Darren Jackson Player Profile
Player Details
- Full Name: Darren Jackson
- Born: July 25th, 1966 (Edinburgh)
- Height: 5' 10
- Position: Striker
- Signed: December 15th, 1988 (£200,000)
- First Manager: Jim McLean
- Career Totals: 110 appearances, 37 goals
- Also Played For: Celtic, Clydebank, Coventry City, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Livingston, Meadowbank Thistle, Newcastle United, St Johnstone
Playing History
| Season | Division |  |
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G2G |  |
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Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
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| 1991-92 | Premier Division | 27 (4) | 11 | 0.35 | 1 | 0 | 48.4% | 22.6% | 29.0% |
| 1990-91 | Premier Division | 42 (4) | 18 | 0.39 | 2 | 1 | 52.2% | 17.4% | 30.4% |
| 1989-90 | Premier Division | 31 (1) | 8 | 0.25 | 3 | 0 | 37.5% | 28.1% | 34.4% |
| 1988-89 | Premier Division | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Totals: | 101 (9) | 37 |
| Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals |
| GtGR = Goals to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in |
| Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals |
| Recent First Team Starts |
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| May 2nd, 1992 | 02/05/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Motherwell (A) | 2 - 1 |
| Mar 28th, 1992 | 28/03/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Celtic (A) | 1 - 3 |
| Mar 21st, 1992 | 21/03/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Aberdeen (A) | 2 - 0 |
| Mar 7th, 1992 | 07/03/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Dunfermline (A) | 1 - 0 |
| Feb 29th, 1992 | 29/02/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Falkirk (H) | 2 - 1 |
| Recent First Team Goals |
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| Jan 11th, 1992 | 11/01/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Airdrie (H) | 2 - 1 |
| Jan 4th, 1992 | 04/01/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Falkirk (A) | 3 - 1 |
| Jan 1st, 1992 | 01/01/92 | League | Premier Division | vs. Aberdeen (H) | 4 - 0 |
| Dec 3rd, 1991 | 03/12/91 | League | Premier Division | vs. Motherwell (A) | 1 - 1 |
| Nov 6th, 1991 | 06/11/91 | League | Premier Division | vs. Dunfermline (A) | 2 - 1 |
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Biography
Edinburgh born Darren began his career at Meadowbank Thistle, while he worked in a part-time job as a printer. Twenty plus goals in his first season as a first team player earned him a move to English Division One side Newcastle United for a fee of around £40,000 in October 1986, making his debut against Arsenal a few days later. Darren played in over fifty matches for The Magpies, in a team that included Paul Gascoigne and Peter Beardsley.
Jim McLean brought the Scotland Under-21 player to Tannadice in December 1988 for a fee of £200,000 and he went straight into the team for the visit of Celtic two days later. However, just four minutes into his debut he broke his ankle, an injury that would keep him out for the rest of the season. After recovering, he was back in the side by July 1989 and became a regular in the line-up over the next three years. He was top scorer in 1990-91 with 18 goals and collected a runners-up medal Scottish Cup final that year against Motherwell at Hampden. That match saw Darren score a dramatic late equaliser to take the game into extra-time, and then receive a red card after the match when protesting to the referee after a controversial goal to lose the match.
The following season the striker fell out of favour with the manager and was made available for transfer in October 1991. The striker fought his way back into the first team, although began playing deeper to accommodate the emerging Duncan Ferguson and in July 1992 he moved to Hibs for a fee later set by tribunal at £400,000.
Darren had five successful years at Easter Road, collecting a League Cup runners-up medal in 1993, and gaining international recognition with his first Scotland cap in March 1995. After joining Celtic in July 1997, he overcame a life-threatening illness to win the Premier Division and the League Cup, and made two appearances in the World Cup finals at France in 1998. A spell on loan to Coventry City was followed by a move to Hearts in July 2000. He then went out on loan to Livingston, helping them win the First Division title in 2001, and then signed for St Johnstone, ending his career with a loan spell at Clydebank. After a spell as a football agent, Darren returned to United as a First Team Coach under manager Jackie McNamara from February 2013 to September 2015. This was followed by coaching roles at Raith Rovers and St Mirren.
Last updated on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 by B Orr.
Debut
December 17th, 1988
Dundee United 2 - 0 Celtic
League (Premier Division)
Timeline
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Date of Birth
Darren was born on this date in Edinburgh.
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Signed For Dundee United
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First Team Debut
Dundee United 2 - 0 Celtic
League (Premier Division)
Celtic's third visit of the season proved no more profitable than their previous two as we defeated them for the third time without having lost a goal in the process. At the same time it stretched our
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First Goal
Dundee United 1 - 0 Hibernian
League (Premier Division)
Scotland's last remaining European survivors met earlier than scheduled due to Scotland's World Cup tie with Norway. Most of the action too was confined to the early stages. Dave Bowman had a shot on
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50th Appearance
Motherwell 0 - 2 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
The United line-up showed considerable change from the previous week with Freddy Van Der Hoorn and Miodrag Krivokapic, both passing late fitness tests. Meanwhile Mixu Paatelainen, Darren Jackson and A
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50th League Appearance
Hearts 2 - 1 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
For a long period of this match it looked as though our record of not having won at Tynecastle since March 1985 was going to come to a conclusion. After going ahead mid-way through the first half we l
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Last Goal
Dundee United 2 - 1 Airdrie
League (Premier Division)
The same eleven who had earned both points at Brockville were entrusted with the task of trying to breakdown an Airdrie defence which hadn't conceded a goal in their last three outings. That proud rec
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100th Appearance
Dundee United 6 - 0 Berwick
Scottish Cup (3rd Round)
After last season's near upset against Second Division East Fife in the third round, we didn't take long to ensure there would be no repeat against financially beleagured Berwick Rangers. For the tie,
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Last Appearance
Motherwell 1 - 2 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
For the second successive season our final match of the campaign was against Motherwell, but the circumstances were a far from the captivating Cup Final of the previous year. Fir Park's lowest crowd o
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Left the Club
