John Mackie (footballer, born 1976)

John George Mackie (born 5 July 1976) is a former professional footballer who is best known for his time at Reading and Leyton Orient Mackie was a central defender.

For other people named John Mackie, see John Mackie (disambiguation).

John Mackie
Personal information
Full name John George Mackie
Date of birth (1976-07-05) 5 July 1976
Place of birth Whitechapel, England[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Potters Bar Town
(assistant manager)
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kingsbury Town
1995–1999 Crawley Town 35 (0)
1999 Sutton United 8 (0)
1999–2004 Reading 71 (3)
1999 → Sutton United (loan) 1 (0)
2004–2007 Leyton Orient 122 (11)
2007–2008 Brentford 14 (0)
2008 A.F.C. Hornchurch 4 (0)
2008–20?? Hertford Town 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Mackie was born in London and played football both for his school and for the Area London School Boys team. His dream was to play for Arsenal with whom he had a try out, but was unsuccessful.[2] Later he gained an apprenticeship at West Ham United.[3] At the end of his two-year apprenticeship Mackie was released by West Ham and he started work on a fruit and veg stall while playing for a pub team and Kingsbury Town.[2] He joined Crawley Town in 1995, playing in the Southern League Premier Division.[2] In 1999 he was signed by, then Reading manager, Alan Pardew and joined the then Second Division club.[3] Pardew immediately loaned Mackie out to Sutton United to gain more experience before he start playing for Reading on a semi-regular basis.[3] In his time at Reading Mackie got to play against Chelsea in a League Cup game where the opposition strike force that night consisted of Hernan Crespo.[3]

Mackie's time came to an end at Reading in January 2004 when he signed for Leyton Orient.[4]

In the 2005–06 season, Mackie made a formidable partnership for Leyton Orient with Gabriel Zakuani and went down in Orient folklore by captaining the Os to their first automatic promotion in 36 years.[3] He was released by the club at the end of the 2006–07 season.[5]

On 16 May 2007, he signed for Brentford on a two-year contract.[6] Two days after signing for the Bees, it was announced that Mackie would be Brentford captain for the 2007–08 season.[7] However, Mackie only made 14 league appearances for the club before leaving by mutual consent.[8][9] He signed for A.F.C. Hornchurch on 18 January 2008,[10] he has since retired from the game and now runs a fruit and veg stall on Camden High Street.[11] On 7 August 2008, Mackie signed for Hertford Town in a semi-professional capacity, but did not make an appearance.[12]

Mackie was appointed assistant manager of Greenwich Borough in December 2015.[13]

Mackie was appointed assistant manager of Potters Bar Town in May 2019.[14]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sutton United 1999–2000[15] Conference 8000— 0080
Reading 2000–01[16] Second Division 10030201[lower-alpha 1]0160
2001–02[17] 27220002[lower-alpha 1]0312
2002–03[18] First Division 250201000280
2003–04[19] 910010—00
Total 713704030853
Sutton United (loan) 1999–2000[15] Conference 10— — — 10
Sutton United total 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0
Leyton Orient 2003–04[19] Third Division 2010000— 201
2004–05[20] League Two 27410003[lower-alpha 1]0314
2005–06[21] 40641101[lower-alpha 1]0467
2006–07[22] League One 35020001[lower-alpha 1]0380
Total 1221171105013512
Brentford 2007–08[8] League Two 140101000160
A.F.C. Hornchurch 2007–08[23] Isthmian League Premier Division 5 0 — — — 5 0
Career total 22114151608025015
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy

Honours

Reading

Leyton Orient

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Newman, Paul (25 January 2006). "FA Cup Countdown: Orient's greengrocer captain prepares to throw". The Independent. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. "John Mackie – Defender – Madejski Men | Reading FC". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. "Reading | News | Latest News | Latest News | Leyton Orient boss delighted as he completes John Mackie deal". readingfc.co.uk. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. "O's boss begins summer clearout". 1 May 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | BEES MAKE A SIGNING". brentfordfc.co.uk. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | TERRY NAMES SKIPPER". brentfordfc.co.uk. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. "Games played by John Mackie in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  9. "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | ANOTHER LEAVES BRENTFORD". brentfordfc.co.uk. 11 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. "Robinson looks for way out of Spurs". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. "Where are they now: John Mackie". www.efl.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  12. "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. "John Mackie appointed Greenwich Borough Assistant Manager". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  14. Metcalfe, Neil. "Former Leyton Orient and Reading defender joins Lee O'Leary at Potters Bar Town". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  15. "Games played by John Mackie in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  16. "Games played by John Mackie in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  17. "Games played by John Mackie in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  18. "Games played by John Mackie in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  19. "Games played by John Mackie in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  20. "Games played by John Mackie in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  21. "Games played by John Mackie in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  22. "Games played by John Mackie in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  23. "football.mitoo". football.mitoo.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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