Robert Stevenson (Scottish footballer) explained

Robert Stevenson
Position:Inside left
Clubs1:Petershill[1]
Years2:1913–1921
Clubs2:Morton
Caps2:222
Goals2:54
Years3:1921–1924
Clubs3:St Mirren
Caps3:69
Goals3:13
Years4:1924
Caps4:7
Goals4:0
Years5:1924–1925
Clubs5:Arthurlie
Caps5:5
Goals5:0
Years6:
Totalcaps:303
Totalgoals:67

Robert Stevenson was a Scottish footballer who played as a inside left for Morton, St Mirren, Clydebank and Arthurlie.[2] [3] He left Morton the year before the Greenock club won the Scottish Cup in 1922, but was a regular member of their team in the period around World War I when they finished in the top four of the Scottish Football League table for six seasons running (Stevenson missed one of these campaigns entirely, likely as a result of wartime commitments).[2] He did take part in both of the Navy and Army War Fund Shield finals, the first of which in 1915 Morton won by defeating Rangers[4] and the second in 1918 which they lost to Celtic.[5] After he moved to Renfrewshire derby rivals St Mirren, Stevenson quickly struck up a fruitful partnership with fellow new signing Dunky Walker, who finished as the top scorer across European club football in their first season together.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1913/1913041207.htm Mainly about Players.
  2. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  3. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/stevenson-robert-image-1-st-mirren-1922/ Stevenson Robert Image 1 St Mirren 1922
  4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xc9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=baYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4210%2C6935140 Football: War Shield Final
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SMRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FKYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2904%2C2489859 Association football War Fund Shield–Final Tie
  6. http://stmirren.info/id269.html 1921-22