Darren Jackson

Club

Jackson began his career with Broxburn Athletic and in 1985 joined Meadowbank Thistle in Edinburgh, while he worked full-time as a printer for George Stewarts in Edinburgh. Twenty-two league goals won him a move south. After 9 games at the outset of Meadowbank's 1986–87 league campaign he joined Newcastle United in October 1986. Jackson made his Newcastle debut as a substitute for Ian Stewart in a 2–1 defeat at home to Arsenal on Saturday 18 October 1986, in which he won a penalty for his side. In two years with the Magpies, Jackson scored seven goals. He returned to Scotland in late 1988 with Dundee United. After being ruled out for six months of his first campaign with a broken ankle which initially went undetected, Jackson spent four years at Tannadice, picking up a 1990–91 Scottish Cup runners-up medal and finishing that season as the club's top scorer with 18 goals. Jackson joined Hibernian in 1992. During his five years at Easter Road, he was a runner-up again, this time in the 1993–94 Scottish League Cup. He moved to Celtic in 1997 as Wim Jansen's first signing, but soon had to be treated for hydrocephalus that required surgery in September 1997. He was playing again within three months as Celtic went on to win both the League and League Cup. The following season, Jackson fell out of favour and had a spell on loan with Coventry City. He scored Celtic's first official goal in the revamped UEFA Champions League competition in 1998. He next joined his…

Club

International

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

Dundee United

Scottish Cup runner-up: 1990–91 Hibernian

Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1993–94 Celtic

Scottish Premier Division: 1997–98 Livingston

Scottish First Division (2nd tier): 2000–01