Eddie McCreadie
McCreadie in 2017
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Graham McCreadie | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1962 | East Stirlingshire | 29 | (1) |
| 1962–1973 | Chelsea | 331 | (4) |
| 1979 | Memphis Rogues | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1965–1969 | Scotland | 23 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975–1977 | Chelsea | ||
| 1978–1979 | Memphis Rogues | ||
| 1979–1982 | Cleveland Force | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Edward Graham McCreadie (born 15 April 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played at left-back, mainly for Chelsea. He later became a football manager.
McCreadie started his footballing career with amateur Scottish side Drumchapel before moving to Clydebank Juniors and then East Stirlingshire. After turning down a move to Fulham, he was signed for Chelsea in 1962 by then-manager Tommy Docherty for £5,000 to help the club's push for promotion from the Second Division. As part of the deal Chelsea also agreed to play two friendly matches against East Stirlingshire. A match was played at Firs Park in 1963, but a return fixture was not scheduled. Over 50 years later, East Stirlingshire requested that Chelsea complete the agreement. Chelsea were promoted to the First Division later in 1962 and McCreadie became a fixture in the Chelsea defence for the next decade.
A talented and pacy attacking full-back with impressive timing, McCreadie featured strongly in the flamboyant Chelsea sides of the 1960s and 1970s alongside the likes of Ron Harris, Bobby Tambling, Peter Osgood and Charlie Cooke. While he only scored five goals for the club throughout his career, McCreadie scored a memorable winner in the League Cup final of 1965 in which he dribbled 80 yards up the pitch before slotting the ball past Leicester City goalkeeper Gordon Banks to give his side a 3–2 first leg lead, which ultimately won the trophy for his club as the second leg at Filbert Street ended in a 0–0 draw.
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