Players - Malcolm McVean

Malcolm McVean
Birthdate: 7 March 1871
Birthplace: Bonhill, Scotland
Date of death: 6 June 1907
Other clubs: Vale Wanderers, Vale of Leven (1890-91), Third Lanark (1891-92), Burnley (1897), Dundee (1897-98), Bedminster (1898-99), Clydebank Juniors
Signed from: Third Lanark
Signed for LFC: July 1892
Liverpool debut: 03.09.1892
Last appearance: 04.03.1897
Debut goal: 03.09.1892
Last goal: 13.02.1897
Contract expiry: 23.03.1897
Win ratio: 59.52% W:75 D:23 L:28
Games/goals ratio: 2.93
Honours: Lancashire league 1892/93; Second Division 1893/94, 1895/96
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 1 / 0
League games / goals: 89 / 26
Total games / goals: 126 / 43

Player Profile

McVean holds the honour of scoring Liverpool's first-ever goal in League football during the second half of their second division fixture at Middlesbrough Ironopolis on 2 September 1893. After scoring ten goals in 21 games in the Lancashire league McVean scored nine times in the club's inaugural Football League season but he only managed five the following year as the team struggled to cope with a higher standard of football in the First Division. The inside-right, who was said to be a "good shot and rare dodger," remained at Anfield for a further two years, during which he won another second division championship medal in 1896 and helped his side establish itself in the First Division. After five years at Liverpool the 26-year-old left for first division Burnley in March 1897 along with teammate Jimmy Ross but unfortunately for them Burnley got relegated in the spring. McVean had begun an apprenticeship in Scotland as a shipyard boilermaker when Liverpool signed him from Third Lanark and when he hung up his boots he went back to work in the shipyards. McVean died in Bonhill, Alexandra in June 1907, only 36 years of age. The Dundee Courier reported: "McVean was of a sociable disposition, and being gifted with a rare fund of dry humour, was a most interesting companion."
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 89 11 0 0 26 126
1892-1893 0 3 0 0 21 24
1893-1894 22 3 0 0 1 26
1894-1895 20 3 0 0 1 24
1895-1896 24 0 0 0 3 27
1896-1897 23 2 0 0 0 25
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
6 540 Birmingham City
5 450 WBA
5 450 Grimsby Town
5 450 Bury
5 450 Nottingham Forest
4 360 Everton
4 360 Blackburn Rovers
4 360 Preston North End
4 360 Derby
4 360 Crewe
4 360 Bolton Wanderers
4 360 Port Vale
3 270 Notts County
3 270 Burton Swifts
3 270 Arsenal
3 270 Sunderland
3 270 Lincoln City
3 270 Manchester City
3 270 Wolves
3 270 Northwich Vict.
3 270 Rotherham Town
2 180 Fleetwood Rangers
2 180 Higher Walton
2 180 Loughborough
2 180 Middlesbrough I.
2 180 Nelson
2 180 South Shore
2 180 West Manchester
2 180 Rossendale
2 180 Blackpool
2 180 Walsall
2 180 Sheffield United
2 180 Newcastle United
2 180 Aston Villa
2 180 Fairfield
2 180 Burton Wanderers
2 180 Southport
2 180 Barnsley
2 180 Sheffield Wednesday
2 180 Burnley
1 90 Leicester City
1 90 Darwen
1 90 Stoke City
1 90 Manchester United
1 90 Newtown
1 90 Nantwich
1 90 Heywood Central
Total Venue
66 Away
58 Home
2 Neutral
Total Competition
89 League
21 Lancashire League
11 FA Cup
5 Test Match
Total W D L Win % Manager
74 44 15 15 59.5% William Edward Barclay
27 20 2 5 74.1% John McKenna
25 11 6 8 44% Tom Watson
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 26 6 0 0 11 43
1892-1893 0 2 0 0 10 12
1893-1894 9 1 0 0 0 10
1894-1895 5 2 0 0 0 7
1895-1896 7 0 0 0 1 8
1896-1897 5 1 0 0 0 6
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 03.09.1892 Higher Walton Anfield Other
50 28.04.1894 Newton Heath Ewood Park Other
100 20.04.1896 Birmingham Coventry Road Other
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 0 03.09.1892 Higher Walton Anfield Other
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Malcom McVean - Memories of the past
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Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Vale Wanderers Scotland N/A N/A N/A N/A
Vale of Leven 1890-1891 Scotland Division 1 0 0 0 0
Third Lanark 1891-1892 Scotland Division 1 20 6 20 6
Burnley 1897 England First Division 4 0 8 0
Dundee 1897-1898 Scotland Division 1 16 7 16 7
Bedminster 1898-1899 Southern League 24 4 24 4
Clydebank 1899- Scotland N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 64 17 68 17