Pat McMahon in Croy

Croy

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, Glasgow

Glasgow

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 is a former Scottish footballer who is best known for the time he spent with Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 and Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

. McMahon began his football career at local Scottish team Kilsyth Rangers.
While with Kilsyth Rangers, he wrote to Celtic for trials. He moved to London, working for the GPO. In April 1967, Kilsyth Rangers sent him a telegram asking him to play for them in the Scottish Junior Cup final as last minute replacement for an injured player. He performed splendidly, and they won the cup.

Celtic

Celtic responded promptly and signed him. He spent only two seasons at Parkhead, and could only manage three outings, resulting in two goals.

Aston Villa

In July 1969 Aston Villa manager Tommy Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Thomas Henderson "Tommy" Docherty , commonly known as "The Doc", is a Scottish former footballer and football manager.-Playing career:...

 signed him on a free transfer, pipping Dunfermline for his signature.

McMahon was in Aston Villa's League Cup Final team in 1971 and gained a Third Division Championship medal in 1972.

NASL

He left Villa in March 1976 to join goalkeeper teammate Jimmy Cumbes in the NASL

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

.

McMahon still works in USA in the aluminum industry.

Career

Kilsyth Rangers (????-67) Celtic FC (1967–69) 3 Apps 2 Goals Aston Villa (1969–75) 130 Apps 25 Goals Portland Timbers

Portland Timbers (NASL)

The Portland Timbers were a team in the North American Soccer League from 1975 to 1982. The name has been used by two other soccer franchises: the Timbers of the WSA/APSL, Portland Timbers of the USL and the current team which began play as part of Major League Soccer in 2011.-History:In January...

 (1976–77) 41 Apps 2 Goals Colorado Caribous

Colorado Caribous

The Colorado Caribous was a professional soccer team based in Denver, Colorado, that played in the North American Soccer League...

 (1978) 25 Apps 0 Goals Atlanta Chiefs

Atlanta Chiefs

The Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL and NASL from 1967 to 1972. Their home fields were Atlanta Stadium and Tara Stadium . The club was the brainchild of Dick Cecil, then Vice President of the Atlanta Braves baseball franchise who were the Chiefs'...

(1979–80) 34 Apps 0 Goals

External links

• McMahon's young Bio
• http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/M/McMahon.Pat.htm
• Pat McMahon, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database