Eric Magee
Eric Magee (born 24 August 1947) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a forward for Glenavon, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, and Linfield. He helped Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eric Magee[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1947[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lurgan, Northern Ireland[1] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Glenavon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | (9) |
| 1969–1970 | Port Vale | 18 | (1) |
| Linfield | |||
| Total | 63+ | (10+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Magee played for Glenavon, before moving to England to play for Jimmy McIlroy's Oldham Athletic, in June 1967, reportedly for a fee of £5,000. The "Latics" finished 16th in the Third Division in 1967–68, before suffering relegation into the Fourth Division under the stewardship of Jack Rowley with a last place finish in 1968–69. Magee scored nine goals in 45 league games in his two seasons at Boundary Park. In July 1969 he signed for Gordon Lee's Port Vale; the club had an unusually small squad in the 1969–70 promotion season, but Magee only had 13 starts in all competitions, instead being favoured as a substitute.[1] With just one FA Cup and one league goal from his 21 games (against Northampton Town at Vale Park and Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park) he was given a free transfer in May 1970 and moved back to his native Northern Ireland to play for Linfield.[1] He scored in the First Round of the European Cup in 1971–72, in a 3–2 defeat to Belgian side Standard Liège at Windsor Park.
Statistics
Source:[2]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Oldham Athletic | 1967–68 | Third Division | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| 1968–69 | Third Division | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Total | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 10 | ||
| Port Vale | 1969–70 | Fourth Division | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Career Total | 63 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 12 | ||
Honours
- Port Vale
- Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1969–70[3]
References
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 182. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- Eric Magee at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- Kent, Jeff (1990). "Surviving on a Shoestring (1969–1979)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 227–257. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.