John Martin (goalkeeper)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Galloway King Martin | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1999 | Airdrieonians | 658 | (1) |
1997–1998 | → Albion Rovers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Preston Athletic | ? | (?) |
2000–2002 | Cowdenbeath | 40 | (0) |
Total | 701 | (1) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
John Galloway King Martin (born 27 October 1958) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Airdrieonians for nineteen years and later spent one season with Cowdenbeath, achieving promotion in the 2000–01 season.[1]
Martin played in both the 1992 and 1995 Scottish Cup Finals for Airdrieonians and was the Kilnockie goalkeeper in the 2002 film A Shot at Glory. Martin often swung on the crossbar during games at the behest of supporters.
Opposition fans would often taunt him with chants of "scab" due to his reported strike breaking exploits during the miner's strike of 1983–84.[2][3]
Honours[]
Airdrieonians
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/special-reports/miners-strike/2009/03/07/legacy-of-fear-still-haunts-strikebreakers-86908-21178601/
- ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/in-heaven-with-thistle-girls-1.799780
- ^ "Bell's Cup". SPFL. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
External links[]
- John Martin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- John Martin at Soccerbase
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Association football goalkeepers
- Scottish footballers
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Preston Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish football goalkeeper stubs