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.Interview: Gordon Marshall on signing for Rangers and Celtic and his early years at East Fife, The Scotsman, 17 August 2019 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, before signing for Falkirk and then Celtic in 1991 for £270,000, having turned down a chance to rejoin Rangers when it was made clear he would remain behind Andy Goram in the selection order.
Due to the good form of Packie Bonner at Celtic, Marshall was in and out of the first-team and was eventually sent out on loan for first-team experience to St Mirren and English club Stoke City, where he played thirteen times in the 1993–94 season. 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, while Bonner took the jersey for the 1995 Scottish Cup Final victory, Marshall collecting a medal as an unused substitute.
After seven seasons at Celtic Park, Marshall then signed for Kilmarnock in 1998, after Dragoje Lekovic departed the Rugby Park club halfway through the 1997–98 season. He was shortlisted for the SPFA Player of the Year in 1999. 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 (the young opposing goalkeeper had the same surname – David Marshall is no relation to Gordon, however.)Motherwell 4-4 Celtic, BBC Sport, 30 July 2005
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.Gordon Marshall , Hibernian F.C. official website. 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 and was capped at under-23 level by England.
Marshall is married with two daughters named Amy and Fay. His younger brother Scott played as a defender with Arsenal, Southampton and Celtic. His sister played basketball and has 58 caps for Scotland.
He trained as a hairdresser as a young man in Edinburgh and indicated he would like to resume the occupation when interviewed by a newspaper in 2019.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRangers1982–83Scottish Premier Division0000000000East Stirlingshire (loan)1982–83Scottish Second Division150000000150East Fife1982–83Scottish Second Division1000000001001983–84Scottish Second Division3400000003401984–85Scottish First Division3900000003901985–86Scottish First Division3900000003901986–87Scottish First Division360000000360Total15800000001580Falkirk1986–87Scottish Premier Division1000000001001987–88Scottish Premier Division4400000004401988–89Scottish First Division3900000003901989–90Scottish First Division3900000003901990–91Scottish First Division390000000390Total17100000001710Celtic1991–92Scottish Premier Division2504000002901992–93Scottish Premier Division1100030201601993–94Scottish Premier Division10000000101994–95Scottish Premier Division1601050002201995–96Scottish Premier Division3604030404701996–97Scottish Premier Division1100030401801997–98Scottish Premier Division1000002030Total1010901401201360Stoke City (loan)1993–94First Division100200010130St Mirren (loan)1997–98Scottish First Division1000000010Kilmarnock1997–98Scottish Premier Division1202000001401998–99Scottish Premier League3601020404301999–2000Scottish Premier League1400000001402000–01Scottish Premier League3104040003902001–02Scottish Premier League3602010404302002–03Scottish Premier League300101000320Total159010080801850Motherwell2003–04Scottish Premier League3303010003702004–05Scottish Premier League3301050003902005–06Scottish Premier League1000000010Total670406080850Career total68202502802107580
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsScotland199210Total10
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
See also List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+) List of Scottish football families
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