Sandy MacFarlane
{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sandy MacFarlane
| image =
| fullname = Alexander MacFarlane
| birth_date = 1878
| birth_place = Airdrie, Scotland
| death_date = 22 December {{death year and age|1945|1878}}
| death_place = Preston, England
| height =
| position = Inside forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Baillieston
| years1 = 1895–1896
| years2 = 1896–1897
| years3 = 1897–1898
| years4 = 1898–1901
| years5 = 1901–1913
| years6 = 1913–1914
| clubs1 = Airdrieonians
| clubs2 = Woolwich Arsenal
| clubs3 = Airdrieonians
| clubs4 = Newcastle United
| clubs5 = Dundee
| clubs6 = Chelsea
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 5
| caps3 = 22
| caps4 = 84
| caps5 = 293
| caps6 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 17
| goals4 = 17
| goals5 = 68
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 408
| totalgoals = 102
| nationalyears1 = 1904–1911
| nationalteam1 = Scotland
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1904–1911
| nationalteam2 = Scottish Football League XI
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1919–1925
| manageryears2 = 1925–1928
| manageryears3 = 1928
| manageryears4 = 1928–1932
| manageryears5 = 1933–1935
| managerclubs1 = Dundee
| managerclubs2 = Charlton Athletic
| managerclubs3 = Dundee
| managerclubs4 = Charlton Athletic
| managerclubs5 = Blackpool
}}
Alexander MacFarlane (1878 – 22 December 1945) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Scottish Cup with Dundee in 1910. As a manager, he won the Third Division South with Charlton Athletic in 1929.
Playing career
MacFarlane first played in Scotland for Airdrieonians before moving south to join Woolwich Arsenal in 1896. He only made seven appearances for Arsenal, his debut coming against Grimsby Town on 28 November 1896, and returned to Airdrie the following year.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} His second move south of the border was more successful, joining Newcastle and becoming their first-choice inside-left. In three seasons in the north-east, MacFarlane made eighty-four First Division appearances, scoring seventeen goals in three consecutive top six finishes, as well as two FA Cup appearances.
He returned to Scotland to play for Dundee in 1901. During his twelve years there, he won a Scottish Cup in 1909–10 and made five appearances for Scotland between 1904 and 1911,[http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/alexandermacfarlane.html (Scotland player) Alexander MacFarlane], London Hearts Supporters Club scoring once in a 5–0 victory over Ireland on 15 March 1909 in the British Home Championship. He moved to Chelsea in 1913, but only played sporadically and retired from playing in 1914.
Managerial career
MacFarlane returned to Dundee in 1919 and spent six years in charge of the club, during which time they reached another Scottish Cup final in 1924–25. That summer, Charlton Athletic tempted him to move south. In January 1928 he returned to Dundee, but only lasted seven months before returning to Charlton. In his first full season back at the club, he led Charlton to the 1928–29 Third Division South title.
He ledt Charlton in 1932 and a year later joined Blackpool on a two-year contract. At Blackpool, he dismantled the Seasiders{{'}} squad, allowing nine players to leave Bloomfield Road as he brought in fresh faces. One player he signed, Peter Doherty, cost £1,000 but was sold on to Manchester City in 1936 for ten times that amount. At the end of the 1934–35 season, Blackpool sat in fourth position in the Division Two table, just missing out on a return to the top flight.
Blackpool was MacFarlane's last appointment, and he drifted out of football at the age of 57. He died in Preston, Lancashire, in December 1945.
Honours
=As a player=
=As manager=
=Individual=
- Dundee FC Heritage Award: 2015{{cite news|url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/03/04/five-more-for-dundee-fc-hall-of-fame-status/|title=Five more for Dundee FC Hall of Fame status|newspaper=Evening Telegraph|date=4 March 2015}}
- Dundee FC Hall of Fame: 2015
References
- {{cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | year=1992 | isbn=1-873626-07-X}}
- {{soccerbase (manager)|id=50|name=Sandy MacFarlane (incomplete)}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070501081632/http://www.dundee-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDZ4&id=92397 Photo of Dundee F.C. Scottish Cup winning team of 1910]
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scotland men's international footballers
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
Category:Newcastle United F.C. players
Category:Charlton Athletic F.C. managers
Category:Blackpool F.C. managers
Category:Scottish Football League representative players
Category:Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Category:Scottish Football League managers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards