{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ian Purdie | image = | caption = | fullname = Ian Purdie<ref name="hugman">{{Hugman | 16198 | Ian Purdie| accessdate = 26 November 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland | height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/p/ian-purdie/ |title=Ian Purdie |publisher=motherwellnet.com |access-date=25 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | position = Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Larkhall Thistle | years1 = 1971–1975 | clubs1 = Aberdeen | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 1975–1977 | clubs2 = Dundee | caps2 = 59 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 1977–1978 | clubs3 = Motherwell | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 1978–1979 | clubs4 = Wigan Athletic | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 1979–1980 | clubs5 = Portsmouth | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 1981–1982 | clubs6 = Canberra City | caps6 = 43 | goals6 = 13 | years7 = 1983 | clubs7 = Footscray JUST | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1974 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U23 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = }} '''Ian Purdie''' (born 7 March 1953 in Bellshill) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a winger.
He started his professional career at Aberdeen before moving on to Dundee and then Motherwell.
Following a disagreement with his manager at Motherwell,<ref>{{cite book |title=The League: At Last |last=Cherry |first=D. B. |year=1979 |publisher=D.B.C. Enterprises |page=112}}</ref> Purdie moved to Wigan Athletic, and was the club's first signing after being elected into the Football League. He made his debut in the club's first ever Football League game against Hereford United, and in October 1978, he became the scorer of Wigan's first successful penalty in the Football League against Northampton Town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeoldetreeandcrown.co.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=63 |title=Latics A–Z |publisher=Ye Olde Tree and Crown |accessdate=11 November 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Purdie signed for Portsmouth in October 1979 for a fee of £20,000, but made just five appearances for the club. However, he did score the crucial 2nd goal when Portsmouth beat Northampton 2–0 on 3 May 1980 to secure promotion to Division 3. He moved to the Australian capital in 1981 to play for Canberra City in the National Soccer League, before transferring to Melbourne-based Footscray JUST in 1983. And if he ever reads this, perhaps he'll return the only autographed copies of 'The League at Last' that he 'borrowed' ...
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==External links== *{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/ianpurdie}} *[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/POU.html#IanPurdie Ian Purdie] at Aussie Footballers
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