Player Profile

An experienced centre-back who had played most of his career at Championship level with Rotherham, Hull and Barnsley, Angus MacDonald looked like the perfect summer signing in the summer of 2022, and Scott Lindsey made him club captain immediately, with both captain and head coach bullish about targeting promotion in the build up to Town’s first game away at Harrogate. They promptly lost 3-0, somewhat setting the tone for a disappointing season, with the defensive trio of MacDonald, Baudry and Brennan looking distinctly immobile.

Lindsey quickly shifted to four at the back, with MacDonald partnering first Baudry and then Tom Clayton, with the young, left footed Scot proving a much better foil for the experienced MacDonald and sparking Town’s best spell of the season. MacDonald wasn’t quite proving the heir to Gordon Greer, but he was improving and it was a big blow when he was injured in the loss to Northampton at the start of October, dislocating his collarbone. MacDonald finished the match, but then missed more than two months of matches, returning on 17th December.

When January rolled around and Scott Lindsey departed the club, rumours - of varying levels of floridity - began to circulate about behind the scenes issues. MacDonald was heavily linked with a move away from Town in January, but it was still a surprise when his contract was torn up on deadline day to allow him to join Aberdeen on a short-term contract, before a replacement was confirmed. Town were seemingly poised to replace him with Tottenham youth player Malachi Fagan-Walcott, but failed to complete the paperwork in time, leaving Town with a gaping hole in their squad for the second half of the season.

Eyebrows were further raised when he proved a huge hit in the Granite City, earning a two-year extension. We’ll probably never know the full story of his Town departure, but the lack of a replacement cost Town’s promotion challenge dearly and contributed ultimately to the departures of Sandro Di Michele and Jody Morris.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Reading Reading	2007 (academy) 2009 (youth scholarship) June 2011 (signed professional contract); released (rptd May 24th, 2013)
Salisbury City Salisbury	rptd March 31st, 2011 (loan)
Basingstoke Town Basingstoke	November 24th, 2011 (loan); expired (rptd February 1st, 2012)
Torquay United Torquay United	February 8th, 2012 (loan); expired (2011/2)
AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	July 30th, 2012 (loan); recalled from loan (rptd September 28th, 2012)
Torquay United Torquay United	November 22nd, 2012 (loan); expired (2012/3)
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	July 2013 (trial)
Birmingham City Birmingham	July 2013 (trial)
Leicester City Leicester City	August 2013 (trial)
Salisbury City Salisbury	rptd August 23rd, 2013 (unattached); released (2013/4)
Torquay United Torquay United	rptd July 21st, 2014 (unattached); released (2015/6)
Barnsley Barnsley	August 2nd, 2016 (unattached); transferred out (January 31st, 2018)
Hull City Hull City	January 31st, 2018 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (2019/0)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	August 15th, 2020 (unattached); released (rptd May 17th, 2022)
Swindon Town Swindon	July 19th, 2022 (unattached); released (January 31st, 2023)
Aberdeen Aberdeen	January 31st, 2023 (unattached)