McBride was born in
Govan, just 200 yards from
Ibrox Park, the home of
Rangers. He signed for
Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to
Junior sides
Shettleston and was sold to
Wolves two years later for £12,500, a significant transfer fee at the time. He was unable to break into the Wolves team in his short period with the club and moved to
Luton Town for £8,000 but he was unsettled and made little impact, soon returning to Scotland to join
Partick Thistle in a swap deal involving
Jim Fleming. He again scored prolifically during the first part of the
1966–67 season and scored a second European hat-trick for the club against
Malmö FF. McBride left Hibs in 1971, apparently because the club were unhappy that he did not want to move from his home in Glasgow. ==Personal life==