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Johnny Walker (footballer, born 1973)

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Johnny Walker
Personal information
Full name John Walker[1]
Date of birth (1973-12-12) 12 December 1973 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Glasgow,[2] Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1990 Clydebank Boys Club[2][3]
1990–1993 Rangers[2][3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Clydebank[3] 27 (2)
1995–1996 Grimsby Town[2][3] 3 (1)
1996Mansfield Town (loan)[2] 13 (1)
1996–1999 Mansfield Town[2] 60 (4)
1999Boston United (loan)[3] 0 (0)
2000 Greenock Morton[2] 5 (0)
2000–2001 Clydebank[3] 26 (1)
2001–2004 Hamilton Academical[2] 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Walker (born 12 December 1973) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He notably played for Clydebank and Mansfield Town in a career that lasted between 1990 and 2004.

Walker started his professional career with Rangers but in three years at Ibrox he only managed three first team appearances.[citation needed] In 1993, he transferred to Clydebank. He then made a move to England in 1995, signing with Grimsby Town. He was brought Blundell Park by Brian Laws as the club's highest paid player;[citation needed] after three years he then joined Mansfield Town following a loan spell at the club.

After spending time on trial with Scarborough and Kingstonian,[2] he returned to Scotland in March 2000 to play out his career for Greenock Morton, Clydebank and Hamilton Academical. While playing for Hamilton in March 2003, he failed a random drugs test and was subsequently banned from football for three months.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Johnny Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Johnny Walker at Soccerbase
  3. ^ a b c d e f Johnny Walker at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ "Walker banned for drug-taking". BBC Sport. 7 April 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2018.