Gordon Marshall (born 19 April 1964) is a Scottish professional

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coach and former player. Marshall played as a

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for several clubs, most notably

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

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Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

and

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

, and in one international match for

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Playing career

Club

Marshall began his career as a youth player with

Tynecastle Boys Club Tynecastle Football Club are a Scottish football team playing in the . The club was formed in 2005 by the merger of Tynecastle Boys Club and Tollcross United. They play at the Meggetland Sports Complex in Edinburgh. History The original Tyne ...

before signing for Rangers in January 1980.Interview: Gordon Marshall on signing for Rangers and Celtic and his early years at East Fife
The Scotsman, 17 August 2019 He then suffered a broken leg playing for the Ibrox club's reserve side aged 15 and after failing to play for the first-team was sent out on loan to

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...

. Marshall then signed for Scottish Junior club Broxburn Athletic before returning to the senior ranks in December 1982 with East Fife, before signing for

and then

in 1991 for £270,000, having turned down a chance to rejoin Rangers when it was made clear he would remain behind

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in the selection order. Due to the good form of

Packie Bonner Patrick Joseph Bonner (born 24 May 1960) is an Irish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent his entire career at Celtic. He earned a total of 80 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team after making his debut on h ...

at Celtic, Marshall was in and out of the first-team and was eventually sent out on loan for first-team experience to St Mirren and English club

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

, where he played thirteen times in the 1993–94 season. It was not until Tommy Burns was appointed Celtic's manager at the start of the 1994–95 season that Marshall was the regular first choice goalkeeper. However, that year he was criticised for an error which led to a goal in a shock loss to

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

in the 1994 Scottish League Cup Final, while Bonner took the jersey for the 1995 Scottish Cup Final victory, Marshall collecting a medal as an unused substitute. After seven seasons at

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, Marshall then signed for

in 1998, after

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departed the

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club halfway through the 1997–98 season. He represented the

East Ayrshire East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquart ...

club in the

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and in the 2001 Scottish League Cup Final, lost to Celtic. Marshall played his last match for ''Killie'' at home versus his former club Celtic on 25 May 2003 at the age of 39 and then moved to

, helping the ''Steelmen'' reach the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final, a defeat to Rangers. His final senior appearance came at the start of the following season, a 4–4 draw against Celtic (the young opposing goalkeeper had the same surname – David Marshall is no relation to Gordon, however.)

International

Marshall earned one

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for

versus

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in May 1992.

Coaching career

Marshall left Motherwell in November 2005 to become Hibernian's goalkeeping coach, a position he held until July 2009. He then worked for

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

and

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

as a goalkeeping coach before returning to

in August 2011 as their full-time goalkeeping coach. Marshall then left

Fir Park Fir Park Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The stadium plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premiership club Motherwell and was the temporary home of Gretna for the 2007–08 SPL season. Mo ...

in the close season of 2015 to take up the position of goalkeeping coach at

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, replacing

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. Marshall joined Queen of the South in the 2022 close season as first-team goalkeeping coach.

Personal life

Marshall's father was also a goalkeeper named

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, who mainly played for Hearts,

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and

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and was capped at under-23 level by

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. Marshall is married with two daughters named Amy and Fay. His younger brother Scott played as a defender with

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and Celtic. His sister played basketball and has 58 caps for

. He trained as a

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as a young man in

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and indicated he would like to resume the occupation when interviewed by a newspaper in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

Source:

International

Source:

Honours

;Falkirk *

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winner:

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;Celtic *

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runner-up:

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;Kilmarnock *Scottish League Cup runner-up:

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;Motherwell *Scottish League Cup runner-up:

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Gordon 1964 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Edinburgh Rangers F.C. players East Fife F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff Motherwell F.C. non-playing staff Scotland men's international footballers Scottish Football League players Scottish men's footballers Scottish Premier League players English Football League players St Johnstone F.C. non-playing staff Aberdeen F.C. non-playing staff

Playing career

Club

International

Coaching career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

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