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See the Jimmy Johnstone Tribute Fund in aid of Motor Neurone Disease at:
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Jimmy Johnstone

Jimmy Johnstone at Celtic, c.1970.

James Connolly Johnstone

Born: Uddingston, 30 September, 1944. Died 13 March 2006.

Jimmy Johnstone

Jimmy at Celtic

(Thanks to Ian Corry (George Best Page) for the above picture)

Scottish League appearances :

Club Source Date signed Played Games Subs Goals
Celtic - 11.61 75-76 298 11 82
Dundee Sheffield United 07.77 77 2 1 0
Total: 311/82       300 11 82

NASL appearances :

Club Source Date signed Played Games Subs Goals
San Jose Earthquakes Celtic 06.75 75 10 0 0
Total : 10 / 0       10 0 0

English League appearances :

Club Source Date signed Played Games Subs Goals
Sheffield United Celtic 11.75 75-76 11 0 2
Total : 11 / 2       11 0 2

Cup appearances :

Club Competition Games Subs Goals
Celtic Scottish Cup 47 1 11
Celtic Scottish League Cup 87 4 21
Celtic Dryborough Cup 5 1 4
Celtic European Cup 45 1 11
Celtic European Cup-Winners Cup 14 0 5
Celtic Inetr-City Fairs Cup 4 0 0
Celtic World Championship 3 0 0

Scottish international appearances :

Level Games Goals
Scottish League 4 0
Under-23 2 0
Full 23 4

Further links include the following ...

See where Jimmy came in the Shoot! magazine poll of the most popular players of the last 30 years.

What connects Jimmy with Hollywood actor, Robert Duvall ? See Review October 2000.

Jimmy is the fans Favourite Celtic player ever, see December 2002

See obituary

See details of Jimmy's funeral at Spring 2006

There's a new biography about Jimmy release in May 2007, see Spring 2007

On other sites see...

The Bhoys From Paradise

The Bhoys From Paradise - 'Dirty Old Town' Single

Jimmy's official site at Jimmy Johnstone - Celtic's Greatest Ever Player - which has lots of clips of Jimmy playing and singing! The site includes a video of the single by the Bhoys From Paradise featuring Jimmy and Jim Kerr (of Simple Minds).

Lord of the Wing is a film about Jimmy, see Jimmy Johnstone - acftv, which includes clips of Jimmy and the film.

See poems about Jimmy at, Football Poets - Peter Goulding and Football Poets - Casey

There's more clips of Jimmy playing in a video on www.plsthx.com

See an interview with Jimmy about Motor Neurone Disease at Ride For Life Legendary Scottish soccer star undaunted by ALS



 

Note:

Birth information and League career statistics from:
"The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-2005"
Edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman. Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005.
See
www.since1888.co.uk

All Scottish and additional appearance information from:

Soccer History Spring 2007. Issue 15. Editor Ian Nannestad. p48. (Price in May 2007 in UK: £4-50 via cheque made payable to 'Soccer History Ltd' at 26 Saxon Street, Lincoln LN1 3HN)


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Bob Dunning
3 May 2007

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