Alex Donald
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Donald[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1948[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland[1] | ||
| Playing position | Right-winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1968 | Port Vale | 43 | (0) |
| Derry City | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alexander "Alex" Donald (born 5 June 1948) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a right-winger for Port Vale between 1965 and 1968, and later played for Derry City.
Playing career
Donald had a successful trial with Jackie Mudie's Port Vale over the summer of 1965, having joined in July he signed as a professional by October.[1] He made his debut on 12 January 1966 in a 2–0 defeat by Bradford City at Valley Parade, in what was the youngest ever front-line in the history of the Football League – consisting of Donald (17), Roddy Georgeson (17), Mick Cullerton (17), Paul Bannister (18), and Paul Ogden (19).[1] He played 11 Fourth Division games in 1965–66, before making 24 appearances in the 1966–67 campaign.[1] He featured ten times in the 1967–68 season under Stanley Matthews, before he was given a free transfer in May 1968, and moved on to Derry City.[1]
Statistics
- Sourced from Alex Donald profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1965–66 | Fourth Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1966–67 | Fourth Division | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 1967–68 | Fourth Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||