Patrick Gallacher

Patrick "Patsy" Gallacher (21 August 1909 – 4 January 1992)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Stoke City, Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a striker.[1][3]

Patrick Gallacher

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Gallacher[1]
Date of birth	21 August 1909[1]
Place of birth	Bridge of Weir, Scotland[1]
Date of death	4 January 1992 (aged 82)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Linwood St Georges
–	Bridge of Weir
1929–1938	Sunderland	273	(100)
1938–1939	Stoke City	3	(0)
–	Cheltenham Town
Total		276	(100)
National team
1934	Scotland	1	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Gallacher was born in Bridge of Weir and started his footballing career Linwood St Conval and Bridge of Weir before moving to Sunderland. He made his debut on 21 September 1929 against Arsenal in a 1–0 loss at Roker Park.[3] He was part of the 1937 FA Cup Final winning side against Preston North End.[4] In his career at Sunderland, Gallacher made 309 appearances and scored 108 goals in all competitions.[3][5] He helped the Black Cats to win the First Division in 1935–36, scoring 20 goals in that title winning season. He then moved on to Stoke City in December 1938.[1] He only managed to play four matches for Stoke due to injury and left at the end of the 1938–39 just before the outbreak World War II.[1] He then made wartime appearances for Dundee United and Morton in Scotland[6] and also played in Ireland for Coleraine and Cork United before signing for Cheltenham Town in September 1948, playing eight games before leaving.

International career

Gallacher won his first cap for Scotland on 20 October 1934 against Ireland in a 2–1 defeat at Windsor Park in which he scored Scotland's only goal.[7] This turned out to be his only ever cap for his country.

Career statistics

Club

Source:[8]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1929–30	First Division	22	4	4	1	26	5
	1930–31	First Division	11	2	0	0	11	2
	1931–32	First Division	29	11	5	2	34	13
	1932–33	First Division	35	10	5	0	40	10
	1933–34	First Division	32	16	0	0	32	16
	1934–35	First Division	35	20	3	0	38	20
	1935–36	First Division	37	19	2	1	39	20
	1936–37	First Division	33	9	9	3	42	12
	1937–38	First Division	30	7	5	0	35	7
	1938–39	First Division	9	2	0	0	9	2
	Total		273	100	33	7	306	107
Stoke City	1938–39	First Division	3	0	1	0	4	0
Career Total			276	100	34	0	310	107

International

Source:[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1934	1	1
Total		1	1

Honours

Sunderland

• Football League First Division champions: 1935–36
• FA Cup winner: 1937

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. Dykes, Garth & Lamming, Doug (2000). All The Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderand AFC. Sunderland AFC. p. 146. ISBN 1-899538-15-1.
3. "Patsy Gallacher". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
4. "Cup history is on Sunderland's side". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
5. "SAFC Top 100: 10-1". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
6. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "Sat 20 Oct 1934 Northern reland 2 Scotland 1". London Hearts. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
8. Patrick Gallacher at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
9. Gallacher, Patrick at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Patrick Gallacher at the Scottish Football Association