Lachlan McPherson

Raised in the Springburn area of Glasgow, McPherson began his career as a teenager with Cambuslang Rangers in the Scottish junior leagues before moving south to English football; he never played for a senior Scottish club.[2]

His longest spell was at Swansea Town where he spent five seasons, made 199 Football League appearances[3] and helped the club to win the Third Division South and gain promotion in 1924–25, followed by a run to the semi-finals of the 1925–26 FA Cup.[4]

Prior to his time at the Swans, McPherson had been with Notts County, playing a part in their Second Division title in 1922–23 – although subsequently he featured only five times in the top tier[5] – and after his time in Wales he won the same medal again in 1930–31 with Everton. He had signed for the Toffees in January 1930 for a substantial £5,000 fee[6] a few days after Swansea teammate Ben Williams made the same move,[7] only for the team to be relegated five months later, recovering their top division status at the first time of asking.[8]

Technically McPherson was still part of the Everton squad as they went straight on to win the First Division in 1931–32, but he only made three appearances in the campaign,[5] and did not play first team football at Goodison Park for almost two years with his cause hampered by a serious knee injury,[9] and interested clubs deterred by the high value placed on his transfer by the club due to a determination to recoup as much as possible of the fee they paid Swansea for his services. Eventually he went to Merseyside neighbours New Brighton in August 1933 for a small fraction of that earlier deal.[1][10]

He later had a spell as player-manager of Hereford United, then competing in the semi-professional Birmingham & West Midlands League.