fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
john mcguire 19xx 1926 -- 1927 1927 -- 1928 1928 -- 1930 -- 19xx 19xx -- 1925 1925 -- 1926 unknown darlington darlington railway athletic cockfield charlton athletic wigan borough nelson ? ? 6 33 20 42 darlington , england ? ? 0 13 2 7 5 10 centre forward 29 march 1902 john mcguire -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 john mcguire
john mcguire -lrb- footballer -rrb-

john mcguire -lrb- born 29 march 1902 , date of death unknown -rrb- was an english professional footballer who for four different football league clubs .
primarily a centre forward , he could also play as an inside forward and was occasionally used at left-half .
born in darlington , county durham , he began his career in non-league football with northern football league side darlington railway athletic .
he later had a spell with cockfield before joining football league third division south club charlton athletic in august 1925 .
in his first season with the london club he made six league appearances as the team finished 21st in the division and were forced to apply for re-election .
mcguire moved to the third division north in november 1926 when he signed for wigan borough .
in what was to be the most prolific goalscoring period of his career , he netted 13 goals in 33 league matches for the springfield park club in a 13-month spell .
four months into the 1927 -- 28 season , mcguire transferred to struggling nelson on a free transfer .
he made his debut for nelson in the 1 -- 5 defeat to ashington at seedhill on 3 december 1927 .
the following game , he scored his first goal for his new side in the 2 -- 4 away loss at his former club wigan borough .
mcguire went on to make a total of 20 league appearances for nelson , but scored only once more .
the team finished bottom of the third division north at the end of the campaign , and while their re-election application was successful several players , including mcguire , left the club in the summer of 1928 .
in july 1928 , mcguire signed for his hometown club , darlington .
he spent two seasons at feethams , during which time he played 42 league matches and scored 7 goals before retiring from professional football at the end of the 1929 -- 30 campaign .
