David McCracken was born on 16 October 1981 and is a Scottish football player and coach, whose last role was as co-manager of Falkirk between 2019 and 2021.
36 Facts About David McCracken
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David McCracken started his career with Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League and was a first team player there for seven years before leaving in May 2007.
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David McCracken subsequently played in England for Football League clubs Wycombe Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons and Brentford before returning to Scotland with St Johnstone in 2011.
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David McCracken joined Falkirk in August 2013, playing with the club for four seasons, before finishing his playing career with Peterhead.
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David McCracken progressed through the youth ranks at the Tangerines, where he eventually signed his first professional contract with the club.
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David McCracken's return led to McCracken signing a contract with the Tangerines, keeping him until 2005.
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David McCracken helped Dundee United kept three consecutive clean sheets in the league between 13 April 2002 and 27 April 2002.
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David McCracken was subjected to a transfer move when manager McCall offered cash sum plus him, in exchange for Hibernian's Mathias Kouo-Doumbe.
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David McCracken helped the Tangerines kept three consecutive clean sheets in the league between 13 December 2003 and 27 December 2003.
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David McCracken captained Dundee United for the first time in his career and helped the club beat Stranraer in the second round of the Scottish League Cup.
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David McCracken ended the speculation to his future at the Tangerines by being awarded a new two-year contract on 19 July 2005.
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David McCracken then helped the Tangerines kept three consecutive clean sheets in the league between 27 January 2007 and 18 February 2007.
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David McCracken said he was interested in playing in England after leaving Dundee United.
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On 13 June 2007, David McCracken joined Wycombe Wanderers on a two-year deal, playing his first English club.
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Since joining Wycombe Wanderers, David McCracken started the first thirteen league matches of the season until missing one match through suspension.
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David McCracken then helped the Chairboys kept three consecutive clean sheets in the league between 29 December 2007 and 8 January 2008.
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David McCracken successfully predicted that the season would be a failure if the Chairboys didn't make it to the Football League Two play-off final.
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David McCracken spoke out that the Chairboys should "try and achieve the same again" on reaching the Football League play-offs in order to reach promotion to League One.
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On 23 January 2009, David McCracken's improved contract with Wycombe Wanderers was stalled, leading been the subject of transfer speculation.
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On his first training with the Dons, David McCracken said he never meet manager Roberto Di Matteo, who departed to manage West Bromwich Albion.
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David McCracken helped Milton Keynes Dons keep four consecutive clean sheets between 3 October 2009 and 17 October 2009.
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David McCracken started in every league match since the start of the season until he missed one match, due to accumulating five yellow cards.
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On 3 July 2010, David McCracken signed a two-year contract with another League One side Brentford.
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On 23 June 2011, David McCracken was released by the Bees after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
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David McCracken revealed that his poor debut performance led to him and Andy Scott having a fallen out.
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David McCracken described his time at Brentord as "not the best time in his career".
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On 23 June 2011 David McCracken signed a two-year contract with St Johnstone, a few days after he was released by the club.
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David McCracken's contributions saw the Saints qualify for a place in Europe despite finishing sixth place.
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David McCracken helped Falkirk keep four consecutive clean sheets in the league between 21 December 2013 and 11 January 2014.
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David McCracken scored two goals in two matches between 7 February 2015 and 14 February 2015 against Brechin City and Raith Rovers.
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David McCracken then helped the Bairns reach the Scottish Cup Final after the Bairns beat Hibernian on 18 April 2015.
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David McCracken said his aim was to help Peterhead reach promotion to Scottish League One.
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In October 2001, David McCracken was called up to the Scotland U21 squad for the first time.
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Two years later, David McCracken was called up to the Scotland U21 squad and was featured as an unused substitute twice.
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David McCracken went on to make five appearances for the under-21 side.
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David McCracken left Peterhead in November 2019 to take a coaching position at Falkirk, working with Lee Miller.