John Johnston (footballer)
- John Johnston (footballer)
Infobox Football biography
playername = John Johnston
fullname = John Shand Johnston
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dateofbirth = 1878
cityofbirth = Lennoxtown, Paisley
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath = 1955
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position = Wing half
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years = 1898–1901
1901–1907
1907–1911
1911–1915
clubs = Stalybridge Rovers
Bury
Southampton
Stalybridge Celtic
caps(goals) =
180 (2)
110 (2)
manageryears = 1911–1915
managerclubs = Stalybridge Celtic
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John Shand Johnston (1878 – 1955) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half and won the FA Cup with Bury in 1903.
Playing career
He was born in Lennoxtown and started his career with Stalybridge Rovers before joining Football League First Division Bury in May 1901. He remained with Bury for six seasons making 180 league appearances, scoring twice. He also appeared in all of Bury's matches in the FA Cup in 1902–03, reaching the final where they defeated Derby County in one of the most one-sided finals ever played. Bury's 6–0 victory still stands as the record Final win. Bury also equalled another record, winning the Cup without conceding a goal in any round.
In May 1907 he moved, along with Bert Hodgkinson, to the south coast to join Southern League Southampton. In his first season at The Dell he made 33 Southern League appearances and helped the "Saints" to reach the FA Cup Semi Finals where they went out to Wolverhampton Wanderers, beating First Division Everton en route. He remained with Southampton for four seasons during which the team struggled in a vain attempt to regain their former success. Johnstone was a "distinct individual; through all the heat and bustle of the game he was never seen without a blade of grass or some convenient substitute protruding from his mouth." [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| pages= p.185|id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] He had a strange gait but was a natural leader and tended to coach the forwards while the game was in progress.
In 1911 he moved back to Stalybridge, this time to join Stalybridge Celtic as player-manager. He guided them to success in the Lancashire Combination and into the Southern League in 1914.
Honours
As a player
Bury
*FA Cup winner: 1903
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
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