Gordon Logan

Gordon Logan

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Taylor Logan[1]
Date of birth	3 October 1949[1]
Place of birth	Kirkliston, Scotland[1]
Playing position	Right-back
Youth career
	Port Vale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Port Vale	35	(1)
	Kettering Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gordon Taylor Logan (born 3 October 1949) is a Scottish born former footballer who played at right-back for Port Vale and Kettering Town. He helped Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70.

Playing career

Logan graduated through the Port Vale juniors to sign professional forms with the club in March 1967.^[1] He played seven Fourth Division games towards the end of the 1966–67 season.^[1] He played 17 matches in the 1967–68 campaign, though manager Stanley Matthews came into trouble when it was revealed that Logan had been paid illegal bonuses.^[1] He featured just four times in the 1968–69 season, as he fell out of favour under new boss Gordon Lee.^[1] Logan played nine league and five FA Cup games in the 1969–70 promotion campaign, and scored his first senior goal on 13 September, in a 3–2 win over Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park.^[1] He was given a free transfer to Southern League side Kettering Town in May 1970.^[1]

Statistics

• Sourced from Gordon Logan profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1966–67	Fourth Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	1967–68	Fourth Division	15	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
	1968–69	Fourth Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1969–70	Fourth Division	9	1	5	0	0	0	14	1
	Total		35	0	5	0	2	0	41	0

Honours

with Port Vale

• Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion winner: 1969–70^[2]

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 175. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Kent, Jeff (1990). "Surviving on a Shoestring (1969–1979)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 227–257. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.