Johnny Walker (footballer, born 1973)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Walker[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 12 December 1973||
Place of birth | Glasgow,[2] Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1990 | Clydebank Boys Club[2][3] | ||
1990–1993 | Rangers[2][3] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1995 | Clydebank[3] | 27 | (2) |
1995–1996 | Grimsby Town[2][3] | 3 | (1) |
1996 | → Mansfield Town (loan)[2] | 13 | (1) |
1996–1999 | Mansfield Town[2] | 60 | (4) |
1999 | → Boston United (loan)[3] | 0 | (0) |
2000 | Greenock Morton[2] | 5 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Clydebank[3] | 26 | (1) |
2001–2004 | Hamilton Academical[2] | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Walker (born 12 December 1973) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He notably played for Clydebank and Mansfield Town in a career that lasted between 1990 and 2004.
Walker started his professional career with Rangers but in three years at Ibrox he only managed three first team appearances.[citation needed] In 1993, he transferred to Clydebank. He then made a move to England in 1995, signing with Grimsby Town. He was brought Blundell Park by Brian Laws as the club's highest paid player;[citation needed] after three years he then joined Mansfield Town following a loan spell at the club.
After spending time on trial with Scarborough and Kingstonian,[2] he returned to Scotland in March 2000 to play out his career for Greenock Morton, Clydebank and Hamilton Academical. While playing for Hamilton in March 2003, he failed a random drugs test and was subsequently banned from football for three months.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Johnny Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Johnny Walker at Soccerbase
- ^ a b c d e f Johnny Walker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Walker banned for drug-taking". BBC Sport. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- 1973 births
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Men's association football midfielders
- Scottish men's footballers
- Boston United F.C. players
- Clydebank F.C. (1965) players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Kingstonian F.C. players
- Living people
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Doping cases in association football
- Scottish sportspeople in doping cases