Bio:
Newcastle United manager Joe Harvey signed Macdonald for £180,000 in the summer of 1971. He made an immediate impact by scoring a hat-trick on his home debut against Liverpool. In his first season Newcastle were bottom of the table on 30 October 1971 after Everton handed them their fifth consecutive defeat of the season. They finished the league eleventh, with Macdonald scoring 30 goals in 52 games in his first season to be Newcastle’s top scorer in 1972. He top scored again in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. He was also the First Division’s top scorer for that 1975–76 season.
Macdonald scored twice, eliminating Burnley F.C. in the 1973–74 FA Cup semi-final. In the 1974 FA Cup Final Newcastle lost 3–0 to Liverpool.
While at Newcastle, he made his England debut against Wales. Macdonald was on the England scoresheet for the first time in a friendly 2–0 win over then World Champions West Germany. On 16 April 1975, in a European Championship qualifier also held at Wembley Macdonald scored all five goals in a 5–0 victory for England against Cyprus equalling the record for the most goals scored in a single game by an England player. In total he played 14 times for England scoring six goals.
Factfile:
- Full Name: Malcolm Ian Macdonald
- Position: Forward
- Date of Birth: 07.01.1950
- Birthplace: Fulham
- Nation: England
- Club Career: Newcastle United
- Period: 1971-76
- League Games, 187
- League Goals, 95
- Previous Club: Luton Town
- Transfer Fee: £180.000
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