Malcolm McVean

Malcolm McVean (born Jamestown, Dunbartonshire, March 7 1871 - died Glasgow, June 6 1907) was a Scottish footballer in the 19th century who was signed by John McKenna for Liverpool from Third Lanark. McVean was a leading member of the "Team of the all Macs"; he scored Liverpool's first ever goal (in a friendly against Rotherham Town F.C. on September 1 1892, which Liverpool won 7-1).

McVean was also Liverpool's captain for their first ever competitive match, in the Lancashire League against Higher Walton on September 3 1892 (Liverpool won 8-0, and Walton did not arrive until forty-five minutes after the scheduled kick-off time).

When Liverpool were admitted to the Football League a year later, it was McVean who grabbed their first ever goal in the Football League, in a 2-0 win away from home over Middlesbrough Ironopolis on September 2 1893. He also scored a brace in Liverpool's first ever victory over top flight opposition when Preston North End were beaten 3-2 in a classic F A cup upset in 1894

In all McVean made eighty-nine league appearances for Liverpool, forty-three of them in the top division where he scored eight goals in four seasons from 1893 until 1897 when he spent the end of his fourth, and final league season with Burnley where he made just four appearances.

McVean has the unusual distinction of having experienced promotion or relegation in each of his four seasons in England. Liverpool 1894, promoted, 1895, relegated, 1896, promoted, Burnley, 1897, relegated.

He left league football for his native Scotland where he joined Dundee.