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John McTurk Player Profile

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Player Details



Career

Season
1965-661000
Totals:1000

 Apps = first-team starts with substitute appearances in brackets.
 Gls = goals.
 All = competitive appearances only. Friendlies are shown separately and do not form part of the competitive totals.
 Yel = yellow cards/cautions. Red = red cards/dismissals.

 Recent First Team Starts
 14/08/65 Combined Reserve League - 1st Series vs. East Fife Res (A) 0 - 1

 Recent First Team Goals
 None

 List of Goals Scored
None

 List of Games Played (click to expand)
 14/08/65 Combined Reserve League - 1st Series vs. East Fife Res (A)  0 - 1


Competition History

Competition Win % Draw % Loss %
League10000.0%0.0%100.0%
Totals:10000.0%0.0%100.0%

Competition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. G2G = goals to games ratio.


Opposition Record

Opponent W D L Win %
East Fife Res10000010.0%
Totals:10000010.0%

Opposition figures include competitive matches only. Starts are shown first, with substitute appearances in brackets. Gls = goals. Yellow and red card totals are shown on desktop screens.


Biography

John McTurk was released by Stirling Albion at the end of the 1964/65 season. He was a tough tackling, take no prisoners full back who was at the veteran stage in his career. He made his one and only appearance in reality as a trialist, in a 1-0 defeat away to East Fife in a Scottish Combined Reserve League game at Bayview on 14th August 1965. Rather than play out a season in this league John McTurk signed for Albion Rovers one week later.

John McTurk was involved in a number of eventful and memorable games in his career. He was in the St. Mirren side that beat Peebles Rovers 10-0 in a Scottish Cup tie with 4 goals from Gerry Baker in 1959. That St. Mirren team would go on to win the Scottish Cup that year, beating Aberdeen 3-1 in the Final, unfortunately John was not in the side that day.

The following season, John was in the St. Mirren side that beat Glasgow University 15-0 in the Scottish Cup with Gerry Baker scoring 10 goals this time, before going off injured in 75 minutes!

On 1 September 1965 John played in an Albion Rovers team containing future Bankie Dick Madden who demolished Airdrie 8-2 in a League Cup tie at Cliftonhill with John Dillon notching 4 goals.

John McTurk was released by Albion Rovers at the end of the season.

Debut

August 14th, 1965
East Fife Reserves 1 - 0 Clydebank

League (Combined Reserve League - 1st Series)


Timeline

  • Date of Birth


    John was born on this date in Lugar.

    Saturday, July 11th, 1936

  • First Team Debut

    East Fife Res 1 - 0 Clydebank
    League (Combined Reserve League - 1st Series)

    After the court ruled that the share transfer that facilitated the merger of East Stirlingshire and Clydebank Juniors as invalid the club returned to Falkirk under it's original name. With no future a

    Saturday, August 14th, 1965