John McGlashan (3 June 1967 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish

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player and

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Playing career

In a long professional career, he played for nine clubs. He started his senior career in 1988 with Montrose, scoring some goals from a

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position. This earned him a £50,000 move to London club

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in 1990. After loan spells with

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and

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, McGlashan moved to

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for £75,000 in 1993. A year later McGlashan moved to

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, where he stayed for three years. Whilst at Rotherham he was a part of the team that won the

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. McGlashan returned to Scottish football in the summer of 1997, signing for

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. He made 11 appearances and scored two goals as Dundee won promotion to the

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in his first season with the club. Manager

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made many changes to the squad after the club was promoted, and McGlashan was loaned to

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

and then moved to Ross County. He returned to Arbroath on a permanent basis in August 2000, and he made over 100 appearances in five years there.

Coaching career

McGlashan had a spell as manager of Millwall Lionesses during his time in

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. In the summer of 2005, McGlashan returned to Dundee Violet as

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. His father, also John, had been

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of Dundee Violet. In September 2005, Harry Cairney resigned as Arbroath manager and McGlashan was appointed as his replacement. The following month McGlashan made himself his first signing, re–registering as a player despite missing most of the previous season with a back injury. He made a further two league appearances for the club, over the next two seasons. He managed Arbroath for four years before resigning in October 2009. McGlashan later managed

Tayport Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port on Craig, is a town and burgh, and parish, in the county of Fife, Scotland, acting as a commuter town for Dundee. The motto of the Burgh is ''Te oportet alte ferri'' ("It is incumbent on you to carry yourself ...

and Dundee Violet. McGlashan died on 10 January 2018 after a battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McGlashan, John 1967 births 2018 deaths Footballers from Dundee Scottish footballers Montrose F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Ross County F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players Scottish football managers Arbroath F.C. managers Dundee Violet F.C. players Scottish Football League managers Association football midfielders