Craig MacGillivray

Walsall Despite agreeing a two–year deal with Harrogate in November 2012, He acted as a deputy to Richard O'Donnell for much of the 2014–15 season but MacGillivray eventually made his debut for the Saddlers on 25 April 2015, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory over Oldham Athletic.

On 20 May 2015, MacGillivray signed a new one-year contract with the club. He made eight appearances in total in 2015–16 as Walsall missed out on promotion via the play-offs and was offered a one-year deal at the end of the season.

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Walsall and MacGillivray mutually agreed to end his contract after being unable to guarantee the stopper a regular starting place.

Shrewsbury Town On 5 July 2017, MacGillivray joined fellow League One side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer on a one-year deal.

He was offered a new contract by Shrewsbury at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Portsmouth On 4 June 2018, League One club Portsmouth announced that MacGillivray had signed on a two-year deal. MacGillivray made his Portsmouth debut at Fratton Park in their opening league match on 4 August 2018, earning a clean sheet in a 1–0 win over Luton Town. Later that month he saved 3 penalties in a shoot out versus Stevenage.

On 31 March 2019, MacGillivray started in goal for Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy final against Sunderland. MacGillivray made a save in the penalty shootout, saving a spot kick from Lee Cattermole. Portsmouth went on to win the shootout 5–4 (2–2 after extra-time).

MacGillivray won Pompey Player of the Season for 2020–21 In a move described in the media as "surprising" and "controversial", manager Danny Cowley released MacGillivray at the end of that season. He was also described in the media on his departure as, "Portsmouth's finest goalkeeper for almost a decade." MacGillivray played 135 times in his 3 years at Portsmouth.

Charlton Athletic On 28 June 2021, MacGillivray joined League One Charlton Athletic on a two-year deal.

Burton Albion On 13 January 2023, MacGillivray joined Burton Albion.

Milton Keynes Dons On 20 June 2023, MacGillivray free transferred to newly-relegated EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons. He made his debut for the club in the opening game of the 2023–24 season on 5 August 2023, in a 5–3 away win over Wrexham. On 8 October 2024 in an EFL Trophy win versus Arsenal under-21s, he repeated his previous shoot out performance of August 2020 by saving three penalties.

On 9 August 2025 in 2–0 win at Barrow, he became the first goalkeeper to achieve six consecutive shut-outs for MK Dons since their 2004 formation. The clean sheet run ended on 19 August 2025 when Ade Adeyemo scored in first half stoppage time in the 1–1 draw at Crawley Town. Despite conceding the goal, Sofascore rated MacGillivray's performance in the game at 7.8.

At the conclusion of the 2025–26 season, he achieved the first promotion of his career with the club finishing in second place, having missed just a single league game and reached 15 clean sheets across the campaign. On 15 May 2026, the club announced he had signed a new deal.

International career While at Portsmouth on 27 August 2019, MacGillivray was called up to the senior Scotland squad for the first time by manager Steve Clarke.

Style of play As well as MacGillivray's EFL trophy winning penalty shoot out save for Portsmouth, he has saved 3 penalties in EFL Trophy shootouts against both of Arsenal u-21s and Stevenage. League One

2015–16 League One

2017–18 League One

2018–19 League One

2019–20 League One

2020–21 League One

2022–23 League One

47!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!51!!0 Burton Albion 2022–23 League Two

2024–25 League Two

2025–26 League Two

2026–27 League One

77!!0!!3!!0!!2!!0!!1!!0!!83!!0 Stevenage (loan) 2023–24

Shrewsbury Town EFL Trophy runner-up: 2017–18

Portsmouth EFL Trophy: 2018–19;

Milton Keynes Dons EFL League Two runner-up: 2025–26

Individual Portsmouth Player of the Season: 2020–21