Lachlan McPherson (born 11 July 1900) was a Scottish

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who played as a

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Raised in the

Springburn Springburn () is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its industrial expansion began ...

area of Glasgow, McPherson began his career as a teenager with Cambuslang Rangers in the Scottish junior leagues before moving south to English football; he never played for a senior Scottish club. His longest spell was at Swansea Town where he spent five seasons, made 199

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appearancesLachlan McPherson
Doing The 92 and helped the club to win the Third Division South and gain promotion in 1924–25, followed by a run to the semi-finals of the

1925–26 FA Cup The 1925–26 FA Cup was the 51st staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Bolton Wanderers won the competition for the second time, beating Manchester City 1–0 ...

. Prior to his time at the ''Swans'', McPherson had been with

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, playing a part in their Second Division title in 1922–23 – although subsequently he featured only five times in the top tierAbout Lacky McPherson
Play Up Liverpool – and after his time in Wales he won the same medal again in 1930–31 with Everton. He had signed for the ''Toffees'' in January 1930 for a substantial £5,000 fee a few days after Swansea teammate Ben Williams made the same move,Everton Sign Half-back McPherson Of Swansea Town Secured
The Evening Express, 2 January 1930, via Everton Independent Research Data only for the team to be relegated five months later, recovering their top division status at the first time of asking. Technically McPherson was still part of the Everton squad as they went straight on to win the First Division in 1931–32, but he only made three appearances in the campaign, and did not play first team football at

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for almost two years with his cause hampered by a serious knee injury, and interested clubs deterred by the high value placed on his transfer by the club due to a determination to recoup as much as possible of the fee they paid Swansea for his services. Eventually he went to

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neighbours New Brighton in August 1933 for a small fraction of that earlier deal.Archie Mapherson Transferred To New Brighton
Archie McPherson of Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

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