Gary MacDonald

Gary MacDonald (born 25 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a defender, and was most recently a player/assistant manager of Hungerford Town. He has made over 150 appearances in the Football League and the Conference Premier.

Career MacDonald began his career with Portsmouth but made no first-team appearances and joined non-league club Havant & Waterlooville. but struggled to break into the first-team, and made eleven appearances for the club during the remainder of the 2001–02 season. where he started 120 games in four years. but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in his first game for Ebbsfleet in August 2007,

MacDonald returned to the first-team in March 2008 and by the end of the 2007–08 season, had made eight appearances for Ebbsfleet and collected a winners medal when Ebbsfleet won the FA Trophy at Wembley Stadium in May 2008. MacDonald returned to Havant & Waterlooville in 2009, but fell out of favour with the manager and made his last appearance for the club in March 2010. During the close-season of 2010, MacDonald signed for Kingstonian.

Following a one-month loan with Metropolitan Police, the 34-year-old signed for Walton Casuals. In July 2014, the versatile defender signed for Slough Town. He then briefly lined up for Farnborough, before a switch to Staines Town. He then joined Walton & Hersham in February 2016. Following the resignation of manager Mark Hams the following month, MacDonald was announced as player-manager for the eight remaining games of the 2015–16 season.

In July 2016 he was announced by Hayes & Yeading United to be Mickey Lewis' playing assistant manager, having had two previous spells with the club, most recently in 2015 under Phil Babb and Tristan Lewis.

Honours FA Trophy: 2008 Conference South Play-Off Winner: 2009