Patrick Gallacher (21 August 1909 – 4 January 1992) was a Scottish

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who played for

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 ...

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and the Scotland national football team as a

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Club career

Gallacher was born in

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and started his footballing career Linwood St Conval and Bridge of Weir before moving to

. He made his debut on 21 September 1929 against

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in a 1–0 loss at Roker Park. He was part of the

1937 FA Cup Final The 1937 FA Cup Final was contested by Sunderland and Preston North End at Wembley. Sunderland won 3–1, with goals by Bobby Gurney, Raich Carter and Eddie Burbanks. Frank O'Donnell's strike on 44 minutes had put Preston ahead. It was the ...

winning side against

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

. In his career at Sunderland, Gallacher made 309 appearances and scored 108 goals in all competitions. 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

in December 1938. 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 of World War II. He then made wartime appearances for Dundee United and Morton in Scotland and also played in Ireland for Coleraine and Cork United before signing for

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

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. This turned out to be his only ever cap for his country.

Career statistics

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Honours

Sunderland *

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: 1935–36 *

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

* FA Cup: 1936–37

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallacher, Patrick 1909 births 1992 deaths Footballers from Renfrewshire Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players English Football League players Association football forwards Place of death missing Dundee United F.C. wartime guest players Greenock Morton F.C. wartime guest players FA Cup Final players