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Johnny Gould

Biography

Johnny was signed from Neilston Victoria after impressing on our end of season Highland tour in April 1938. The following campaign he played every league game, and captained the club for part of the season, with his performances beginning to impress bigger clubs both north and south of the border. After the start of the second world war, Glasgow based Johnny was allowed to join Celtic on loan in November 1939. During WW2, while we had ceased football operations, he featured for Albion Rovers, Morton, Raith Rovers, Dumbarton and Third Lanark. After the war ended, he played just under half…Read moreRead less
Johnny was signed from Neilston Victoria after impressing on our end of season Highland tour in April 1938. The following campaign he played every league game, and captained the club for part of the season, with his performances beginning to impress bigger clubs both north and south of the border. After the start of the second world war, Glasgow based Johnny was allowed to join Celtic on loan in November 1939.

During WW2, while we had ceased football operations, he featured for Albion Rovers, Morton, Raith Rovers, Dumbarton and Third Lanark. After the war ended, he played just under half our games in the 1944-45 campaign, and he was our regular right winger during the 1945-46 season up until be joined the RAF in mid-December. During the following campaign he featured on four occasions when on leave before being released in May 1947, going on to play for Ayr Utd and Stenhousemuir.

Statistics

Apps
32
Goals
15
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.47
Minutes
2880
Seasons
3
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1946-474400
1945-4612700
1944-4516400

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 May 1938 · Left: 31 May 1947

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Bob McGlashan12 Aug 19441 Dec 194528
Archie Anderson4 Sep 19462 Jan 19474

Timeline

  1. Born

    Cathcart

  2. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

  8. Died

    Glasgow

Appearances (32)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
2 Jan 1947 Arbroath 1–4 Dundee Division B1946-47 L
28 Dec 1946 Arbroath 3–3 Stenhousemuir Division B1946-47 D
7 Sep 1946 Arbroath 1–2 Dunfermline Division B1946-47 L
4 Sep 1946 Arbroath 3–4 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1946-47 L
1 Dec 1945 Stenhousemuir 3–2 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
24 Nov 1945 Arbroath 3–1 Dunfermline Southern League1945-46 W
17 Nov 1945 Arbroath 2–1 Raith Rovers Southern League1945-46 W
10 Nov 1945 Dundee 8–0 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
3 Nov 1945 Airdrie (Old) 5–0 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
27 Oct 1945 Ayr Utd 4–1 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
20 Oct 1945 East Fife 8–0 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
13 Oct 1945 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee United Southern League1945-46 W
6 Oct 1945 Alloa 4–4 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 D
1 Sep 1945 Arbroath 0–3 Stenhousemuir Southern League1945-46 L
18 Aug 1945 Arbroath 1–4 Dundee Southern League1945-46 L
11 Aug 1945 Raith Rovers 3–2 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
17 Feb 1945 Arbroath 3–2 Hearts A North Eastern League1944-45 W
10 Feb 1945 Raith Rovers 1–2 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 W
13 Jan 1945 Falkirk A 8–2 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 L
25 Nov 1944 Arbroath 0–3 Aberdeen North Eastern League1944-45 L
18 Nov 1944 Dundee United 2–5 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 W
11 Nov 1944 Arbroath 3–3 Rangers A North Eastern League1944-45 D
28 Oct 1944 Arbroath 2–1 Dunfermline North Eastern League1944-45 W
21 Oct 1944 Arbroath 2–1 East Fife North Eastern League1944-45 W
14 Oct 1944 Dundee 6–2 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 L
23 Sep 1944 Arbroath 3–5 Raith Rovers North Eastern League1944-45 L
16 Sep 1944 Arbroath 1–4 Dundee North Eastern League1944-45 L
9 Sep 1944 Raith Rovers 2–0 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 L
2 Sep 1944 Arbroath 5–2 Hearts A North Eastern League1944-45 W
26 Aug 1944 Rangers A 5–0 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 L

Goals scored (15)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
28 Dec 1946 Arbroath 3–3 Stenhousemuir Division B1946-47 D 62′
7 Sep 1946 Arbroath 1–2 Dunfermline Division B1946-47 L 29′
4 Sep 1946 Arbroath 3–4 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1946-47 L 20′
4 Sep 1946 Arbroath 3–4 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1946-47 L 66′
1 Dec 1945 Stenhousemuir 3–2 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L 55′
24 Nov 1945 Arbroath 3–1 Dunfermline Southern League1945-46 W 1′
24 Nov 1945 Arbroath 3–1 Dunfermline Southern League1945-46 W 17′
17 Nov 1945 Arbroath 2–1 Raith Rovers Southern League1945-46 W 6′
27 Oct 1945 Ayr Utd 4–1 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L 2′
6 Oct 1945 Alloa 4–4 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 D 67′
11 Aug 1945 Raith Rovers 3–2 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L 21′
18 Nov 1944 Dundee United 2–5 Arbroath North Eastern League1944-45 W 79′
11 Nov 1944 Arbroath 3–3 Rangers A North Eastern League1944-45 D 66′
21 Oct 1944 Arbroath 2–1 East Fife North Eastern League1944-45 W 88′
2 Sep 1944 Arbroath 5–2 Hearts A North Eastern League1944-45 W 89′