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John Lindsay (footballer, born 1900)

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John Lindsay
Personal information
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)
1925–1926Broxburn 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.

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Liverpool career stats for John Lindsay". LFChistory. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian.
  3. ^ "Liverpool 3 – 0 Derby County – 1 December 1928". LFChistory. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 5 – 2 Liverpool – 30 January 1929". LFChistory. Retrieved 18 August 2013.