Bobby McDonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBobby McDonald
Scottish footballer
Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1955
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Bobby McDonald
- Bobby McDonald (born 13 April 1955) is a Scottish footballer, who played in the left back position.
- McDonald was a defender of great control and positional sense who also had a happy knack of scoring goals. He played for King Street Sports club in Aberdeen before joining Aston Villa in 1971, turning professional in September 1972.
- A Scottish youth international, he played in the 1972 Little World Cup when Frank Gray and Kenny Burns were among his contemporaries.
- After helping Villa to promotion to Division One in 1974-75 and picking up a 1975 League Cup Winners' medal, a £40,000 transfer took him to Coventry City.
- He played thirty-three starting games and six substitute appearances in the league while at Villa Park, scoring once. At Coventry he made one hundred and sixty-one consecutive appearances in the League, scoring fourteen goals.
- Coventry at this time played a very adventurous game and McDonald was encouraged to get forward and join in the attack.
- One of his best goals for the Sky Blues came in a famous Christmas time win over Norwich City, a game which Coventry eventually won 5-4.
- For his goal, Bobby was stationed on the by-line just outside the six yard box.
- He somehow managed to curl the ball inside the near post past Kevin Keelan in the Norwich goal. Manchester City signed him for £270,000 in October 1980.
- Again he was a consistent regular amassing ninety-six League appearances and netting eleven times.
- He went to Oxford United in September 1983 and won a Third Division medal in his first season, followed by a Second Division medal in 1984-85.
- In League fixtures with Oxford he made ninety-four appearances and scored fourteen goals.
- He went to Leeds on a month's loan in February 1987, before joining them in a £25,000 deal to help United's push towards the Play-offs, but took no part in their progress to the FA Cup Semi-Final as he was Cup-tied. Injury cost him his place the following season and he was loaned to Wolves for six matches in February 1988.
- Granted a free-transfer in May 1988, he joined VS Rugby in the close season.
- He later played for Burton Albion, joining the Brewers in the summer of 1989, and after that moved around the Non-League scene with some regularity.
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