Gordon Marshall (footballer, born 1964)

Gordon Marshall (born 19 April 1964) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, most notably Falkirk, Celtic, Kilmarnock and Motherwell. Marshall played in one international match for Scotland in 1992. Marshall is the current goalkeeping coach at Aberdeen, having replaced Jim Leighton.

For his father, see Gordon Marshall (footballer, born 1939).

Gordon Marshall
Personal information
Full name Gordon George Banks Marshall
Date of birth (1964-04-19) 19 April 1964
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976–1980 Tynecastle Boys Club
1980–1982 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Rangers 0 (0)
1982–1983 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 15 (0)
1983–1987 East Fife 158 (0)
1987–1991 Falkirk 171 (0)
1991–1998 Celtic 101 (0)
1993–1994 → Stoke City (loan) 10 (0)
1997–1998 → St Mirren (loan) 1 (0)
1998–2003 Kilmarnock 159 (0)
2003–2005 Motherwell 67 (0)
Total 682 (0)
National team
1992 Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Marshall began his career as a youth player with Tynecastle Boys Club before signing for Rangers in January 1980.[1] He then suffered a broken leg playing for the Ibrox club's reserve side aged 15 and after failing to play for the first-team was sent out on loan to East Stirlingshire. Marshall then signed for Scottish Junior club Broxburn Athletic before returning to the senior ranks in December 1982 with East Fife,[1] before signing for Falkirk and then Celtic in 1991 for £270,000, having turned down a chance to rejoin Rangers when it was made clear he would remain behind Andy Goram in the selection order.[1]

Due to the good form of Packie Bonner at Celtic, Marshall was in and out of the first-team and was eventually sent out on loan for first-team experience to St Mirren and English club Stoke City, where he played thirteen times in the 1993–94 season.[2] It was not until Tommy Burns was appointed Celtic's manager at the start of the 1994–95 season that Marshall was the regular first choice goalkeeper. However, that year he was criticised for an error which led to a goal in a shock loss to Raith Rovers in the 1994 Scottish League Cup Final,[1] while Bonner took the jersey for the 1995 Scottish Cup Final victory, Marshall collecting a medal as an unused substitute.

After seven seasons at Celtic Park, Marshall then signed for Kilmarnock in 1998, after Dragoje Lekovic departed the Rugby Park club halfway through the 1997–98 season. He represented the East Ayrshire club in the UEFA Cup and in the 2001 Scottish League Cup Final, lost to Celtic. Marshall played his last match for Killie at home versus his former club Celtic on 25 May 2003 at the age of 39 and then moved to Motherwell, helping the Steelmen reach the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final, a defeat to Rangers.[3] His final senior appearance came at the start of the following season, a 4–4 draw against Celtic[1] (the young opposing goalkeeper had the same surname – David Marshall is no relation to Gordon, however.)[4]

International

Marshall earned one cap for Scotland versus United States in May 1992.

Coaching career

Marshall left Motherwell in November 2005 to become Hibernian's goalkeeping coach, a position he held until July 2009.[5][6] He then worked for Alloa Athletic and St Johnstone as a goalkeeping coach before returning to Motherwell in August 2011 as their full-time goalkeeping coach.[7] Marshall then left Fir Park in the close season of 2015 to take up the position of goalkeeping coach at Aberdeen, replacing Jim Leighton.[8][9]

Personal life

Marshall's father was also a goalkeeper named Gordon, who mainly played for Hearts, Newcastle United and Arbroath[1] and was capped at under-23 level by England.

Marshall is married with two daughters named Amy and Fay. His younger brother Scott played as a defender with Arsenal, Southampton and Celtic. His sister played basketball and has 58 caps for Scotland.

He trained as a hairdresser as a young man in Edinburgh, and indicated he would like to resume the occupation when interviewed by a newspaper in 2019.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[10][11][12]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division 0000000000
East Stirlingshire (loan) 1982–83 Scottish Second Division 150000000150
East Fife 1982–83 Scottish Second Division 100000000100
1983–84 Scottish Second Division 340000000340
1984–85 Scottish First Division 390000000390
1985–86 Scottish First Division 390000000390
1986–87 Scottish First Division 360000000360
Total 15800000001580
Falkirk 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division 100000000100
1987–88 Scottish Premier Division 440000000440
1988–89 Scottish First Division 390000000390
1989–90 Scottish First Division 390000000390
1990–91 Scottish First Division 390000000390
Total 17100000001710
Celtic 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division 250400000290
1992–93 Scottish Premier Division 110003020160
1993–94 Scottish Premier Division 1000000010
1994–95 Scottish Premier Division 160105000220
1995–96 Scottish Premier Division 360403040470
1996–97 Scottish Premier Division 110003040180
1997–98 Scottish Premier Division 1000002030
Total 1010901401201360
Stoke City (loan) 1993–94 First Division 100200010130
St Mirren (loan) 1997–98 Scottish First Division 1000000010
Kilmarnock 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division 120200000140
1998–99 Scottish Premier League 360102040430
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League 140000000140
2000–01 Scottish Premier League 310404000390
2001–02 Scottish Premier League 360201040430
2002–03 Scottish Premier League 300101000320
Total 159010080801850
Motherwell 2003–04 Scottish Premier League 330301000370
2004–05 Scottish Premier League 330105000390
2005–06 Scottish Premier League 1000000010
Total 670406080850
Career Total 68202502802107580

International

Source:[13]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 199210
Total10

Honours
Falkirk
  • Scottish First Division winner: 1991
Celtic
Kilmarnock
  • Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2001
Motherwell
  • Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2005

See also

References
  1. Interview: Gordon Marshall on signing for Rangers and Celtic and his early years at East Fife, The Scotsman, 17 August 2019
  2. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. Cairns, Richard (2011). Killie 'Til I Die. Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9541653-1-4.
  4. Motherwell 4-4 Celtic, BBC Sport, 30 July 2005
  5. "Marshall parting Well for Hibees". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  6. Gordon Marshall Archived 10 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Hibernian F.C. official website.
  7. Barnes, John (18 August 2011). "Well coach Gordon Marshall wants keeper excellence". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  8. "New Goalkeeping Coach for The Dons". www.afc.co.uk. Aberdeen FC. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  9. "Aberdeen: Gordon Marshall to be new goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  10. Gordon Marshall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  11. "Gordon Marshall". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  12. "Marshall, Gordon". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  13. Marshall, Gordon at National-Football-Teams.com
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