James Johnston (1900s footballer) explained

James Johnston
Position:	Outside right
Years1:	1901–1907
Clubs1:	Third Lanark
Caps1:	119
Goals1:	47
Years2:	1907–1908
Clubs2:	Swindon Town
Caps2:	34
Goals2:	4
Years3:	1908–1910
Clubs3:	Third Lanark
Caps3:	47
Goals3:	12
Years4:	–
Totalcaps:	200
Totalgoals:	63
Nationalyears1:	1903
Nationalteam1:	Scottish League XI
Nationalcaps1:	1
Nationalgoals1:	0

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

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]

Notes and References

1. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
2. https://www.fitbastats.com/thirdlanark/player.php?playerid=1050 (Third Lanark player) Johnstone, James
3. http://worldwidesoccerstories.blogspot.com/2014/01/one-hit-wonders-third-lanark-scotland.html One Hit Wonders: Third Lanark (Scotland), 1903-04
4. https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot1904.html Scotland 1903/04
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qOlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5336%2C1703664 Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie.
6. Web site: Sat 28 Apr 1906 Scottish Cup Hearts 1 Third Lanark 0 . London Hearts . 8 July 2020.
7. http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=JOHNSTO1 Player Profile Jimmy Johnston
8. https://www.freewebs.com/captainbeecher/1908.htm 1908
9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EtQ-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=q0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5711%2C6331605 Football. Glasgow Cup–Replayed Final Tie.
10. https://playupliverpool.com/1902/10/25/third-lanark-v-celtic-3-0-glasgow-cup-final-october-25-1902/ Third Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 25, 1902)
11. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EONAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134%2C6053565 Football. Glasgow Cup–Final Tie.
12. https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/jamesjohnstone.html (SFL player) James Johnstone