| Gary MacDonald | |
| Fullname: | Gary MacDonald |
| Birth Date: | 1979 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Middlesbrough, England |
| Position: | Central Defender |
| Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Years2: | 2001–2003 |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Managerclubs1: | Walton & Hersham (player-manager) |
| Manageryears1: | 2016 |
| Managerclubs2: | Hayes & Yeading United (player-assistant manager) |
| Manageryears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs3: | Hungerford Town (player-assistant manager) |
| Manageryears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Years3: | 2002–2003 |
| Years4: | 2003–2007 |
| Years5: | 2007–2008 |
| Years6: | 2008 |
| Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Years8: | 2009–2010 |
| Years9: | 2010–2012 |
| Years10: | 2013 |
| Years11: | 2013–2014 |
| Years12: | 2014 |
| Years13: | 2014–2015 |
| Years14: | 2015 |
| Years15: | 2015–2016 |
| Years16: | 2016 |
| Years17: | 2016 |
| Years18: | 2016–2017 |
| Years19: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Stevenage Borough (loan) |
| Clubs4: | Woking |
| Clubs5: | Ebbsfleet United |
| Clubs6: | →Bognor Regis Town (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Hayes & Yeading United |
| Clubs8: | Havant & Waterlooville |
| Clubs9: | Kingstonian |
| Clubs10: | → Metropolitan Police (loan) |
| Clubs11: | Walton Casuals |
| Clubs12: | Slough Town |
| Clubs13: | Hayes & Yeading United |
| Clubs14: | Slough Town |
| Clubs15: | Farnborough |
| Clubs16: | Staines Town |
| Clubs17: | Walton & Hersham |
| Clubs18: | Hayes & Yeading United |
| Clubs19: | Hungerford Town |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Caps4: | 122 |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Caps7: | 25 |
| Caps8: | 27 |
| Caps9: | 20 |
| Caps10: | 10 |
| Caps11: | 20 |
| Caps12: | 0 |
| Caps13: | 24 |
| Caps14: | 8 |
| Caps15: | 15 |
| Caps16: | 3 |
| Caps17: | 7 |
| Caps18: | 0 |
| Caps19: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Goals13: | 1 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Goals15: | 1 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Goals17: | 1 |
| Goals18: | 0 |
| Goals19: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 00:35 16 November 2013 (GMT) |
Gary MacDonald (born 25 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, and was most recently a player/assistant manager of Hungerford Town.[1] He has made over 150 appearances in the Football League and the Conference Premier.
MacDonald began his career with Portsmouth but made no first-team appearances and joined non-league club Havant & Waterlooville. He joined Football League One club Peterborough United in February 2001[2] but struggled to break into the first-team, making 21 league and cup appearances in two years. He joined Football Conference side Stevenage Borough on loan in November 2001[3] and made eleven appearances for the club during the remainder of the 2001–02 season.
At the end of the season, he joined another National Conference side Woking,[4] where he started 120 games in four years. He was signed by Ebbsfleet United in June 2007[5] but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his first game for Ebbsfleet in August 2007,[6] which ruled him out of the game for several months until he made his comeback in a Kent Senior Cup match in January 2008.[7]
MacDonald returned to the first-team in March 2008 and by the end of the 2007–08 season, had made eight appearances for Ebbsfleet[8] and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008.[9] MacDonald returned to Havant & Waterlooville in 2009, but fell out of favour with the manager and made his last appearance for the club in March 2010. During the close-season of 2010, MacDonald signed for Kingstonian.[10]
Following a one-month loan with Metropolitan Police, the 34-year-old signed for Walton Casuals. In July 2014, the versatile defender signed for Slough Town. He then briefly lined up for Farnborough, before a switch to Staines Town. He then joined Walton & Hersham in February 2016.[11] Following the resignation of manager Mark Hams the following month, MacDonald was announced as player-manager for the eight remaining games of the 2015–16 season.[12]
In July 2016 he was announced by Hayes & Yeading United to be Mickey Lewis' playing assistant manager, having had two previous spells with the club, most recently in 2015 under Phil Babb and Tristan Lewis.
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