Alan Mackenzie (born 8 August 1966) is a Scottish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. Mackenzie played for a number of Scottish clubs most notably for

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 20 ...

and

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. The club has won f ...

. Mackenzie holds the record of being the first Clyde player to score at

Broadwood Stadium Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield, Cumbernauld, Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilt ...

, scoring the first goal at their new ground in 1994. In 1996, he moved to Australia where he scored

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's first ever goal in their first match on 13 October 1996 in the

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. MacKenzie also played in the West Australian State League for Bayswater City SC, where he won the Premier League Player of the Year award in 2000, and Inglewood United. He later moved back to Scotland for a stint with Whitburn Junior F.C.

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* 1966 births Living people Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Cowdenbeath F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Perth Glory FC players Scottish Football League players National Soccer League (Australia) players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Whitburn F.C. players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1960s-stub