Johnny Walker (footballer, born 1973)

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Johnny Walker
Personal information
Full name John Walker [1]
Date of birth (1973-12-12) 12 December 1973 (age 49) [2]
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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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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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