- 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
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 |
Goals per season
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 |
Related Articles
Liverpool Football Echo match report from Fleetwood Rangers vs. Liverpool on 12.11.1892.
From 'Liverpool - A Complete History 1892-1986' on Liverpool - Rotherham United on 18.02.1896.
Scrapbook
Malcom McVean - Memories of the past
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 |