Lachlan McPherson (born 11 July 1900) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half or inside left.
Career 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.
His longest spell was at Swansea Town where he spent five seasons, made 199 Football League appearancesLachlan McPherson, Doing The 92 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.Swansea Town v Arsenal 1926, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 4 January 2013
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 tierAbout Lacky McPherson, Play Up Liverpool – 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 feeEverton Transfers: 1929/30, EFC Statto a few days after Swansea teammate Ben Williams made the same move,Everton Sign Half-back McPherson Of Swansea Town Secured, The Evening Express, 2 January 1930, via Everton Independent Research Data only for the team to be relegated five months later, recovering their top division status at the first time of asking.McPherson Lacky Image 1 Swansea Town 1926, Vintage Footballers
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, and did not play first team football at Goodison Park for almost two years with his cause hampered by a serious knee injury,Everton's Best Ever Resolve, Evening Express, 27 August 1932, via Everton Independent Research Data 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.Archie Mapherson Transferred To New Brighton [sic - confuses his name with Archie McPherson of Liverpool, other information is accurate], Liverpool Post and Mercury, 24 August 1933, via Everton Independent Research DataEverton Transfers: 1933/34, EFC Statto
He later had a spell as player-manager of Hereford United, then competing in the semi-professional Birmingham & West Midlands League.
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