John May (footballer, born 1878)

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Johnny May
Personal information
Full name John May
Date of birth (1878-04-15)15 April 1878
Place of birth Dykehead, Scotland
Date of death 25 July 1933(1933-07-25) (aged 55)
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1898 Abercorn 18 (2)
1898–1904 Derby County 179 (17)
1904–1910 Rangers 129 (13)
1910–1915 Morton 118 (5)
Total 444 (37)
National team
1906–1909 Scotland 5 (0)
1906–1908[1] Scottish League XI 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John May (15 April 1878 – 25 July 1933) was a Scottish football player.

Football career[]

Club[]

He played as a left half-back (comparable to a modern midfielder) and started his career at Paisley club Abercorn. He played for a couple more clubs before signing for Derby County. Whilst there he played in two losing FA Cup finals (1899 and 1903).[2] May made 179 league appearances for Derby, scoring 17 goals.[3]

He joined Rangers in May 1904 and went on to play 148 times in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup (16 goals)[4] however his spell at the club coincided almost exactly with a period when rivals Celtic were dominant, and May did not claim a winner's medal in either of the major competitions before he moved on to Morton in 1910.[5]

International[]

May won five international caps for Scotland between 1906 and 1909.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ SFL player John May, London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. ^ Derby County: The Story of a football club (abridged sample, page 21), Anton Rippon, 2013, ISBN 978-0992677909
  3. ^ John May at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Rangers player May, John, FitbaStats
  5. ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  6. ^ John May at the Scottish Football Association
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