John McCartney

Position: right-back

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	11	6	4	1	33	15	+18	54.55
A	8	4	2	2	18	11	+7	50.00
N	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0.00
TOTALS	20	10	6	4	51	29	+22	50.00

Name: John William McCartney

Birthdate: 00-00-0000

Age: 0

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Height:

Weight:

Years at Club: 1894-1895

Signing Info: Transferred from: Cowlairs FC, 08/1894, £

Previous Clubs: Cartvale FC, Thistle FC, Glasgow Rangers, Cowlairs FC

Debut: 08/09/1894 v Burton Wanderers (A) 0-1 (League Division Two)

Farewell: Transferred to Luton Town, 04/1895, £

Passed Away: 18/01/1933

Biography

Nobody in Manchester United's entire history looked less a footballer than John McCartney. A portly, nay, round, player who contemporary reporters did not shy of calling "fat", he even had the face of someone twice the age. Yet McCartney could move on the football field, putting his hefty physique to good use while defending from full-back.
At 14, he began his career with Cartvale FC in Renfrewshire, where he was from. A spell with Glasgow Thistle followed before John became Rangers' regular left-back in 1886-87. This exalted status came to an end in August 1887 when the defence shipped 8 goals in a friendly against Preston North End! John was ushered across town to Cowlairs, whom he served until 1894. The highlight was 1890-91 when they were founding members of the Scottish League.
When McCartney joined Newton Heath, he turned professional for the first time. He was made captain for the 1894-95 season and handed the right-back spot. It was a pleasant campaign for the Heathens, at least from an attacking perspective: 126 goals in all were scored, with the chunky full-back admirably claiming four of them. Still, McCartney moved to Luton Town in March 1895 in order to get an extra job on the side, something which was surprisingly against the rules at Newton Heath at the time. Curiously, though, he returned for the ultimate game - a playoff against Stoke. Little good did it do: Heath lost 0-3 and failed to move up!
He served the Hatters for three years, mostly as skipper, overseeing their inaugural Football League campaign in 1897-98. After that, he got himself into better trim and headed to Barnsley, where he played until he hurt his knee in a collision with Blackpool's Harold Hardman (future Manchester United player and chairman) in 1900, forcing his retirement. John stayed with Barnsley, first as a groundsman, then as a trainer, and, finally, manager.
At the time, a manager's success was gauged more on a club's financial wellbeing rather than its trophy haul. Accordingly, McCartney proved a very successful manager. On taking on the Barnsley job, he famously traveled to Scotland with £10 and came back with a whole team... and change! One of his later discoveries was George Wall, Manchester United's first great left winger.
McCartney then coached St. Mirren for about 6 years then Hearts for a decade. This included WWI, of course, and, after several of his players lost their lives in action, the deeply stricken John resigned his post. Later he spent seven years at the helm at Portsmouth, culminating in promotion to Division One in 1927, after which he promptly resigned, citing illness. His health got worse at his next job - back with Luton Town - and he was forced to undergo a partial leg amputation.
John finally left the game in December 1929, returned to Edinburgh and took on a job as a newspaper writer. He submitted football stories under the alias "Sir Gorgonzola" until he passed away in his home on Moat Street in January 1933. Thousands lined up the streets for his funeral. Biography kindly provided by Charbel Boujaoude.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1894-1895	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20
TOTALS		1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

Crewe Alexandra

No	Opponent

1.	Burton Wanderers	2	0
2.	Crewe Alexandra	2	1
3.	Leicester City	2	0
4.	Darwen	2	0
5.	Manchester City	2	0
6.	Rotherham United	2	0
7.	Port Vale	2	0
8.	Stoke City	2	0
9.	Arsenal	1	0
10.	Burton Swifts	1	0
11.	Notts County	1	0
12.	Lincoln City	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Burton Wanderers Committee	2
2.	Crewe Alexandra Committee	2
3.	Lee, J.	2
4.	Darwen Committee	2
5.	Parlby, Joshua	2
6.	Rotherham United Committee	2
7.	Hood, Enoch	2
8.	Reeves, Arthur	2
9.	Hollis, Sam	1
10.	Burton Swifts Committee	1
11.	Harris, Tom	1
12.	Strawson, John	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Albut, Alf

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Bank Street	11
2.	Cobridge Stadium	2
3.	Barley Bank	1
4.	Derby Turn	1
5.	Filbert Street	1
6.	Gresty Road	1
7.	Hyde Road	1
8.	Millmoor	1
9.	Trent Bridge	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division Two	18
2.	FA Cup	1
3.	Test Match	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Burton Wanderers	2
2.	Crewe Alexandra	2
3.	Leicester City	2
4.	Darwen	2
5.	Manchester City	2
6.	Rotherham United	2
7.	Port Vale	2
8.	Stoke City	2
9.	Arsenal	1
10.	Burton Swifts	1
11.	Notts County	1
12.	Lincoln City	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

All Matches played

No	Date	Comp	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	08-09-1894	Div 2	Burton Wanderers	L	0-1	A	0		Isaac Moore 65'
2.	15-09-1894	Div 2	Crewe Alexandra	W	6-1	H	1	Richard Smith ??', ??', John Dow ??', ??', John Clarkin ??', John McCartney ??'	John "Love" Jones ??'
3.	22-09-1894	Div 2	Leicester City	W	3-2	A	0	John Dow 12', ??', Richard Smith ??'	David Skea ??', Willie McArthur 87'
4.	06-10-1894	Div 2	Darwen	D	1-1	A	0	Bob Donaldson 7'	William McKennie 2'
5.	13-10-1894	Div 2	Arsenal	D	3-3	H	0	John Clarkin ??', Bob Donaldson ??', ??'	Peter Mortimer ??', ??', *Henry Boyd ??'
6.	27-10-1894	Div 2	Leicester City	D	2-2	H	0	James McNaught ??', Richard Smith ??'	David Skea 42', ??'
7.	03-11-1894	Div 2	Manchester City	W	5-2	A	0	Richard Smith 13', 14', ??, ??, John Clarkin ??'	*Billy Meredith ??', ??'
8.	10-11-1894	Div 2	Rotherham United	W	3-2	H	0	William Davidson 3', Bob Donaldson ??', James Peters ??'	*James Coupar ??', Jimmy McCormick ??'
9.	24-11-1894	Div 2	Darwen	D	1-1	H	0	Bob Donaldson ??'	John King ??'
10.	01-12-1894	Div 2	Crewe Alexandra	W	2-0	A	0	Richard Smith ??', John Clarkin ??'
11.	08-12-1894	Div 2	Burton Swifts	W	5-1	H	0	James Peters 20', ??', Richard Smith 21', ??', John Dow ??'	Edwin Birch 90'
12.	15-12-1894	Div 2	Notts County	D	1-1	A	0	Bob Donaldson 70'	Daniel Bruce 20'
13.	22-12-1894	Div 2	Lincoln City	W	3-0	H	0	George Millar 10', Bob Donaldson 43', Richard Smith ??'
14.	24-12-1894	Div 2	Port Vale	W	5-2	A	0	George Millar ??', Richard Smith ??', John Clarkin ??', Bob Donaldson ??', James McNaught ??'	Billy Beats 4', Ted McDonald ??'
15.	01-01-1895	Div 2	Port Vale	W	3-0	H	0	George Millar ??', ??', Charles Rothwell ??'
16.	05-01-1895	Div 2	Manchester City	W	4-1	H	0	John Clarkin 6', ??', Bob Donaldson ??', Richard Smith ??'	James Sharples ??'
17.	12-01-1895	Div 2	Rotherham United	L	1-2	A	0	Fred Erentz ??'	James Coupar ??', Willie Bryant ??'
18.	02-02-1895	FAC	Stoke City	L	2-3	H	0	Richard Smith ??', James Peters ??'	Sammy Meston 1', ??', Jimmy Robertson ??'
19.	02-03-1895	Div 2	Burton Wanderers	D	1-1	H	0	James Peters ??'	G.Cunningham 88'
20.	27-04-1895	TM	Stoke City	L	0-3	N	0		Joe Schofield 40', 50', Jack Farrell 76'

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