Gary McAllister



Gary McAllisterBorn on Christmas Day 1964 in Motherwell, Gary McAllister joined the ‘Well from Fir Park Boys Club in 1981. He made his debut within months and by 1985 he was such as important part of the side which won the first division under the leadership of Tommy McLean. His first league goal took a long time in coming, it came in August 1984 against Kilmarnock. Sadly he became a victim of Motherwell’s financial insecurity in the mid-1980s and he was sold before he reached his peak. Both Gary and Ally Mauchlen were sold to Leicester City just one game into the Premier Division campaign of 1985/86.

By 1993 he was Scotland captain and he was gearing up for his side’s Euro 96 campaign. Sadly, Gary missed a key penalty for the Scots’ against England at Wembley and Scotland went down 2-0. In 2001 Liverpool reached the UEFA Cup final what a part Gary played as he scored late in extra time and the score was Liverpool 4 Alaves 3. Liverpool also won the FA Cup and League Cup that season. In 2002, he was named new Coventry City player/manager and his assistant was Eric Black who had just recently resigned from the manager’s job at Fir Park.

Name:
Gary McAllister
Height:
6′ 1″
Weight:
11st 5lbs
Date of Birth:
25th December 1964
Place of Birth:
Motherwell
Position:
Midfield
Nationality:
Scottish

Football Career:

Motherwell 1981 1985
Leicester City 1985 1990
Leeds United 1990 1996
Coventry City 1996 2000
Liverpool 2000 2002
Coventry City 2002 2003

Well Career:

Apps Goals
League:
52 (7) 6
Scottish Cup:
7 2
League Cup:
3 (1) 0
Other:
0 0
Total:
62 (8) 8