Frank Joyner
Scottish footballer and manager
Frank Joyner (20 August 1918 – 25 April 1997)[1] was a Scottish football player and manager.
His first senior club was Raith Rovers,[1] where Joyner was part of a team that set a league goalscoring record during the 1937–38 season.[1] He was transferred to Sheffield United for £1650 in April 1938,[1] but his career was then interrupted by the Second World War.
Joyner initially signed up with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and played as a guest for Third Lanark and Chelsea.[1] He served in France behind German lines before returning to the UK and playing as a guest for Norwich City.[1] Joyner then served in south Asia for two years, achieving the rank of captain.[1]
After the war ended, Joyner signed for Dundee.[1] He then moved back to his first club, Raith Rovers, and played for Raith in a Scottish League Cup Final against Rangers.[1] Joyner later played for Hamilton Accies, Kettering Town, Falkirk, Forfar and Stirling Albion. He later managed Third Lanark and Stirling Albion.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Frank Joyner". The Herald. 3 May 1997. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
External links
- Frank Joyner at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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Third Lanark A.C. – managers
- Heaven (1903–04)
- Wyllie (1904–08)
- Tarbat (1908–17)
- Morell (1917–21)
- Bennett (1921–24)
- Berry (1924–25)
- Richardson (1925–27)
- Morrison (1927–29)
- Moreland (1929–34)
- Jennings (1934–39)
- McMillan (1939–46)
- Good (1946)
- Carabine (1946–50)
- Ritchie (1950–54)
- Blair (1954–55)
- Hiddleston (1955–57)
- Shankly (1957–59)
- Young (1959–62)
- Steel (1963–64)
- Evans (1964–65)
- Hiddleston (1965–66)
- Joyner (1966–67)
- Shearer (1967)
