Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Cardenden, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left-half/ outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1922–1927 | Partick Thistle | 15 | (3) |
1925–1926 | → Broxburn United (loan) | 20 | (5) |
1927–1928 | Rhyl Athletic | ||
1928–1930 | Liverpool | 14 | (2) |
1930–1931 | Swansea Town | ||
1931–1932 | Rhyl Athletic | ||
? | Bangor City | ||
? | Lochgelly Amateurs | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Lindsay was a Scottish footballer who played as a left-half and an outside-left, most notably for Liverpool.
Lindsay started his senior career with Partick Thistle in 1922. [1] [2] After suffering a serious knee injury, he switched to the Welsh side Rhyl Athletic for the 1927–28 season, and he scored 60 goals for the club. [1] This brought him to the attention of English First Division side Liverpool, who signed him in April 1928. [1] He made his Liverpool debut on 1 December 1928, starting the match in a 3–0 victory over Derby County. [3] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 January 1929, in a 5–2 FA Cup fourth round replay defeat to Bolton Wanderers. [4] He left the club when his contract expired in January 1930, having made 16 appearances in total for Liverpool. [1] Lindsay then moved back to Wales, where he joined Swansea Town, before moving back to Rhyl Athletic in 1931. [1] He later played in Northern Ireland for Bangor City and in Scotland for Lochgelly Amateurs. [1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1900 | ||
Place of birth | Cardenden, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left-half/ outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1922–1927 | Partick Thistle | 15 | (3) |
1925–1926 | → Broxburn United (loan) | 20 | (5) |
1927–1928 | Rhyl Athletic | ||
1928–1930 | Liverpool | 14 | (2) |
1930–1931 | Swansea Town | ||
1931–1932 | Rhyl Athletic | ||
? | Bangor City | ||
? | Lochgelly Amateurs | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Lindsay was a Scottish footballer who played as a left-half and an outside-left, most notably for Liverpool.
Lindsay started his senior career with Partick Thistle in 1922. [1] [2] After suffering a serious knee injury, he switched to the Welsh side Rhyl Athletic for the 1927–28 season, and he scored 60 goals for the club. [1] This brought him to the attention of English First Division side Liverpool, who signed him in April 1928. [1] He made his Liverpool debut on 1 December 1928, starting the match in a 3–0 victory over Derby County. [3] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 January 1929, in a 5–2 FA Cup fourth round replay defeat to Bolton Wanderers. [4] He left the club when his contract expired in January 1930, having made 16 appearances in total for Liverpool. [1] Lindsay then moved back to Wales, where he joined Swansea Town, before moving back to Rhyl Athletic in 1931. [1] He later played in Northern Ireland for Bangor City and in Scotland for Lochgelly Amateurs. [1]