1050 Angus MacDonald

Biography

Defender MacDonald was City’s sole permanent signing during the January 2018 transfer window.  While Ehab Allam’s impecunity in the face of imminent relegation was startling, the signing of MacDonald from Barnsley was nonetheless positive and he slotted straight into the back four crafted by Nigel Adkins.  Strong in the tackle, MacDonald at times seemed to lack 100% concentration in a squad shorn of the requisite levels of team spirit.  His season ended a game early thanks to being sat on by a Cardiff lummox, which dislocated Angus’s shoulder. 

He made a halting return to first team action in the 2018/19 season before a deep vein thrombosis ended his season prematurely. Then in September 2019 it was announced that MacDonald had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. After such a series of setbacks, it was remarkable and uplifting when Angus returned to training in February 2020 and returned to first team action the following June. He was a blameless figure in City’s inexorable slide into League 1 in the post-COVID end of season thumping-fest, so it was encouraging when talk of a new contract emerged for the big hearted defender. Alas a new deal could not be struck and he sought pastures new.

Born and raised in Hampshire, Angus Lees MacDonald was a youngster at Reading where he came to the attention of Nigel Adkins for the first time.  After a series of loan spells but no first team breakthrough at the Madejski Stadium, MacDonald dropped down to the non-Leagues and signed for Salisbury City where he signalled his intent by being sent off minutes into his debut.  He went on to become a first team regular at Salisbury, and after one season he headed west to signed for newly relegated Conference National side Torquay United.  After two successful seasons in Devon he signed for Barnsley in the summer of 2016, where he soon became first team captain in 2017 and made 54 appearances in a season and a half at Oakwell.

In mid August 2020 MacDonald signed for Rotherham United, newly promoted to the Championship. Angus was a regular centre back for the Millers, making 40 appearances for a side that was relegated back to League One in May 2021. He added only eight senior appearances during the 2021/22 season as Rotherham bounced straight back to win promotion to the Championship. Angus left the Millers in the summer of 2022 and was quickly snapped up by Swindon Town, who signed him on a two year deal in July 2022. Immediately installed as club captain, Angus started the 2022/23 season as first choice in the Robins’ defence but managerial changes saw him stripped of the captaincy and, in January 2023, stripped of his contract after agreeing an early termination. He made just 16 appearances for Swindon Town.

In late January 2023 MacDonald signed for Scottish Premier League strugglers Aberdeen, making his debut on the first day of February 2023 as the Dons were thumped by relegation rivals St Mirren. He made 15 appearances in the latter half of the 2022/23 season as the Dons reversed their form entirely and ended up in the top half of the SPL table. In the 2023/24 season he was used mainly off the bench as the Dons again struggled for form.

Although he qualifies for Scotland, MacDonald won U16 and U19 caps for England while at Reading.

Details

Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 15 October 1992, Winchester
Hull City First Game: 3 February 2018, Preston North End A (Championship), 25 years, 111 days old
Hull City Final Game: 22 July 2020, Cardiff City A (Championship), 27 years, 281 days old

Clubs

Reading (2008-13), Salisbury City (2011, loan), Basingstoke Town (2011-2012, loan), Torquay United (2012, loan), AFC Wimbledon (2012, loan), Torquay United (2012-2013, loan), Salisbury City (2013-2014), Torquay United (2014-2016), Barnsley (2016-2018), Hull City (2018-2020), Rotherham United (2020-2022), Swindon Town (2022-2023), Aberdeen (2023-current)

Hull City Record

Career: 21 apps, 0 goals

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