Don Masson
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Donald "Don" Sandison Masson (born 26 August 1946) in Banchory,Scotland is a former Scottish footballer. He began his career with Middlesbrough in 1964 before going on to Notts County in 1968.He stayed with the Magpies for six years before moving to Queen's Park Rangers in December 1974 for £100,000.
Although approaching 29 years of age before he played top-level football, his was a signing that underlined the quality of then manager Dave Sexton's judgement.A stylish and creative midfielder, he came to be seen as the final piece in the jigsaw of an exciting and attacking QPR team.The following 1975/76 season saw them fall agonisingly close to winning the League title,being pipped by a point by Liverpool.
After three years at Loftus Road he moved to Derby County in October 1977 in exchange for Leighton James.After a further spell at Notts County he played for a time in the U.S.A .On returning from the States he became the player-manager of Kettering Town,before retiring from the game.He won 17 caps for Scotland, famously missing a penalty with Scotland leading 1-0, in a 3-1 defeat by Peru in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
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Scotland squad - 1978 World Cup | |
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1 Rough | 2 Jardine | 3 Donachie | 4 Buchan | 5 McQueen | 6 Rioch | 7 Masson | 8 Dalglish | 9 Jordan | 10 Hartford | 11 Johnston | 12 Blyth | 13 Kennedy | 14 Forsyth | 15 Gemill | 16 Macari | 17 Johnstone | 18 Souness | 19 Robertson | 20 Clark | 21 Harper | 22 Burns | Coach: MacLeod |
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