Player Profile

Striker Gauld was brought to the club from Plymouth in August 1959, for a club record fee of £6,500. He made forty appearances for the Town in the 1959/1960 season, scoring fourteen goals, despite a run of twelve games without a goal mid-season.

He was released at the end of the season, after accusations that he helped to fix a match in April versus Port Vale, which the Town lost 6-1. Four years later, he admitted that "Swindon were comfortably in the middle of the League, with nothing to win or lose, so it didn't seem such a terrible thing to do." He was jailed for four years in 1965, along with other ex-Swindon players Bronco Layne and Jack Fountain, and ordered to pay £5,000 costs.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Career details

Club	Details
Hall Russell's Hall Russell's
Aberdeen Aberdeen	December 1948
Huntly Huntly	September 1949
Aberdeen Aberdeen	April 1950
Elgin City Elgin City	August 1950
Waterford Waterford	cs 1954
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	May 1955
Everton Everton	October 1956
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	October 1957 ; transferred out (August 21st, 1959)
Swindon Town Swindon	August 21st, 1959 (transferred in , £7,650 ); transferred out (September 6th, 1960)
St. Johnstone St. Johnstone	September 6th, 1960 (transferred in , £3,000 )
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	November 1960