Background
McDonald was born in Glasgow and played with Street Roch"s and Clydebank before joining Stoke City in 1972.
McDonald was born in Glasgow and played with Street Roch"s and Clydebank before joining Stoke City in 1972.
His transfer to Stoke came about when in October 1972 Stoke, world cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks was involved in a near fatal car crash which left him blind in one eye, ending his top flight career. Manager Tony Waddington wanted Scotland international Bobby Clark to be his replacement but he failed to impress the Stoke board and the move fell through. So Instead Banks" understudy John Farmer was made first choice and McDonald was brought in as his back-up.
He made just nine appearances for Stoke in two seasons and returned north of the border to Hibernian.
He later went on to play for Berwick Rangers, Hawick Royal Albert, Street Johnstone and Arbroath. McDonald later managed Gala Fairydean.
He was banned from the touchline for 18 months in April 1989 by the Scottish Football Association. In December 2014 McDonald was appointed joint-manager at non-league Congleton Town.
