Johnstone Burgh F.C.

Association football club in Scotland

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Football club

Johnstone Burgh

Full name| Johnstone Burgh Football Club
Nickname(s)| The Burgh
Ground| James Y. Keanie Park,
Johnstone
Manager| Murdo MacKinnon
League| West of Scotland League Premier Division
2023–24| West of Scotland League First Division, 3rd of 16 (promoted)
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Johnstone Burgh Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in West of Scotland League Premier Division.

## History

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The club was formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a journalist that had been ordered out of the newspaper's office on the corner of Johnstone's Rankine Street by the office manager with instructions not to return until he had a story. The journalist proceeded to ask locals what they thought about forming a new football club to replace the former Scottish league side Johnstone F.C.

Their most successful period was in the late 1950s and 1960s when they twice won junior football's top prize – the Scottish Junior Cup. Probably their most successful manager was Jimmy Blackburn who led them to both their Scottish Cup wins as well as West of Scotland Cup and Central League Championship wins. One of our local lads, Bobby Dick, who hails from Elderslie, played what was then right half for the Burgh, and can boast two Scottish Cup winner's medals as well as a number of other medals. In those days the cup final was played at Hampden Park, which made it a day to remember. In later years, Bobby's nephew Alan Donohoe played in goal for the Burgh and was involved in their cup final of 2000.

The 1967–68 season was Johnstone Burgh's most successful season: they won the Scottish Junior Cup, beating Glenrothes 2–1 in extra time after a 2–2 draw at Hampden in the first match. Hugh Gilshan scored the winner. The team also won the Central League Championship and the Evening Times Trophy that season.

Johnstone Burgh has a home support of around 100–150, though this tends to increase vastly when the team is doing well. An OVD Cup tie between Johnstone Burgh and Glenafton Athletic in February 2000 attracted a crowd of over 2000. [citation needed]

In the 2000 Scottish Junior Cup Final against Whitburn, goals by Colin Lindsay, who later had a spell as manager, and John McLay took the game to penalties after a 2–2 draw. Johnstone Burgh won on penalties in their semi-final at Love Street, but failed to repeat this success in the final.

## Ground

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Johnstone Burgh's ground Keanie Park Keanie Park, aerial photo, May 2019

Since their foundation, "The Burgh," has been based at James Y. Keanie Park (named after the builder who donated the land the club was built upon). According to "The Juniors, 100 Years A Centenary History of Scottish Football" (McGlone/ McLure) the record attendance was 13,000 v Greenock in the 1963/64 Scottish Junior Cup. The club has much-delayed plans afoot to relocate within the next couple of years to a new ground at the more central Thomas Shanks Memorial Park less than one mile away, built in conjunction with the local council: the perpetually poor drainage at Keanie Park resulting in the regular postponement of home fixtures during the winter months has been a severe financial drain on the side.

It was announced that local team Renfrew Juniors will share Keanie Park Stadium with Johnstone Burgh until October 2014 as a new stadium for Renfrew will not be complete for the start of the 2014–15 season.[1]

## Current squad

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As of 12 June 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | GK |  SCO | Luke Scullion
-- | GK |  SCO | Andy Paton
-- | GK |  SCO | Callum Law
-- | DF |  SCO | Craig Menzies
-- | DF |  SCO | Jason Naismith
-- | DF |  SCO | Cameron Eadie
-- | DF |  SCO | Danny O'Neil
-- | DF |  SCO | Fraser Mullen
-- | DF |  SCO | Kian Gilday
-- | MF |  SCO | Graham Dorrans
-- | MF |  SCO | Malky McDonald
-- | MF |  SCO | Derek Esplin
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | MF |  SCO | Gary McCann
-- | MF |  SCO | Blair Rossiter
-- | MF |  SCO | Darren Christie
-- | MF |  SCO | Joel Grieve
-- | MF |  SCO | Jonny Lyon
-- | MF |  SCO | Max Kerr
-- | FW |  SCO | Stuart McCann
-- | FW |  SCO | Jordan Moore
-- | FW |  SCO | Kenzie McCrystal
-- | FW |  SCO | Aaron Mason
-- | FW |  NIR | Kyle Lafferty

### On loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | DF |  SCO | Conner McGlinchey (on loan at Darvel)
-- | DF |  SCO | Cammy Williamson (on loan at Darvel)
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-- | MF |  SCO | Noah Young (on loan at Maryhill)

## Notable players

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After the 1968–1969 season, the most successful in the club's history, Ian Reid signed for Arbroath, Hugh Gilshan for St Mirren, Danny Burke to East Fife and Jim McDonald to Leicester City. The following year, Ally Hunter signed for Kilmarnock after replacing George Connolly in goal at Keanie Park the season before. He went on to play for the full Scotland team. One of the two ball boys from the 1968–69 season, Allan Woods, signed a professional contract with Partick Thistle at just 16 yrs old, under Dave McParland and returned to Johnstone Burgh after three years at Firhill.

* Tommy Turner: Former St Johnstone, Partick Thistle, Morton and St Mirren midfielder.
* Malcolm Manley: Former Scotland Schools International; professional with Leicester City and Portsmouth.
* Allan Woods: Former Scotland Schools international; Partick Thistle midfielder.
* Frank McAvennie: Former St Mirren, West Ham United, Celtic and Scotland striker.
* Andy Murdoch: Former Partick Thistle goalkeeper.
* Gerry Queen: Professional with St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Crystal Palace (English first division 1969–72) and Leyton Orient.
* Graham Dorrans: Professional with West Brom, Norwich City, Rangers, Dundee, Dunfermline Ath. Scotland
* Kyle Lafferty: Internationally capped professional (85 caps) with Rangers, Hearts, Kilmarnock and Northern Ireland.[2]

## Honours

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Scottish Junior Cup

* Winners: 1963–64, 1967–68
* Runners-up: 1999–00

### Other honours

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* Evening Times trophy winners: 1968–69
* West of Scotland Cup winners: 1958–59, 1964–65
* Central League champions: 1958–59, 1964–65, 1967–68
* Central League Premier Division winners: 2001–02
* Central Division Two winners: 1991–92, 2009–10,
* West Region League Two winners: 2019–20
* Glasgow Dryburgh Cup: 1958–59
* Evening Times Cup Winners Cup: 2001–02

## External links

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* Website
* Facebook
* Twitter

## References

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1. ^ "Johnstone Burgh to share their ground with Renfrew Juniors for the new season". www.jvmb.co.uk. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
2. ^ "Lafferty Joins Seventh Tier Side Johnstone Burgh". www.skysports.com. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

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