Murdoch Dickie

Murdoch Dickie
Personal information
Full name Murdoch Macfarlane Dickie[1]
Date of birth (1919-12-28)28 December 1919[1]
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland[1]
Date of death February 2004(2004-02-00) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death Leicester, England[3]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position Right winger
Youth career
Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939 Port Vale 0 (0)
1944–1945 Port Vale 0 (0)
1945–1946 Guildford City
1946–1947 Chelsea 1 (0)
1947–1948 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 17 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Murdoch Macfarlane Dickie (28 December 1919 – February 2004) was a Scottish footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Guildford City, Chelsea, and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.

Career

Dickie played for Crewe Alexandra before joining Port Vale in May 1939.[1] He played two league games, but had his contract cancelled in December 1939.[1] After guesting for Walsall during the war he rejoined Vale in October 1944.[1] He played three war league matches before moving on to Guildford City, probably in the autumn of 1945.[1] He played one First Division game for Billy Birrell's Chelsea in 1946–47. He then left Stamford Bridge and signed with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He scored twice in 16 league games in 1947–48, helping Harry Lowe's "Cherries" to a second-place finish in the Third Division South. Dickie then left both Dean Court and the English Football League.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1939–40 00002020
Chelsea 1946–47 First Division 10000010
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1946–47 Third Division South 1610000161
1947–48 Third Division South 10000010
Total 1710000171
Career total 1810020201

Honours

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 83. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Murdoch Dickie Player Profile on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Murdoch Dickie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Fielding, Rob (12 January 2025). "The 1939-40 Port Vale season preview". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Murdoch Dickie at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)