| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Shotton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-02-16)16 February 1957 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1975 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1975–1979 | Atherstone Town | ||
| 1979–1980 | Nuneaton Borough | 50 | (5) |
| 1980–1987 | Oxford United | 263 | (12) |
| 1987 | Portsmouth | 10 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | Barnsley | 66 | (6) |
| 1990–1992 | Hull City | 59 | (2) |
| 1992–1994 | Ayr United | 73 | (3) |
| 1994–1996 | Barnsley | 10 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Oxford United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Malcolm Shotton (born 16 February 1957) is an English former professionalfootballer andmanager. He was on the books ofLeicester City as an apprentice but failed to make the break into senior football there. He played forAtherstone United andNuneaton Borough in non-league football before signing forOxford United in1980. He formed a notable defensive partnership withGary Briggs and went on to become captain of the side as they rose from Division Three to Division One. His finest moment as captain was lifting theMilk Cup atWembley Stadium inApril 1986. At the end of the following season he was transferred toPortsmouth.[3] He later played forHuddersfield Town,Barnsley,Hull City andAyr United and, after his playing career ended, served as assistant manager at Barnsley.
In1998 he returned to Oxford as manager, replacingMalcolm Crosby. His appointment was popular[4] and initially successful, as he led the team out of relegation danger to a creditable 12th-place finish inDivision One. However, United were relegated to Division Two at the end ofthe following season, and Shotton resigned in October 1999, with the club in serious danger of a second successive relegation.
In 2021, it was revealed on theFootball Cliches[5] podcast that three early teenagers impersonated Shotton to make fake transfer enquiries directly to club managers. This led toRoy Evans,Martin O'Neill,Barry Fry and others to speculate on transfer dealings directly to the impersonators who ran their scam from a payphone. It is unclear whether Shotton was aware of this during his Oxford United tenure.
Shotton later served as assistant manager atBradford City Director of Football atLoughborough University[6] and manager ofBarnsley College Academy Team.[7]