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Scottish footballer For the Abercorn and Scotland player, see James Johnston (footballer, born 1866).

James Johnston
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 was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right, mainly for Third Lanark.

He won the Scottish Football League championship with the Glasgow club in 1903–04 and played in two consecutive Scottish Cup finals, scoring in the first – a win over Rangers in 1905 via a replay – but losing to Heart of Midlothian in 1906. He also played in England with Swindon Town (then competing in the Southern Football League) for a season, finding the winning goal in an FA Cup 'giant killing' of Sheffield United, before returning to Third Lanark for two more years, collecting a Glasgow Cup medal to add to two others won in his first spell.

Johnston was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1903, and played twice in the Glasgow Football Association's annual challenge match against Sheffield.

References

  1. The surname is spelled Johnstone in some sources, and a lack of other personal information makes it difficult to clarify the correct name.
  1. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. (Third Lanark player) Johnstone, James, FitbaStats
  3. One Hit Wonders: Third Lanark (Scotland), 1903-04, Soccer Stories, 13 January 2014
  4. Scotland 1903/04, RSSSF, 21 October 2001
  5. Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
  6. "Sat 28 Apr 1906 Scottish Cup Hearts 1 Third Lanark 0". London Hearts. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  7. Player Profile | Jimmy Johnston, Swindon-Town-FC
  8. 1908, The Giant Killers
  9. Football. Glasgow Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 29 October 1908
  10. Third Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 25, 1902), Play Up Liverpool
  11. Football. | Glasgow Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 30 November 1903
  12. (SFL player) James Johnstone , London Hearts Supporters Club


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