Marty Ian was being sarcastic re Jim Baxter
As for Scott McDonald he played for Gippsland Falcons in the old Australian NSL, where he became the club's youngest ever making his first-team debut aged just fifteen. In the UK he started off as a trainee with Southampton in 2001 where he managed only three appearances (one first-team start and two as a substitute), being loaned to Huddersfield when reaching the end of his contract with Southampton he signed for Wimbledon on a rolling monthly contract. He had a trial with Dundee United before he signed for Motherwell.