Gordon Marshall

Gordon Marshall (born 19 April 1964) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. Marshall played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, most notably Falkirk, Celtic, Kilmarnock and Motherwell, and in one international match for Scotland.

Playing career Club Marshall began his career as a youth player with Tynecastle Boys Club before signing for Rangers in January 1980. He then suffered a broken leg playing for the Ibrox club's reserve side aged 15 and after failing to play for the first-team was sent out on loan to East Stirlingshire. Marshall then signed for Scottish Junior club Broxburn Athletic before returning to the senior ranks in December 1982 with East Fife, It was not until Tommy Burns was appointed Celtic's manager at the start of the 1994–95 season that Marshall was the regular first choice goalkeeper. However, that year he was criticised for an error which led to a goal in a shock loss to Raith Rovers in the 1994 Scottish League Cup Final, He represented the East Ayrshire club in the UEFA Cup and in the 2001 Scottish League Cup Final, lost to Celtic. Marshall played his last match for Killie at home versus his former club Celtic on 25 May 2003 at the age of 39 and then moved to Motherwell, helping the Steelmen reach the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final, a defeat to Rangers. His final senior appearance came at the start of the following season, a 4–4 draw against Celtic

International Marshall earned one cap for Scotland versus United States in May 1992.

Coaching career Marshall left Motherwell in November 2005 to become Hibernian's goalkeeping coach, a position he held until July 2009. He then worked for Alloa Athletic and St Johnstone as a goalkeeping coach before returning to Motherwell in August 2011 as their full-time goalkeeping coach. Marshall left Fir Park in the close season of 2015 to take up the position of goalkeeping coach at Aberdeen, replacing Jim Leighton.

Marshall joined Queen of the South in the 2022 close season as first-team goalkeeping coach. He then joined Hamilton Academical in the summer of 2024, but would leave to take up a coaching role with St Johnstone in September. He joined Hearts as goalkeeping coach in the summer of 2026, linking up for a third time with manager Derek McInnes.

Personal life Marshall's father was also a goalkeeper named Gordon, who mainly played for Hearts, Newcastle United and Arbroath

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East Stirlingshire (loan) 1982–83 Scottish Second Division

1982–83 Scottish Second Division

1983–84 Scottish Second Division

1984–85 Scottish First Division

1985–86 Scottish First Division

1986–87 Scottish First Division

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1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

1988–89 Scottish First Division

1989–90 Scottish First Division

1990–91 Scottish First Division

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1991–92 Scottish Premier Division

1992–93 Scottish Premier Division

1993–94 Scottish Premier Division

1994–95 Scottish Premier Division

1995–96 Scottish Premier Division

1996–97 Scottish Premier Division

1997–98 Scottish Premier Division

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St Mirren (loan) 1997–98 Scottish First Division

1997–98 Scottish Premier Division

1998–99 Scottish Premier League

1999–2000 Scottish Premier League

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2001–02 Scottish Premier League

2002–03 Scottish Premier League

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2003–04 Scottish Premier League

2004–05 Scottish Premier League

2005–06 Scottish Premier League

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International

Honours Falkirk Scottish First Division: 1991

Celtic Scottish Cup: 1995 Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1994

Kilmarnock Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2001

Motherwell Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2005