Mark McGhee

**Mark Edward McGhee** (born 25 May, 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and current manager of English club Bristol Rovers.

## Playing career

McGhee played for many Scottish and English clubs, before he had to retire because of injury. He started his playing career at Greenock Morton before moving on to Newcastle United, Aberdeen, Hamburg, Celtic, IK Brage and Reading and won the **Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year** in 1982 as well as four caps and two goals for the Scotland national football team.  His greatest career moment came in 1983 when he was in the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2-1 to lift the European Cup Winner's Cup.

#### Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Greenock Morton|1975–76|rowspan="3"|Scottish First Division|5|1|1|1|2|0|-|-|-|-|8|2|
|1976–77|39|20|1|0|6|6|-|-|-|-|46|26|||||
|1977–78|20|16|0|0|4|1|-|-|-|-|24|17|||||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|1977–78|First Division|18|3|2|0|0|0|0|0|-|-|20|3||
|1978–79|Second Division|10|2|1|0|1|0|-|-|-|-|12|2||||
|rowspan="7"|Aberdeen|1978–79|rowspan="6"|Scottish Premier Division|11|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|-|-|11|4|
|1979–80|21|7|1|0|7|4|0|0|-|-|29|11|||||
|1980–81|36|13|2|1|5|3|4|1|-|-|47|18|||||
|1981–82|31|8|6|3|9|4|6|1|-|-|52|16|||||
|1982–83|32|16|5|1|7|4|11|6|-|-|55|27|||||
|1983–84|33|13|6|2|6|3|10|6|-|-|55|24|||||
|rowspan="3"|Hamburger SV|1984–85|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|26|6|1|0|0|0|6|3|-|-|33|9|
|1985–86|4|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|-|-|5|1|||||
|rowspan="5"|Celtic|1985–86|rowspan="4"|Scottish Premier Division|18|4|3|1|0|0|0|0|-|-|21|5|
|1986–87|16|1|3|0|1|0|3|1|-|-|23|2|||||
|1987–88|24|6|4|1|3|1|1|0|-|-|32|8|||||
|1988–89|29|16|5|2|0|0|3|1|-|-|37|19|||||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|1989–90|rowspan="2"|Second Division|46|19|4|5|3|1|-|-|2|0|55|25|
|1990–91|21|5|2|1|2|0|-|-|-|-|25|6|||||
|rowspan="2"|IK Brage|1991–92|Division 1 Norra|3|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|-|-|3|2||
|rowspan="3"|Reading|1991–92|Third Division|32|5|1|0|2|0|-|-|-|-|35|5||
|1992–93|Second Division|13|2|0|0|0|0|-|-|-|-|13|2||||
<small>Sources: </small>

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Scotland|1983|3|1|
|1984|1|1|||
_Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McGhee goal_
|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|12 June 1983|Empire Stadium, Vancouver|Canada|2–0|2–0|Friendly|
|2|26 May 1984|Hampden Park, Glasgow|England|1–0|1–1|1983–84 British Home Championship|

### Managerial record

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Reading|align=left|10 May 1991|align=left|14 December 1994|||
|align=left|Leicester City|align=left|14 December 1994|align=left|7 December 1995|||
|align=left|Wolverhampton Wanderers|align=left|13 December 1995|align=left|5 November 1998|||
|align=left|Millwall|align=left|25 September 2000|align=left|15 October 2003|||
|align=left|Brighton & Hove Albion|align=left|28 October 2003|align=left|8 September 2006|||
|align=left|Motherwell|align=left|18 June 2007|align=left|12 June 2009|||
|align=left|Aberdeen|align=left|12 June 2009|align=left|1 December 2010|||
|align=left|Bristol Rovers|align=left|18 January 2012|align=left|15 December 2012|||
|align=left|Motherwell|align=left|13 October 2015|align=left|28 February 2017|||
|align=left|Barnet|align=left|13 November 2017|align=left|15 January 2018|||
|align=left|Eastbourne Borough (Caretaker)|align=left|19 February 2019|align=left|7 May 2019|||
|align=left|Dundee|align=left|17 February 2022|align=left|31 May 2022|||

### As a player

- Greenock Morton
- **Scottish First Division**: **1**
    - 1977–78 (second tier)

- Aberdeen
- **Scottish Premier Division: 2**
    - 1979–80, 1983–84
- **Scottish Cup: 3**
    - 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- **European Cup Winners' Cup: 1**
    - 1982–83
- **European Super Cup: 1**
    - 1983

- Celtic
- **Scottish Premier Division: 2**
    - 1985–86, 1987–88
- **Scottish Cup: 2**
    - 1987–88, 1988–89

### As a manager

**Reading**
- Division Two: 1993–94

**Millwall**
- Division Two: 2000–01

**Brighton & Hove Albion**
- Division Two play-offs: 2003–04

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Mark McGhee
- **image**: Mark McGhee (cropped).jpg
- **fullname**: Mark Edward McGhee
- **birth place**: Glasgow, Scotland
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **years1**: 1975–1977
- **caps1**: 64
- **goals1**: 37
- **clubs1**: Greenock Morton F.C., Greenock Morton
- **years2**: 1977–1979
- **caps2**: 28
- **goals2**: 5
- **clubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **years3**: 1979–1984
- **caps3**: 164
- **goals3**: 61
- **clubs3**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **years4**: 1984–1985
- **caps4**: 30
- **goals4**: 7
- **clubs4**: Hamburger SV
- **years5**: 1985–1989
- **caps5**: 87
- **goals5**: 27
- **clubs5**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **years6**: 1989–1991
- **caps6**: 67
- **goals6**: 24
- **clubs6**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **years7**: 1991
- **caps7**: 3
- **goals7**: 2
- **clubs7**: IK Brage
- **years8**: 1991–1993
- **caps8**: 45
- **goals8**: 7
- **clubs8**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **totalcaps**: 488
- **totalgoals**: 170
- **nationalyears1**: 1983–1984
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs1**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **manageryears2**: 1994–1995
- **managerclubs2**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **manageryears3**: 1995–1998
- **managerclubs3**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **manageryears4**: 2000–2003
- **managerclubs4**: Millwall F.C., Millwall
- **manageryears5**: 2003–2006
- **managerclubs5**: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **manageryears6**: 2007–2009
- **managerclubs6**: Motherwell F.C., Motherwell
- **manageryears7**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs7**: Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen
- **manageryears8**: 2012
- **managerclubs8**: Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers
- **manageryears9**: 2013–2017
- **managerclubs9**: Scotland national football team, Scotland (assistant)
- **manageryears10**: 2015–2017
- **managerclubs10**: Motherwell F.C., Motherwell
- **manageryears11**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs11**: Barnet F.C., Barnet
- **manageryears12**: 2019
- **managerclubs12**: Eastbourne Borough F.C., Eastbourne Borough (caretaker)
- **manageryears13**: 2021
- **managerclubs13**: Stockport County F.C., Stockport County (assistant)
- **manageryears14**: 2022
- **managerclubs14**: Dundee F.C., Dundee