Johnny Walker (footballer, born 1973)

Johnny Walker
Personal information
Full name John Walker[1]
Date of birth (1973-12-12) 12 December 1973[2]
Place of birth Glasgow,[2] Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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. 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; 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

  1. ↑ "Johnny Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Johnny Walker at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Johnny Walker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. ↑ "Walker banned for drug-taking". BBC Sport. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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