| Frank McAvennie | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francis McAvennie | |
| Date of birth | November 22, 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Drumchapel Amateurs Johnstone Burgh |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1985 1985-1987 1987-1989 1989-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994 1994-? ? |
St. Mirren West Ham United Celtic West Ham United Aston Villa Celtic → Swindon Town (loan) Falkirk St. Mirren |
135 (48) 85 (33) 55 (27) 68 (16) 3 (0) 30 (10) 7 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1985-1988 | Scotland | 5 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Francis "Frank" McAvennie (born 22 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish football striker. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing He grew up in Milton and attended St Augustine's Secondary. McAvennie started his playing career in Scottish Junior League football. A Scottish Association football competition that through various incarnations existed from the 1892 to 1947 His first senior football club was St Mirren. Saint Mirren Football Club (commonly known by the shortening St
Good form saw him sign for West Ham United F.C. in 1985 and he formed a formidable partnership with a young English striker called Tony Cottee and help West Ham reach their highest ever position in English football when they came third in the 85/86 season and he scored 26 goals one fewer than Gary Lineker, in the English Football League. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow) is an English former football player } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football Striker who scored The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs That West Ham team became known as The Boys of 86. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played
McAvennie was called into the Scotland national team in December 1985 for the World Cup qualifying play-off with Australia. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. McAvennie scored on his debut in a 2-0 win. He was subsequently called up to the Scotland national team for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, under Alex Ferguson. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager In October 1987, he moved back to Scotland with Celtic F.C., for £750,000, helping them win the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup double. The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The Scottish Premier League, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons and often known as the Premier League or SPL The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland The Cup Final was particularly memorable for McAvennie as he scored two late goals to beat Dundee United 2-1.
McAvennie returned to West Ham United the following season in a £1. 2m deal and again scored on his debut against Norwich City. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here According to then Celtic manager Billy McNeill's autobiography, McAvennie wanted to return to London and his model girlfriend Jenny Blyth. William "Billy" McNeill MBE DUniv (born 2 March, 1940) is a former Scottish footballer and manager McAvennie claims in his autobiography that Celtic were refusing to pay him a signing fee.
In any event this second spell in London was not as successful as his previous one. After turning down the chance to join the champions that season Arsenal instead joining West Ham who were relegated the same season. Things got worse for McAvennie and West Ham when the striker suffered a broken leg early in the 1989-90 season, following a challenge by Chris Kamara, which put him out for almost a season. Chris Kamara (born 25 December 1957 in Middlesbrough) is a former professional footballer in England. McAvennie signed off in style at West Ham however, scoring a hat-trick in his final match against Nottingham Forest but West Ham had already been relegated yet again. A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham . In 1992, he moved to Aston Villa F.C. for a short stay before moving back to Celtic. He had spells at Swindon Town F.C., Falkirk and his first club, St Mirren before retiring. Swindon Town Football Club is an English football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, who currently play in League One. Saint Mirren Football Club (commonly known by the shortening St
More recently, he has been parodied regularly on the BBC's football comedy programme Only An Excuse with such catchphrases as "where's the burds?" - the character became so popular that there was a short lived spin-off entitled I, Macca. Only An Excuse? is a Scottish football comedy Sketch show. Starring Actor and Comedian Jonathan Watson,
Frank also has a place on the Saturday morning football show, Soccer AM - where the car park is named after him. Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden. During the regular spot where fans and celebrities try to kick a ball through a hole in a target, McAvennie missed, and in his frustration, lashed out out the ball. The ball hit one of the ballboys in the face and since that day, it has been known as the Frank McAvennie Car Park.
During his playing career he reputedly enjoyed a playboy lifestyle involving drink, drugs and women. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy [1]
References
| Preceded by Charlie Nicholas |
Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year 1982 |
Succeeded by Paul McStay |
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