Austin McGill explained

Austin McGill
Birth Date:29 January 1935
Birth Place:Dumfries, Scotland
Position:Centre forward
Years2:1958–1959
Caps2:7
Goals2:3
Years3:1959–1960
Caps3:29
Goals3:12
Years4:1960–1961
Clubs4:Kettering Town
Years5:1961–19??

Austin McGill (born 29 January 1935) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South and in the English Football League for Carlisle United. He played as a centre forward.[1]

McGill was born in Dumfries.[1] He played football for Nithsdale Wanderers before joining First Division club Queen of the South in July 1958.[2] Queens were relegated at the end of the season,[3] and in August 1959, McGill moved south of the border to sign for English Fourth Division club Carlisle United.[4] He spent only one season with Carlisle,[1] but scored twice on his debut, on the opening day of the season in a 2–2 draw against Crystal Palace,[5] and finished the season as the club's leading league scorer with 12 goals.[6] After leaving Carlisle, McGill moved to Kettering Town, for whom he scored 26 goals from 40 appearances and helped the club gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division.[7] In September 1961 he returned to Queen of the South.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austin McGill . Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database . Neil Brown . 21 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Transfers: 1958 . DOC . Scottish Football Historical Archive . Brian McColl . 21 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425185610/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans58.doc . 25 April 2015 .
  3. Web site: Queen of the South . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 21 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Transfers: 1959 . DOC . Scottish Football Historical Archive . Brian McColl . 21 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132443/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans59.doc . 14 July 2014 .
  5. News: Miller shoots himself into Carlisle Utd's history . https://archive.today/20140222130118/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/miller-shoots-himself-into-carlisle-utd-history-1.872864 . dead . 22 February 2014 . News and Star . Carlisle . 29 August 2011 . 21 February 2014 .
    News: Yesterday's results . The Observer . London . 23 August 1959.
  6. Web site: Season-by-Season 1950–59 . Carlisle United Online Archive . 21 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050214054511/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/a.woodcock/archive/1950-59.htm . 14 February 2005 .
  7. Web site: Player database: Austin McGill . poppiesfans.com . 22 February 2014.
    Web site: Kettering Town . Football Club History Database . Richard Rundle . 22 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Transfers: 1961 . DOC . Scottish Football Historical Archive . Brian McColl . 21 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106174714/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/Transfers/Trans61.doc . 6 November 2014 .

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