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Willie Martin
Personal information
Full name William Martin[1]
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1938 Queen's Park 138 (52)
1938–1946 Clyde 33 (20)
International career
1935–1937 Scotland Amateurs 7 (4)
1938 Scottish League XI 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Martin was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 170 appearances in the Scottish League for as a centre forward for Queen's Park and Clyde.[1][2][3] In representative football, he was capped by Scotland Amateurs and the Scottish League XI.[4][5]

Personal life

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Martin attended Queen's Park Secondary School.[6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queen's Park 1933–34[1] Scottish Division One 9 3 2 0 2[a] 1 13 4
1934–35[1] 29 6 2 2 3[b] 0 34 8
1935–36[1] 31 9 1 0 1[c] 0 32 9
1936–37[1] 32 4 0 0 1[c] 0 33 4
1937–38[1] 37 30 3 1 3[d] 2 43 33
Total 138 52 8 3 10 3 156 58
Clyde 1938–39[2] Scottish Division One 33 20 7 7 5[e] 2 45 29
Career total 171 72 15 10 15 5 201 87
  1. ^ 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
  2. ^ 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearance in Glasgow Cup
  4. ^ 2 appearances and 1 goal in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance and 1 goal in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
  5. ^ 2 appearances and 2 goals in Glasgow Cup, 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Paisley Charity Cup

Honours

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Clyde

Scotland Amateurs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Martin, William". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  3. ^ "Peace & War | History". Official Clyde Football Club Website. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). pp. 9–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ "William Martin – Scotland Football League Record from 07 Sep 1938 to 02 Nov 1938 clubs – Clyde". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Martin Willie Queen's Park 1937". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "The side that held the Scottish Cup longest". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Only Mooney & Brady Impressed In Paisley's All-Corner Final". Daily Record. 15 May 1939. Retrieved 22 June 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    "Worst Game I've Seen". Daily Record. 3 June 1940. Retrieved 22 June 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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