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McLachlan, a speedy left winger, was then transferred in November 1925 for a fee of £2,000. He joined the strongest Cardiff City side in the club's history. Promoted to the top division in 1921, they had finished runners up in the 1923-24 League Championship (a late penalty miss in the last game of the season cost the Welsh side the title) and in the 1924-25 FA Cup. Fellow Scot Hughie Ferguson also joined in 1925. Many Football League clubs were interested in signing McLachlan but he was persuaded to join City as his father was captain of a ship that regularly called at Cardiff docks.
Much to McLachlan's disappointment he missed out on an international cap in 1926 with a broken leg picked up against Leicester City.
The high point of McLachlan's career came with Cardiff City when he was part of their victory in the 1927 FA Cup Final. McLachlan recovered from the broken leg in 1926 to star in Cardiff's FA Cup triumph.
At Cardiff, McLachlan moved from outside left to wing half. He played 139 league games, hitting 22 goals. While at Cardiff, in 1928, he played for the Anglo-Scots against the Home-Scots in an international trial match at Firhill.
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