsby Town on November 28, 1896, and returned to Airdrie the following year. His second move, south of the border, was more successful, joining Newcastle and becoming their first-choice inside-left.

He returned to Scotland to play for Dundee in 1901. During his twelve years there he won a Scottish FA Cup in 1909-10 and made five appearances for Scotland between 1904 and 1911, scoring once in a 5-0 victory over Ireland on 15 March 1909 in the British Home Championship. He moved to Chelsea in 1913, but only played sporadically and retired from playing in 1914.

[edit] Managerial career

MacFarlane returned to Dundee in 1919 and spent six years in charge of the club, during which time they reached another Scottish Cup final in 1924-25. That summer, Charlton Athletic tempted him to move south. In January 1928 he returned to Dundee, but only lasted seven months before returning to Charlton. In his first full season back at the club, he led Charlton to the 1928-29 Third Division South title.

He ledt Charlton in 1932 and a year later joined Blackpool on a two-year contract. At Blackpool, he dismantled the Seasiders squad, allowing nine players to leave Bloomfield Road as he brought in fresh faces. One player he signed, Peter Doherty, cost £1,000 but was sold on to Manchester City in 1936 for ten times that amount. At the end of the 1934-35 season, Blackpool sat in fourth position in the Division Two table, just missing out on a return to the top flight.

Blackpool was MacFarlane's last appointment, and he drifted out of football at the age of 57.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Dundee

[edit] As a manager

Charlton

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Dundee F.C. – Managers

MacFarlane (1928) • Bisset (1928–33) • McCandless (1933–37) • Cunningham (1937–40) • Anderson (1944–54) • Thornton (1954–59) • Shankly (1959–65) • Kean (1965c) • Ancell (1965–68) • Prentice (1968–72) • White (1972–77) • Gemmell (1977–80) • Mackay (1980–84) • Knox (1984–86) • Scott (1986–88) • Smith (1988–89) • Wallace (1989–91) • Blackley (1991c) • Munro (1991–92) • Stainrod (1992–93) • Duffy (1993–96) • McCormack (1997–98) • Scott (1998–2000) • Bonetti (2000–02) • Duffy (2002–05) • Kernaghan (2005–06) • Rae (2006–)

(c) caretaker
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Charlton Athletic F.C. – Managers

Rayner (1920–25) • MacFarlane (1925–28) • Lindon (1928) • MacFarlane (1928–32) • Lindon (1932–33) • Seed (1933–56) • Trotter (1956–61) • Hill (1961–65) • Stokoe (1965–67) • Firmani (1967–70) • Foley (1970–74) • Nelson (1974–80) • Bailey (1980–81) • Mullery (1981–82) • Craggs (1982) • Lawrence (1982–91) • Curbishley and Gritt (1991–95) • Curbishley (1995–2006) • Dowie (2006) • Reed (2006) • Pardew (2006–)
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Blackpool F.C. – Managers

Barcroft (1903–09) • Cox (1909–11) • Norman (1918–23) • Buckley (1923–27) • Beaumont (1927–28) • Evans (1928–33) • MacFarlane (1933–35) • Smith (1935–58) • Suart (1958–67) • Mortensen (1967–69) • Shannon (1969–70) • Meadows* (1970) • Stokoe (1970–72) • Potts (1972–76) • Brown (1976–78) • Meadows* (1978) • Stokoe (1978–79) • Ternent (1979–80) • Ball (1980–81) • Brown (1981–82) • Ellis (1982–89) • Mullen (1989–90) • White* (1990) • Carr (1990) • Ayre (1990–94) • Allardyce (1994–96) • Megson (1996–97) • Worthington (1997–99) • McMahon (2000–04) • Hendry (2004–05) • Grayson (2005–)

* as caretaker-manager