James Johnston (1900s footballer)

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

James Johnston^[a] was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right, mainly for Third Lanark.^[1][2]

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

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

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 [merged into the record of Jimmy Johnstone ], London Hearts Supporters Club