Player Profile

Australian midfielder McGilp only made three substitute appearances adding up to little more than half an hour of match time over his two seasons with Swindon, but may well be better remembered for his exploits in two FIFA19 video game tournaments organised during the Covid-19 lockdown of March 2019.

Known as a keen Twitch streamer and Fifa player, McGilp was the obvious choice for Town’s representative when Leyton Orient organised a charity FIFA tournament after the suspension of all professional football. Proving his credentials as a Swindon Town player in a cup competition, McGilp exited in the first round to FC Nantes, who were represented by actual eSports professional Bruce Grannec. He found more success in a second tournament restricted to contracted professional footballers, reaching the semi-finals before again losing out to French opposition, this time FC Lorient’s Umut Bozok.

Offline, McGilp never established himself at Swindon and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in October 2020, and he joined National League South side Slough Town two days later.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Reading Reading	2009 (academy)
FC Bulleen Lions Bulleen Lions	(youth)
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory	2014 (youth) rptd September 19th, 2017 (signed professional contract); released (rptd May 15th, 2018)
Birmingham City Birmingham	August 13th, 2018 (unattached); transferred out (January 31st, 2019)
Swindon Town Swindon	January 31st, 2019 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (October 8th, 2020)
Hungerford Town Hungerford Town	October 19th, 2019 (loan); expired (rptd November 20th, 2019)
Chesterfield Chesterfield	August 31st, 2020 (trial)
Slough Town Slough Town	October 10th, 2020 (unattached)
Gloucester City Gloucester City	rptd February 12th, 2021 ; released (November 2021)
Dandenong Thunder Dandenong Thunder	November 12th, 2021 (unattached)
Oakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Cannons	November 3rd, 2022