Alex McSpadyen

Alex McSpadyen

Personal information
Full name	Alexander McCluckie McSpadyen
Date of birth	19 December 1914
Place of birth	Holytown, Scotland
Date of death	1978 (aged 63–64)
Place of death	Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside right
Youth career
1933	Chapelhall Juveniles
1934	Newarthill Hearts
1934–1935	Holytown United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1948	Partick Thistle	123	(12)
1948–1949	Portadown
International career
1938–1941	Scottish League XI	3	(1)
1938–1939	Scotland	2	(0)
1940	Scotland (wartime)	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander McCluckie McSpadyen (19 December 1914 – 1978) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right, mainly for Partick Thistle as well as for Aberdeen as a guest player during World War II and Portadown after the conflict ended.

Having been brought in to the Partick squad as an inexperienced teenager to potentially replace the long-serving Davie Ness, McSpadyen won the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup at the end of his first season with the Jags quickly became a first-team regular and gained international recognition before his career progress was halted by the outbreak of war, which occurred when he was aged 24 and appeared to be coming to the peak of his abilities. He joined the Army and appeared for their select team in charity matches, also finding time to play for Partick Thistle in wartime competitions when possible – bringing his total number of appearances for the club to 297 with 33 goals, although his official SFL and Scottish Cup totals were less than half of that (130/13).

McSpadyen represented Scotland twice, also playing in one unofficial wartime match, and making three appearances for the Scottish Football League XI, all between 1938 and 1941.