- Birthdate: 31 July 1883
- Birthplace: Rankinston, Ayr, Scotland
- Date of death: 1 January 1917
- Other clubs: Distillery (1903-06), Everton (1906-08), Distillery (2 / 1909-10), Bathgate
- Signed from: Everton
- Signed for LFC: £300, 02.05.1908
- Liverpool debut: 10.10.1908
- Last appearance: 03.04.1909
- Contract expiry: July 1909
- Win ratio: 33.33% W:2 D:1 L:3
- League games / goals: 6 / 0
- Total games / goals: 6 / 0
Player Profile
Donald Sloan was a reserve to goalkeeper Billy Scott at Everton for two years before moving across Stanley Park. He was one of 27 players selected at various stages of the 1908/09 first division season. The club's first-choice 'keeper at that time was Sam Hardy and Sloan stepped in for the six fixtures that he missed that year. Sloan didn't keep a 'clean sheet' in any of those games and conceded 13 goals, finishing on the winning side twice. Sloan left in the summer of 1909 to become player-manager at his old club, Distillery, in Belfast. Sloan died on New Year's Day 1917 while serving The Black Watch, an infantry battalion of the Royal Highlanders of Scotland. He was killed on the front in France and is buried at the Faubourg D‘Amiens cemetery at Arras. Three of his brothers suffered the same fate in World War I!
Appearances per season
Season |
League |
FA |
LC |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
Totals |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1908-1909 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps |
Minutes |
Opponent |
2 |
180 |
Leicester City |
1 |
90 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
1 |
90 |
Notts County |
1 |
90 |
Bury |
1 |
90 |
Manchester City |
Total |
Venue |
4 |
Away |
2 |
Home |
Total |
W |
D |
L |
Win % |
Manager |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
33.3% |
Tom Watson |
Milestone Appearances
# |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
10.10.1908 |
Leicester Fosse |
Filbert Street |
League |
Other Clubs
Club |
Season |
Club rank |
League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Distillery |
1903-1906 |
Irish League |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Everton |
1906-1907 |
England First Division |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Everton |
1907-1908 |
England First Division |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Distillery |
1909-1910 |
Irish League |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Bathgate |
1910 |
Scotland |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Total |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |