Career David McCracken

1 career

1.1 dundee united
1.2 wycombe wanderers
1.3 milton keynes dons
1.4 brentford
1.5 st johnstone
1.6 falkirk
1.7 peterhead

career
dundee united

mccracken made competitive senior debut in scottish premier league (spl) match against celtic on 2 may 2000. in 2000–01 season, made 9 appearances, @ full back, , scored first goal in opening day defeat celtic @ tannadice. mccracken made debut scotland under-21s in 1–0 win on latvia. played 22 times first team during season 2001–02.

the 2002–03 season saw mccracken make 30 appearances , in 2003–04 part of first team 7 games, bring total appearances 99, during scored 3 times. part of side finished fifth in league give dundee united best finish since 1996–97.

mccracken had missed 2 matches during 2004–05 season, helping side reach semi-finals of scottish league cup, when injured during scottish cup tie against queen of south. managed 2 games before end of season, awarded new two-year contract in july 2005. mccracken missed 5 matches in whole of 2005–06 season, taking total of appearances dundee united 165, club finished in ninth place in spl second consecutive season.

mccracken told free leave club @ end of 2006–07 season, making final appearance in last day 0–0 draw @ home motherwell.

wycombe wanderers

on 13 june 2007, david mccracken joined wycombe wanderers on two-year deal, playing first english club. after move, mccracken says joining wycombe opportunities work under manager compatriot paul lambert

he announced captain on 9 august 2007, , made début 2 days later in 1–0 loss @ home accrington stanley. in november, mccracken suffered injury after tore calf injury, left him on sidelines 2 weeks. made return club, on 14 december 2007, in 2–0 win on morecambe first goal arrived in 1–0 home win on rotherham united on 16 february 2008, goal in first season @ adams park. having failed reach league 1 following play-offs, mccracken devastated following lambert resignation , left squad let down because of this.

the next season prove impressive second season club culminated in wycombe s promotion football league one, mccracken being named in pfa league 2 team of year 2008–09 season. in january, mccracken improved contract club stalled, leading been subject of transfer speculation. second goal club came on final day of season, part of 1–2 home defeat notts county. after season, mccracken offered new contract. however, mccracken turned down deal club, left him difficult decision turned down new deal wycombe. ahead of match between mk dons , wycombe, on 22 september 2009, manager peter taylor warned club s supporter not boo mccracken make scot more determined.

milton keynes dons

on 20 june 2009 announced had signed chairboys neighbours milton keynes dons on two-year deal. on first training club, mccracken says never meet newly manager roberto di matteo. made 41 appearances, scoring 1 goal. in 1 year @ stadium:mk (under paul ince), made little impact , sold on brentford.

brentford

in july 2010, mccracken signed two-year contract league 1 side brentford. upon move, mccracken says joining club left him playing catch-up in terms of pre-season training. time @ brentford, mccracken, once again, made little impact.

after making 2 starts club, mccracken moved bristol rovers on 18 january 2011 on initial one-month loan deal. on last day of transfer window, mccracken loan spell @ bristol rovers extended, until end of season. on 25 april 2011, mccracken received red card professional foul after elbowing adam smith in 2–1 loss against bournemouth missed entire match rest of season. @ end of season, mccracken released club after contract terminated mutual consent.

st johnstone

on 23 june 2011 mccracken signed two-year contract st johnstone, few day after being released club team-mate peter enckelman praised manager derek mcinnes signing mccracken , frazer wright after losing michael duberry on free transfer, returned england. having been unused substitute in matches or not in starting line-up @ start of season, mccracken have playing time increased throughout season. on 17 march 2012, mccracken scored first goal club, in 3–0 win on st mirren.

in 2012–13 season, mccracken start season, appearing in of 2 uefa europa league qualifiers against turkish side eskişehirspor. after, mccracken suffered illness virus. in mid-november, fractured cheek bone during 1–1 draw against celtic after clashing victor wanyama. following further diagnosis of injury, announced miss 6 weeks , might require surgery. after making return against heart of midlothian, scored first goal 2 days later, in fourth of scottish cup, in 3–0 win on cowdenbeath. later in season, mccracken regained place in first team. @ end of 2012–13 season, mccracken left club after having contract withdraw, believes club have change of heart , main reason of contract offer withdraw recurring of injuries.

falkirk

following departure st johnstone, mccracken joined falkirk on one-year contract. after brief struggle injury @ beginning of season, mccracken established himself in falkirk side. following successful season, on 1 may 2014, agreed new one-year contract bairns, running until 2015. mccracken released falkirk in may 2017.

peterhead

on 2 july 2017, mccracken signed peterhead.