Player #506
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1964-65
1967-68
Retired
Johnny MacLeod
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1964-68 🕒 140 | 137 (3) | ⚽ 18 | 🔥 18 | 🇺 2 | #506 |
Season :
1964-65 | 1965-66 | 1966-67 | 1967-68 |
Age :
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # |
Appearances :
37 | 42 | 38 | 23 |
Starts :
37 | 41 | 37 | 22 |
Substitute :
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goals :
3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
Assists :
0 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Involvements :
3 | 16 | 14 | 3 |
Games / Goal :
12.33 | 8.40 | 4.75 | 11.50 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
John Murdock MacLeod
Birth Date
23 November 1938
Birth Place
Edinburgh
Birth Country
Scotland
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
1954-55 Edinburgh Thistle Juniors
1955-57 Armadale Thistle Juniors
1957-61 Hibernian
Scottish First Division
🕒 101 | ⚽ 28 | (League)
1961-64 Arsenal
Football League First Division
🕒 130 | ⚽ 23 | (League)
Original Transfer
Aged
25
From
Arsenal
For
£40,000
On
September 1964
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
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Returning Transfer 2
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
29
KV Mechelen
Free
July 1968
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1968-71 KV Mechelen
Eerste Klasse
🕒 116 | ⚽ 3 | (League)
1971-72 Raith Rovers
Scottish Second Division
🕒 15 | ⚽ 5 | (League)
1972-75 Newtongrange Star
1975 Retired aged 36
Johnny MacLeod
Villa Career
1964-68 | £40k |
1964-67 Football League First Division, 1967-78 Football League Second Division,
🕒 140 | 137 (3) | ⚽ 18 | 🔥 18 | 🇺 2 | #506 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Dick Taylor 🏴 1964-67
Tommy Cummings 🏴 1967-68
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Dick Taylor 🏴
First Squad
5 September 1964
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1964-65
5 September 1964
Blackburn Rovers (h), Division One
25
Dick Taylor 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1967-68
27 April 1968
Huddersfield Town (a), Division Two
29
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Final Squad
27 April 1968
Manager
Tommy Cummings 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Scotland
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1961 🕒 4 | ⚽ 0 |
Scotland
Caps with Villa
🕒 0 | ⚽ 0 |
Johnny MacLeod
Player #505 for Aston Villa, John Murdock MacLeod, known as Johnny MacLeod, played as an outside right for the club.
Johnny played for Villa between 1964-65 and 1967-68 making 140 appearances and scoring 18 goals.
Johnny was born in Edinburgh on 23 November 1938 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 5 September 1964 aged 25,
Villa had signed Johnny from Arsenal for a fee of £40,000 on 1 September 1964 and from his debut he was a virtual ever present in the Villa first team for the next 4 seasons.
Despite his efforts Johnny’s time with the club saw Villa spend 3 seasons in the bottom 6 of Division One before inevitably succumbing to relegation to the second division in the 1967-68 season.
Johnny played for much of the Division Two season in 1967-68 before playing his final game for Villa on Saturday, 27 April 1968 aged 29 after which he moved on to KV Mechelen in Belgium in July 1968.
Johnny had played under Villa managers Dick Taylor and Tommy Cummings.