McBride, Joe

McBride was born June 10, 1938 in Govan , an area of ​​the largest city in Scotland - Glasgow ^[8] . This area is also known for the fact that Ibroks Stadium is located on its territory - the arena of the Rangers club, one of the grandees of highland football ^[8] . Educated at the school of St. Gerard ( Eng. St Gerard's Secondary School ) ^[9] .

At the age of 15, Joe began playing for the youth team of the Kilmarnock team ^[8] . For four years spent as part of the young “killies”, McBride managed to play for a short time at the Kirkintilloch Rob Roy club, where he was sent by the leadership of the East Ershire team under a lease agreement ^[8] . In 1957, Joe was recruited for his first Kilmarnock roster ^[1] . Two years later, the young talent attracted the English Wolverhampton Wanderers , who bought the player’s transfer for £ 12.5 thousand ^[8] . But McBride’s career in the camp of the “wolves” did not work out, and, having not played a single game for the club, he was sold to Luton Town that same year ^[1] . This transition also did not bring success to Joe - in 1960 he returned to Scotland, signing a contract with Partis Tisl ^[1] . For the "thistle" revealed McBride's talent as a scorer, and soon the big teams of the "mountain" country began to show interest in him.

In 1962, Joe replenished the composition of Motherwell ^[8] . The next three football years, McBride invariably became the top scorer of the "steelworkers" ^[8] , and in 1965 he was signed for 22 thousand pounds by Glasgow's Celtic ^{[8] [10]} . According to the results of his first season in the ranks of the “Celts”, the forward became the best sniper of the national championship with 31 goals, sharing this honorary title with striker “ Dunfermline Athletic ” Alex Ferguson ^[11] . The next football year, McBride began also super productively ^[12] . However, in December 1966 he received a severe injury to his left knee ^[9] in a match with Aberdeen ^[10] and dropped out before the winter of next year ^{[8] [10]} . Damage deprived Joe of the opportunity to fully participate in the most successful season in the history of Celtic - the Celts became the champions of Scotland ^[13] , won both the Cup of the country ^{[14] [15]} and the European Cup ^{[3] [8] [16]} .

After the injury, McBride was never able to regain his place in the main team of the “white-green” ^[10] and in 1968 he moved to the capital's “ Hibernian ” ^[8] . With the Hibs, Joe quickly proved that he had not lost his striking conditions: in the first three matches for Edinburgh, the striker scored eight goals. First, in his debut game for Hibernian, he hit the Rangers, four days later scored a hat-trick in the Fairs Cup match against Lokomotiv from Leipzig , three days later McBride scored four goals for Greenock Morton ^{[ 8] [17]} . Like the times at Motherwell, Joe consistently, in the 1968/69 and 1969/70 seasons, became the team's top scorer. ^[8] On September 16, 1970, McBride designed his second “European” hat-trick in his career, upsetting the Swedish Malmö three times in the Fairs Cup match ^[18] .

Joe left the Hibernian in 1971 ^{[1] [8]} . Before ending his career in 1972, McBride played for the Dunfermline Athletic and Clyde clubs ^{[1] [9]} .

Club statistics

In 1966, McBride held two matches for the Scottish national team , which were meetings with Wales ^[22] and Northern Ireland ^[23] . These fights were played as part of the UK Home Championship , but their results were also attributed to the qualification tournament in the European Championship in 1968 .

Scotland Matches and Goals

Total: 2 matches / 0 goals; 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses.

Summary statistics of games / goals for the national team

Also from 1964 to 1966, McBride was invited and played as part of the Scottish Football League team , which hosted friendly matches with similar teams from England and Ireland . In total for the club “Highlanders” Joe held four meetings, scored eight goals ^[5] .

Scotland Football League Matches

Total: 4 matches / 8 goals; 2 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses.

Team Achievements

  Kilmarnock

• Scottish Cup Finalist: 1959/60

  Celtic

• European Cup Winner: 1966/67
• Champion of Scotland (4) : 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69
• Scottish League Cup Winner (4) : 1965/66, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69
• Scottish Cup Finalist: 1965/66

Personal Achievements

• Scottish Championship top scorer: 1966/67

After the career of a football player, McBride worked for a long time in trade ^[9] . He lived with his family in the city of Bishopbriggs ^[9] . Joe's wife, Margaret, died of cancer in June 2004 ^[24] . In the marriage, two children were born to McBride - daughter Julie and son Joe , who also became a footballer ^{[8] [9]} .

The famous forward died on July 11, 2012 in one of the hospitals in the city of Glasgow from the consequences of a stroke suffered a few days earlier in his 75th year of life ^{[6] [7]} . Farewell to McBride took place on July 19 in the church of St. Dominic in Bishopbriggs with a large gathering of people among whom were many former teammates of Joe, prominent footballers of the past and present, ordinary fans ^[25] .

Jimmy McGrory , footballer and head coach of Celtic:

• Jeffrey, Jim. The Men Who Made Hibernian FC since 1946. - Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2005. - ISBN 0-7524-3091-2 . (eng.)

• Joe McBride profile on Neal Brown's football statistics website
• McBride profile on footballdatabase.eu
• McBride profile at worldfootball.net
• Joe McBride on the Scottish Football Association website
• (English)