Bob Mackie (footballer)

Bob Mackie
Personal information
Full name Robert Mackie[1]
Date of birth 25 August 1879 [2]
Place of birth Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death 13 August 1961(1961-08-13) (aged 81)
Place of death Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bannockburn
Cowie Wanderers
1903–1905 Heart of Midlothian 17 (1)
1903–1904 → Stenhousemuir (loan)
1905–1907 Chelsea 44 (1)
1907–1909 Leicester Fosse 33 (0)
Darlington
1910–1916 Airdrieonians 191 (2)
1916–1918 Third Lanark 47 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Mackie (25 August 1879 – 13 August 1961) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians, Third Lanark and Heart of Midlothian as a full back.[3][4] He also played in the Football League for Chelsea and Leicester Fosse.[5][6][7]

Career

Hearts

Mackie began his career in the lower reaches of Scottish football with Bannockburn and Cowie Wanderers before drawing the attention of top-division side Heart of Midlothian in 1903. He was shortly after loaned out to junior side Stenhousemuir, where he spent the 1903-04 campaign.

The following season he forced his way into Hearts' first team and was a regular starter throughout the side's 1904-05 Scottish Division One campaign, which it finished in 7th place.

Chelsea

Mackie joined the newly-formed Chelsea on 23 May 1905 from Hearts after a two-year spell with the Edinburgh club.

Mackie was an ever-present in his first season with Chelsea, playing more games than any other squad member as the team narrowly missed out on promotion to the First Division after a dramatic late-season collapse.

Most notably however, the Scottish full-back filled in as goalkeeper for Chelsea's FA Cup second qualifying round win over Southern United, in which he impressively registered a clean sheet.

Described as being one the "fastest men in Scotland" prior to joining Chelsea - Mackie appears to have suffered bad luck with injuries during his time in London.

In his second season with Chelsea he lost his starting berth and would only play 5 matches (3 in the league) as the club won promotion to the First Division.

The following year, Mackie regained his first team role in the early weeks of the season, but left for Second Division Leicester Fosse in November 1907. He played 6 league matches as Chelsea went on to register a creditable 13th-place finish in their first-ever top flight campaign.

Leicester Fosse

For the second season in succession, Mackie would enjoy promotion from the English second tier, playing 18 matches as Leicester finished in 2nd place.

On his return to top flight football, Mackie would suffer a disastrous season as Leicester finished rock bottom of the league and promptly returned to the Second Division. He played 18 matches overall across league and cup.

Airdrie and later career

After a short spell at Darlington in the North Eastern League, Mackie returned to the Scottish top tier to join Airdrie.

In his six seasons with the club, all in the Scottish Division One, Mackie was one of the first names on the team sheet - turning out for the Lanarkshire side over 200 times in league and cup.

Despite not winning any senior trophies with Airdrie, he did help guide them to a 3rd place finish in 1913, and a 6th place finish the following season.

He would enjoy a further two seasons of top flight football with Third Lanark, finishing 5th in 1917.

Mackie died aged 81 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire in 1961. He was cremated at the Daldowie Crematorium near Glasgow.

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

Airdrie

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Heart of Midlothian 1903–04[9] Scottish Division One 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
1904–05[10] 17 1 2 0 3[b] 0 22 1
Total 17 1 2 0 5 0 24 1
Chelsea 1905–06[11] Second Division 35 1 2 0 — 37 1
1906–07[11] 3 0 2 0 — 5 0
1907–08[11] First Division 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Total 44 1 3 0 — 47 1
Leicester Fosse 1907–08[12] Second Division 18 0 0 0 — 18 0
1908–09[12] First Division 15 0 3 0 — 18 0
Total 33 0 3 0 — 36 0
Airdrieonians 1910–11[13] Scottish Division One 22 0 2 0 — 24 0
1911–12[13] 32 2 3 0 — 35 2
1912–13[13] 34 0 2 0 — 36 0
1913–14[13] 31 0 3 0 — 34 0
1914–15[13] 34 0 — — 34 0
1915–16[13] 38 0 — — 38 0
Total 191 2 10 0 — 201 2
Third Lanark 1916–17[13] Scottish Division One 32 0 — — 32 0
1917–18[13] 15 0 — — 15 0
Total 47 0 — — 47 0
Career total 332 4 18 0 5 0 355 4
  1. ^ Appearances in Rosebery Charity Cup
  2. ^ 2 appearances in East Of Scotland Shield, 1 appearance in East of Scotland Cup

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 190. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Bob Mackie". Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Airdrieonians F.C. And The First World War" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Robert MacKie – Hearts Career – from 26 Aug 1903 to 11 May 1905". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Robert Mackie". www.bounder.friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Bob Mackie". www.thechels.info. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ Mainly About Players. The Scottish Referee, 2 October 1911. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  8. ^ "1904-05-30 Mon Hearts 3 Hibernian 0". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  9. ^ "1903–04". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. ^ "1904–05". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Robert Mackie". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Bob Mackie | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.


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