{{short description|English footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = C. McAlpine | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = Left-back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1890–1892| clubs1 = Burslem Port Vale| caps1 = 20| goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1892| clubs2 = Darlington| caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1892–1893| clubs3 = Burslem Port Vale| caps3 = 10| goals3 = 0 | totalcaps = 30+| totalgoals = 0+ }}
'''C. McAlpine''' was an English footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale.
==Career== McAlpine joined Burslem Port Vale in December 1890, making his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 3–0 friendly defeat to rivals Stoke on 20 December 1890.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=189|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> He was a first-team regular and helped the club share the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1891 and win the Staffordshire Charity Cup in 1892.<ref name="kent"/> He managed to sign for Darlington and Vale in the summer of 1892 and was obliged to play for the former as he had given them his signature first; he also picked up a six-week suspension for his error.<ref name="kent"/> He returned to Vale in October 1892. He was once more a first-team regular, playing ten Second Division games in 1892–93, before leaving for good in February 1893.<ref name="kent"/>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Burslem Port Vale||1891–92||Midland League||20||0||1||0||0||0||21||0 |- |1892–93||Second Division||10||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !30!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!31!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Burslem Port Vale''' *North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup: 1891 (shared) *Staffordshire Charity Cup: 1892
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