List of Third Lanark A.C. players

Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland founded in 1872. Initially known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, they were founder members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, having won the Scottish Cup a year earlier. League champions in 1904, they won the Scottish Cup again in 1905 and spent 58 seasons out of a total of 70 in the top tier, before rapidly declining amidst financial mismanagement and going out of business in 1967.

The following list consists of Third Lanark players who meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Played in 100 Scottish Football League matches for the club[1][2]
  • Member of squad that won the Scottish League title in 1903–04
  • Member of team that won the Scottish Cup (1889 and 1905)
  • Member of team that played on the losing side in a major cup final (1876, 1878, 1906, 1936, 1959)
  • Member of team that won the Glasgow Cup (1902, 1903, 1908, 1963) or Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup (1890, 1898, 1901, 1952, 1954, 1956)
  • Played for the Scotland national football team while registered with the club[3]
  • Played for the Scottish Football League XI while registered with the club[4]

The only player who achieved all of the above was Hughie Wilson, a member of the successful 1900s group – three of his teammates also claimed winner's medals from each of the four trophies available at the time. By contrast, prominent players of later eras like Tommy McInally, Felix Staroscik and Alex Harley did not meet any of the criteria. Goalkeeper Jimmy Brownlie is the club record holder for appearances, Scotland caps and SFL caps, all by some margin. The record goalscorer is Neil Dewar.

For a list of all Third Lanark players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Third Lanark A.C. players.

List of players

Third Lanark's squad of the early 1900s was the most successful in the club's 95-year history

Position Key

GK Goalkeeper
DF Full-back / Centre half
MF Midfielder / Wing half
W Outside forward /Winger
FW Inside forward / Centre forward
Name Pos Years Apps Goals SD1 CUP FIN GLA GCC SFA SFL
Jimmy Brownlie GK 1906–1923 481 2 Y[a] 16 14
Robert Orr DF 1909–1924 392 31 2
Jocky Robertson GK 1951–1963 287 0 Y[b] Y[c] Y[d][e][f]
James Blair MF 1930–1944 251 9 Y[g] 2
Robert Barr DF 1897–1910 239 1 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j] Y[k][l] Y[m][n]
Jimmy Carabine DF 1931–1946 238 14 Y[g] 3 5
Charlie McCormack DF 1915–1924 234 4
Tom Sloan DF 1900–1914 233 11 Y[h] Y[i] Y[l][a] 1
Matt Balunas DF 1946–1955 220 0 Y[d][e]
Jimmy Mason FW 1936–1952 207 34 7 7
Tom Fairfoul MF 1906–1913 206 27 Y[a] 1
John Cross MF 1898–1904
1905–1911 		192 21 Y[h] Y[j] Y[k][l][a] Y[n] 1 1
Jim Walker FW 1919–1925 189 7
Frank Walker FW 1919–1927 188 68 1
Neil Dewar FW 1929–1933
1937–1940 		187 163 3 2
Robert Ferguson DF 1906–1912 185 7 Y[a]
Billy Lewis DF 1956–1964 181 6 Y[b] Y[c]
William McIntosh DF 1901–1910 179 3 Y[h] Y[i] Y[k][l][a] 1
Harry Mooney MF 1946–1954 175 1 Y[d]
James Simpson DF 1928–1936 174 0
James McLellan MF 1929–1935 171 16
Isaac Walker MF 1914–1922 171 3
Matt Gray FW 1957–1963 166 94 Y[b]
James Johnston W 1901–1907
1908–1910 		166 59 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j] Y[k][l][a] Y[n] 1
Jimmy Harrower DF 1947–1954 165 2 Y[d][e]
Johnny Lynas W 1929–1935 158 54
Sam Brown DF 1922–1928 150 16
Joe McInnes W 1956–1963 149 30 Y[b] Y[c]
Wattie Dick MF 1949–1955 148 75 Y[d][e]
John Rankin W 1909–1916 146 32 1
John Hannah MF 1912–1919 146 5
John Brown DF 1955–1960 144 2 Y[b] Y[f][o]
Jimmy Raeside GK 1899–1906 143 0 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j] Y[k][l] Y[n] 1
Francis Jack FW 1928–1933 138 40
Hughie Wilson MF 1901–1907 136 37 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j] Y[k][l] Y[n] 2 1
Ally MacLeod W 1949–1955
1963–1964 		136 18 Y[d][e]
Jimmy Denmark DF 1931–1937 134 4 Y[g]
Joe Breslin W 1930–1934 129 46
Bobby Craig FW 1955–1959 124 61 Y[b] Y[f]
Hugh Hamill FW 1925–1929 124 43
Colin Mainds MF 1909–1913 123 5
Jim Reilly MF 1959–1963 122 11 Y[b] Y[c]
Russell Allan FW 1918–1921 121 50
Findlay McGillivray DF 1959–1965 121 2 Y[c]
Dave Hilley FW 1958–1962 117 37 Y[b] 1
Jimmy Goodfellow MF 1958–1963 117 30 Y[c]
John Neilson MF 1899–1900
1902–1908 		116 16 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j] Y[k][l] 1
Willie Cunningham MF 1957–1964 114 7 Y[b] Y[c]
Bruce Clarke MF 1928–1934 112 13
John McCormick DF 1959–1964 112 0
James Warden DF 1927–1934 110 11 1
Adam Forsyth DF 1951–1956 106 2 Y[d][e]
Robert Kennedy FW 1934–1939 105 45 Y[g]
Jimmy Simpson MF 1894–1904 105 4 Y[m] 3
George Henderson FW 1947–1953 104 34 Y[d]
John Clark DF 1928–1933 104 12
Robert Muir GK 1935–1939 104 0 Y[g]
Jim Little DF 1962–1967 104 0
Jimmy McInnes MF 1935–1938 103 7 Y[g]
Willie Waugh GK 1929–1932 103 0
George Hay FW 1934–1937 102 86 Y[g]
Bobby Kennedy MF 1952–1957 97 6 Y[e][f]
Robert Hosie FW 1908–1915 96 21 Y[a]
William Blair MF 1891–1897 91 7 1
Robert Howe W 1934–1937 90 19 Y[g]
Alex Kinnaird W 1935–1938 81 28 Y[g]
Robert Thomson DF 1898–1903 80 1 Y[k] Y[n]
James Richardson FW 1907–1910 79 54 Y[a]
David Hill DF 1904–1911 76 0 Y[j] Y[a] 1
Jack Kidd FW 1904–1910 74 15 Y[i]
Johnny Kelly DF 1941–1950 74 1 1
Sam Phillips DF 1952–1956 72 7 Y[e]
George McCue DF 1897–1902 72 3 Y[m][n]
Bobby Mitchell W 1942–1949
1956 		70 42 Y[p] 2
George Dobbie FW 1951–1957 69 36 Y[d]
Hugh Smith DF 1958–1961 68 3 Y[f]
Pat Gallacher FW 1934–1936 65 17 Y[g]
Robert Graham FW 1902–1904
1905–1906 		61 20 Y[h] Y[j] Y[k]
Joe Davis DF 1961–1964 59 0 Y[c]
Rabbie Beveridge FW 1895–1899 58 22 Y[m]
John McFie FW 1907–1911
1913–1914 		58 14 Y[a]
David Munro W 1904–1907 57 21 Y[i] Y[j]
Robert Barbour DF 1893–1898 57 4 1
James Comrie DF 1903–1906 54 15 Y[h] Y[i] Y[j]
Thomas McKenzie FW 1903–1905 50 29 Y[h] Y[i] Y[l]
Dave Gardner DF 1894–1899 50 1 Y[m] 1
Willie Barclay W 1952–1956 49 4 Y[e]
Robert Downie GK 1888–1893 48 0 Y[q] Y[r] 1
Bob Hamilton DF 1935–1937 47 1 Y[g]
Andrew Thomson DF 1888–1894 45 2 Y[q] Y[r] 1 1
William Johnstone FW 1884–1894 44 14 Y[q] Y[r] 3
Willie Wardrope W 1902–1904 42 14 Y[h] Y[k][l] 1
Jimmy McMorran FW 1962–1964 41 8 Y[c]
George McCallum DF 1958–1962 41 0 Y[b]
Johnny Campbell FW 1903–1906 40 12 Y[h] Y[l]
Jimmy Duncan MF 1951–1956 40 1 Y[d]
Thomas Gibbons FW 1897–1900 36 10 Y[m]
Alex Milne GK 1896–1900 34 0 Y[m]
James Gillespie W 1897–1902 32 10 1 1
Andrew Lynn W 1900–1902 32 7 Y[n]
Alec Smith MF 1897–1898
1900–1903 		31 0 Y[m][n]
Herbert Banks MF 1897–1899 28 5 Y[m]
Tommy Wark FW 1955–1957 27 16 Y[f]
Willie Cross W 1901–1903
1909–1910 		26 6 Y[n]
Bob Johnstone W 1897–1899 25 12 Y[m]
William Love MF 1888–1893 25 2 Y[r]
John Fyfe W 1894–1896 24 10 1
Sammy Baird MF 1962–1963 24 1 Y[c]
Bobby Kerr FW 1953–1955 23 18 Y[e]
Jimmy Hannah W 1888–1889
1897–1899 		23 3 Y[q] Y[m] 1
Jimmy Muir FW 1950–1951
1953–1954 		19 1 Y[e]
Ian Goodall W 1950–1952 18 7 Y[d]
James Burke FW 1889–1892 18 5 Y[r]
William Lapsley FW 1889–1892 18 2 Y[r]
Ian Gordon DF 1955–1957 18 0 Y[f]
Ian Spence FW 1962–1963 17 4 Y[c]
William Maxwell FW 1901–1902 16 10 1
William Thomson FW 1885–1892 16 9 Y[r]
Andrew Stewart W 1893–1895 16 8 1
Henry Boyd FW 1893–1894 15 6 1
Robert McFarlane MF 1888–1892 14 2 Y[q] Y[r]
Rab Macfarlane GK 1896–1897 14 0 1
Lawrie Bell FW 1894–1895 13 7 1
Alex Lochhead MF 1888–1891
1892–1893 		13 0 Y[q] Y[r] 1
William Porter W 1899–1901 11 3 1
John Rae DF 1887–1890
1893–1894 		11 0 Y[q] Y[r] 2
George Prior FW 1902–1903 10 2 Y[k]
Ian Hilley W 1959–1960 5 3 Y[b]
Peter Dallas FW 1955–1957 2 1 Y[f]
Jimmy Oswald FW 1888–1889
1893 		1 0 Y[q] 1
John Auld DF 1884
1885–1890 		0 0 Y[q] 3
John Marshall W 1883–1890 0 0 Y[q] Y[r] 4
John Oswald FW 1888–1889 0 0 Y[q]
John Hunter DF 1875–1880 0 0 Y[s][t] 4
William Miller W 1875–1878 0 0 Y[s][t] 1
John Wallace GK 1875–1879 0 0 Y[s][t]
Archie Hunter FW 1877–1878 0 0 Y[t]
John Kay FW 1877–1878 0 0 Y[t] [u]
Sandy Kennedy DF 1877–1884 0 0 Y[t] 3
Jimmy Lang FW 1877–1879 0 0 Y[t] 1
Willie Reid FW 1905 0 0 Y[j]
William Somers DF 1877–1879 0 0 Y[t] 2
Robert Walker W 1875–1877 0 0 Y[s]
T. Scoular FW 1875–1876 0 0 Y[s]
J. Watson DF 1874–1882 0 0 Y[s]
P. White MF 1875–1876 0 0 Y[s]
J.G. Crichton FW 1875–1876 0 0 Y[s]
David Davidson MF 1876–1877 0 0 Y[s]
William Drinnan FW 1875–1876 0 0 Y[s]
A. McCririck W 1877–1878 0 0 Y[t]
J. McDonald FW 1875–1876 0 0 Y[s]
John McKenzie MF 1877–1879 0 0 Y[t]
William Peden FW 1877–1878 0 0 Y[t]
James McAdam W 1878–1883 0 0 1
John Weir MF 1884–1887 0 0 1
Alec Robertson FW 1898–1902 0 0 Y[n]
Tommy Docherty MF 1956 0 0 Y[p]
Ivor Broadis FW 1956 0 0 Y[p]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1908–09 Glasgow Cup.[5]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1959–60 Scottish League Cup.[19]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1962–63 Glasgow Cup.[20]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1951–52 Charity Cup (shared with Clyde).[15]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1953–54 Charity Cup.[16]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h 1955–56 Charity Cup.[17][18]
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1935–36 Scottish Cup.[6]
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1903–04 Scottish Division One.[7][8]
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1904–05 Scottish Cup.[9]
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1905–06 Scottish Cup.[10]
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1902–03 Glasgow Cup.[11]
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1903–04 Glasgow Cup.[12]
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1897–98 Charity Cup.[13]
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1900–01 Charity Cup.[14]
  15. ^ Unable to confirm if this was John Brown (on loan from Hibernian) or Bobby Brown (on trial after leaving Motherwell).
  16. ^ a b c 1955–56 Charity Cup – experienced guest player brought in specifically for this match.[17][18]
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1888–89 Scottish Cup.[22]
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1889–90 Charity Cup.[21]
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1875–76 Scottish Cup.[23]
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 1877–78 Scottish Cup.[24]
  21. ^ His SFA profile states he 'returned to Third Lanark in 1883',[25] but contemporary match reports of his 3 Scotland appearances of that time list him as a Queen's Park player.[26]

References

  1. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Neil Brown. "Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ Scotland Players By Club | Third Lanark, London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. ^ Scottish Football League Internationals | Players By Club | Third Lanark, London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Football. Glasgow Cup–Replayed Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 29 October 1908
  6. ^ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
  7. ^ One Hit Wonders: Third Lanark (Scotland), 1903-04, Soccer Stories, 13 January 2014
  8. ^ Scotland 1903/04, RSSSF, 21 October 2001
  9. ^ Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
  10. ^ "Sat 28 Apr 1906 Scottish Cup Hearts 1 Third Lanark 0". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  11. ^ Third Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Cup Final: October 25, 1902), Play Up Liverpool
  12. ^ Football. | Glasgow Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 30 November 1903
  13. ^ Third Lanark v Glasgow Rangers 1-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: May 14, 1898), Play Up Liverpool
  14. ^ Third Lanark v Celtic 3-0 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final replay: May 23, 1901), Play Up Liverpool
  15. ^ Exhilarating final at Hampden, Glasgow Herald, 12 May 1952
  16. ^ Charity Cup For Third | Rangers Beaten, The Glasgow Herald, 8 May 1954
  17. ^ a b Third Lanark's refreshing display, Glasgow Herald, 14 May 1956 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  18. ^ a b Peter was a Hampden hero – then a Wembley one, too, Brian Fowlie, Sunday Post, 15 May 2016, via PressReader
  19. ^ Third's Defence Strive Nobly But In Vain, The Glasgow Herald, 26 October 1959
  20. ^ Glasgow Cup For Third Lanark, The Glasgow Herald, 9 April 1963, via The Celtic Wiki
  21. ^ Third Lanark v Queens Park 2-1 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: April 26, 1890), Play Up Liverpool
  22. ^ "Saturday's Football Matches. | Scottish Cup Competition–Final Tie", Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, p. 12, 11 February 1889
  23. ^ "Queen's Park v. 3d L.R.V." The Scotsman. 13 March 1876. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via London Hearts Supporters Club.
  24. ^ "Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup (Final Tie)". The Scotsman. 1 April 1878. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via London Hearts Supporters Club.
  25. ^ John Kay, Scottish Football Association
  26. ^ "[Scotland player] John Kay". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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