Wildling: My Autobiography

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His performances quickly put him on the radar of other Conference teams where a bidding war began between Boston United and Yeovil Town for McIndoe's signature. Managed by coach John Moore, the team also won the youth league as well as the South East Counties League Cup final beating West Ham on 8 May 1998. The Scottish winger was voted in the top five footballers of the year in The Times Football Yearbook 2004/05 [1] alongside Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.

They tell the story at one of his former clubs about how McIndoe used to take a briefcase into the dressing room and, having given up alcohol, presented the impression that he was carrying important documents about property and investment. McIndoe went on to play in all of Derby's remaining fixtures in the 2005–06 season, helping them to finish 20th and avoid relegation. Several national newspapers have allegedly linked McIndoe to an 'investment scheme' but McIndoe has always strongly denied any allegation of wrongdoing. There is only one working turnstile among the whitewashed walls of Raydale Park, home of Gretna 2008 FC, and it is manned by the club’s chairman.He was brought up by his mother on The Calders in Edinburgh, a concrete estate of high-rise tower blocks that were put up in the 1970s. McIndoe was named in the Nationwide Conference Team of the Year [18] and won the club's "Internet Player of the Season". I humbly apologise,” McIndoe said in 2017, addressing the people who lost money, adding that he was usually “meticulous” about paying back debts. While playing for Doncaster Rovers he set a record scoring ten penalties which was more than any player in the English Football League in the 2005/06 season.

Cherry Red Books Middlesex County Football League 2013–2014 season: All competitions: Player's appearances – McIndoe Michael". The following year he was given the PFA Division Three Player of the Year again, this time playing for Division Three champions, Doncaster Rovers.There is, however, another theory that he keeps a low profile because he knows that a lot of the people who lost out financially hold a serious grudge against him. I’d lost my job, my girlfriend, my driving licence and had huge gambling debts,” McIndoe said in an interview with The Times in 2005.