James Johnston (1900s footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1907 | Third Lanark | 119 | (47) |
| 1907–1908 | Swindon Town | 34 | (4) |
| 1908–1910 | Third Lanark | 47 | (12) |
| Total | 200 | (63) | |
| International career | |||
| 1903 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Johnston[a] was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right, mainly for Third Lanark.[1][2]
He won the Scottish Football League championship with the Glasgow club in 1903–04[3][4] and played in two consecutive Scottish Cup finals, scoring in the first – a win over Rangers in 1905 via a replay[5] – but losing to Heart of Midlothian in 1906.[6] He also played in England with Swindon Town (then competing in the Southern Football League) for a season,[7] finding the winning goal in an FA Cup 'giant killing' of Sheffield United,[8] before returning to Third Lanark for two more years, collecting a Glasgow Cup medal[9] to add to two others won in his first spell.[10][11]
Johnston was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1903,[12] and played twice in the Glasgow Football Association's annual challenge match against Sheffield.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ The surname is spelled Johnstone in some sources, and a lack of other personal information makes it difficult to clarify the correct name.
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ (Third Lanark player) Johnstone, James, FitbaStats
- ^ One Hit Wonders: Third Lanark (Scotland), 1903-04, Soccer Stories, 13 January 2014
- ^ Scotland 1903/04, RSSSF, 21 October 2001
- ^ Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
- ^ "Sat 28 Apr 1906 Scottish Cup Hearts 1 Third Lanark 0". London Hearts. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Player Profile | Jimmy Johnston, Swindon-Town-FC
- ^ 1908, The Giant Killers
- ^ Football. Glasgow Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 29 October 1908
- ^ Third Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 25, 1902), Play Up Liverpool
- ^ Football. | Glasgow Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 30 November 1903
- ^ (SFL player) James Johnstone [merged into the record of Jimmy Johnstone ], London Hearts Supporters Club
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