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Players - Donald McKinlay

Birthdate: 25 July 1891

Birthplace: Newton, Cambuslang, Scotland

Date of death: 16 September 1959

Other clubs: Newton Swifts (1905-08), Rutherglen Woodburn (1908-09), Newton Villa (1909-10), Prescot Cables (1929-31)

Signed from: Newton Villa

Signed for LFC: 25.01.1910

International debut: 04.02.1922 vs. Wales

International caps: 2/0 - 04.03.1922

Liverpool debut:20.04.1910

Last appearance:01.09.1928

Debut goal:02.11.1912

Last goal:05.03.1927

Contract expiry: May 1929

Win ratio: 43.32% W:188 D:111 L:135

Honours: League Championship 1921/22, 1922/23

Wartime games/goals: 136 / 24

League games / goals: 393 / 33

Total games / goals: 434 / 34

Player Profile

Few came tougher than Donald McKinlay who was Liverpool's captain from 1922-1928. He certainly enjoyed his two decades at the Reds: "If I had 20 years to go again, I would go back to them," he said in 1955. McKinlay made his debut for Liverpool 19 years of age on 20 April 1910 when Liverpool defeated Nottingham Forest 7-3 with Jack Parkinson grabbing four. He only made two appearances as left-half the following season and featured on the right and left of the half-back line at the close of 1911/12. McKinlay was slowly making a name for himself but the question was what was his best position. He played in five different positions in the 1912/13 season mostly as an inside-right where he was said to be "as nippy and quick as a jack-in-the-box." He had quite a magnificent shot in his arsenal and he scored six goals in 23 matches that campaign. He was moved back and forth as well in the following season and after only featuring in two out of the last 11 games he was given the enormous responsibility of playing as left-half in place of injured captain Harry Lowe in the 1914 FA Cup final which Liverpool lost 1-0 to Burnley. McKinlay appeared regularly for Liverpool during World War I and made 136 appearances and scored 24 goals. Once the League resumed in 1919/20, McKinlay was a firm fixture in the side and formed probably the best full-back pairing ever in the history of Liverpool with him on the left and Ephraim Longworth on the right. After sharing the captaincy with Longworth in the 1919/20 season he was made sole captain in January 1922 at thirty years of age and held on to this honour until he left Liverpool seven years later.

McKinlay was the proud general of the Liverpool side that won successive League Championship titles in 1922 and 1923 and had the leadership qualities necessary for such a demanding role. McKinlay's shooting prowess gave him a return of 34 goals for Liverpool, of which only four came from the penalty spot. One goal possibly more memorable than the rest came on 16 January 1926 in the fifteenth minute of a 2-1 league win against West Ham. McKinlay was a full ten yards inside his own half when he unleashed a shot that hit the back of the Hammers' net. In honour of his 19 years of service for the club, McKinlay received his fourth benefit from Liverpool in the last game of the 1928/29 season against Manchester City at Anfield. He received a cheque for a total of £468. McKinlay stayed in the Merseyside area to play non-league football for a while with Prescot Cables and later became a publican in the city of Liverpool. Amongst the premises he ran was the Greyhound on East Prescot Road, where he was listed in the government compiledregister of 1939. He was a keen golfer and enjoyed playing the drums! McKinlay died aged 69 at Broadgreen Hospital in 1959. Not surprisingly Donald McKinlay is a member of Liverpool FC's Hall of Fame.

Appearances per season

Season	League	FA	Other	Total
Totals	393	40	1	434
1909-1910	1	0	0	1
1910-1911	2	0	0	2
1911-1912	7	0	0	7
1912-1913	22	1	0	23
1913-1914	16	6	0	22
1914-1915	20	2	0	22
1919-1920	41	5	0	46
1920-1921	35	3	0	38
1921-1922	29	3	1	33
1922-1923	42	4	0	46
1923-1924	39	5	0	44
1924-1925	28	2	0	30
1925-1926	41	3	0	44
1926-1927	28	4	0	32
1927-1928	40	2	0	42
1928-1929	2	0	0	2

A more detailed look at the player's appearances

Apps	Minutes	Opponent
24	2160	Sheffield United
23	2070	Sunderland
22	1980	Aston Villa
22	1980	Newcastle United
20	1800	Everton
19	1710	Arsenal
19	1710	Tottenham
19	1710	Blackburn Rovers
18	1620	Bolton Wanderers
17	1530	Burnley
17	1530	Huddersfield Town
17	1530	Manchester United
16	1440	Manchester City
16	1440	WBA
15	1350	Middlesbrough
12	1080	Preston North End
12	1080	Birmingham City
11	990	Cardiff City
11	990	Oldham Athletic
10	900	Chelsea
9	810	Derby
9	810	Bradford City
9	810	Notts County
8	720	Sheffield Wednesday
8	720	West Ham United
6	540	Nottingham Forest
6	540	Bury
6	540	Leeds United
6	540	Leicester City
5	450	Southampton
4	360	Bradford Park Avenue
2	180	Gateshead
2	180	Stoke City
2	180	Portsmouth
2	180	Barnsley
2	180	Bournemouth
1	90	QPR
1	90	Stockport County
1	90	Wolves
1	90	Fulham
1	90	Luton Town
1	90	Darlington
1	90	Gillingham
1	90	Southport

Total	Venue
217	Home
215	Away
2	Neutral

Total	Competition
393	League
40	FA Cup
1	Charity Shield

Total	W	D	L	Win %	Manager
194	76	50	68	39.2%	Matt McQueen
121	64	34	23	52.9%	David Ashworth
77	31	17	29	40.3%	Tom Watson
18	7	2	9	38.9%	George Patterson
13	3	4	6	23.1%	George Patterson (2nd term)
11	7	4	0	63.6%	Caretaker Manager

Goals per season

Season	League	FA	Total
Totals	33	1	34
1909-1910	0	0	0
1910-1911	0	0	0
1911-1912	0	0	0
1912-1913	6	0	6
1913-1914	1	0	1
1914-1915	1	0	1
1919-1920	4	0	4
1920-1921	2	0	2
1921-1922	1	0	1
1922-1923	5	1	6
1923-1924	6	0	6
1924-1925	4	0	4
1925-1926	2	0	2
1926-1927	1	0	1
1927-1928	0	0	0
1928-1929	0	0	0

A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring

Total	Opponent
5	Aston Villa
3	Sunderland
3	Blackburn Rovers
3	Nottingham Forest
2	Bolton Wanderers
2	WBA
2	Sheffield Wednesday
2	Bradford City
2	West Ham United
2	Oldham Athletic
2	Manchester City
1	Middlesbrough
1	Manchester United
1	Preston North End
1	Tottenham
1	Arsenal
1	Leicester City

Total	Competition
33	League
1	FA Cup

Total	Goal origin
30	Open play
4	Penalty

Wartime Appearances / Goals

Season	Appearances	Goals
1915-1916	29	4
1916-1917	35	6
1917-1918	35	5
1918-1919	37	9

Milestone Appearances

#	Date	Against	Stadium	Competition
1	20.04.1910	Nottingham Forest	Anfield	League
50	28.02.1914	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	League
100	01.01.1920	Manchester United	Anfield	League
150	05.03.1921	Huddersfield Town	Leeds Road	League
200	16.09.1922	Preston North End	Anfield	League
250	13.10.1923	Everton	Anfield	League
300	06.12.1924	WBA	Anfield	League
350	27.03.1926	WBA	The Hawthorns	League
400	15.10.1927	Everton	Goodison Park	League

Milestone Goals

#	Minute	Date	Against	Stadium	Competition
1	3	02.11.1912	Tottenham	Anfield	League

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Related Quotes

"I thought a lot of him. If Jack had had a little more 'devilment' in him, he would have been one of the best inside forwards in the game."

Former Liverpool captain, Don MacKinlay, on Jack Balmer in 1955

"One of the finest centre-halves I have ever seen. I would have loved to have played behind him. What a tragedy it was he was moved about such a lot. Why Liverpool let him go this season I just don’t know."

Former Liverpool captain, Don MacKinlay, on Bill Jones in 1955

He hits the ball with ferocious force, and commands the ball as though it were tied to his boot.

The Liverpool Echo on Donald Mackinlay on 23 September 1918

"I think the game was tougher in my day. I remember one match in the early twenties when Wadsworth injured a leg and I saw blood coming out of his boot. I told him to get some attention to it and his reply was: “Who’s blood is it, yours or mine?’ and went on playing."

63-year-old Donald Mackinlay, former captain of Liverpool, remembers Walter Wadsworth in an interview in 1955.

"He appeared in half a dozen different positions but the thing I remember most was his skill with a free kick. If I was leaving with a message and Liverpool had been awarded a free kick, I would wait until it had been taken because I knew anything could happen. He hit the ball with terrific power but also had a remarkable touch."

Leslie Edwards, the sports editor of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo couldn’t praise Mackinlay’s abilities highly enough.

"Generally today captains do not have sufficient responsibility. It seems to me that all they do is to take the team out and toss the coin. There’s not enough directing and you hardly hear them shout instructions. In my day I had full control on the field and if there was any decision on changing ofpositions, I took it. I am speaking generally and not individually, but captains today are not what they used to be. I told my players: “If I have to say anything to you, answer me back and don’t start sulking.”’

Mackinlay, captain of Liverpool 1922-1928, explains the skipper's role in the Evening Express in 1955.

“Red is my colour. I’ll play for Liverpool as long as they will have me. I don’t want to play for anybody else and when I pull off the red shirt for the last time I expect I will finish with football, at any rate as a player.”

Donald Mackinlay was a Red through and through evident in his interview with the Evening Express on the 25th of January 1923