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MIKE MCCARTNEY

Born: 28 September 1954

Came from: Southampton Went to: Carlisle United

First game: 15 August 1981 Last game: 19 March 1983

Appearances: 62 (62/0) Goals: 6

McCartney was born in Musselburgh in 1954 and served his apprenticeship at The Hawthorns, although failed to make a League appearance for West Brom and was released. He moved to Carlisle United in May 1973 for what turned out to be a successful five-season stay at Brunton Park, and then made the long move south to Southampton, playing in the season in which Saints finished 6th in the top flight – their highest ever placing. Moving to Home Park in August 1981, the tough-tackling full-back spent two seasons in Green, after which he returned to Cumbria for a second spell with Carlisle United. He added a further 131 games to his career total before moving into non-league football with the then English incarnation of Gretna, as player-manager and then groundsman. He was voted number 49 in the Daily Mail's 'Top 50 of Football's Greatest Hardmen' on-line, in 2001.

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The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

We're grateful to Andy Chapman, Paul Roberts, Steve Rhodes and Tim Herbert for their help in writing GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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