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John Lister

Biography

John was initially provisionally signed from Lochgelly Albert in December 1975 being appearing in all our friendlies prior to the 1977-78 season and signing a professional deal at Gayfield a day before making his first competitive appearance for the club. John was initially called into action due to regular keeper Gordon Marshall being unavailable, but on his return it was John who kept the number 1 shirt. He continued as our regular goalkeeper until September 1981 when he lost his place to Dave Robertson. With manager Ian Stewart signing Dave Larter in January 1982, John found himself as our third-choice…Read moreRead less
John was initially provisionally signed from Lochgelly Albert in December 1975 being appearing in all our friendlies prior to the 1977-78 season and signing a professional deal at Gayfield a day before making his first competitive appearance for the club. John was initially called into action due to regular keeper Gordon Marshall being unavailable, but on his return it was John who kept the number 1 shirt. He continued as our regular goalkeeper until September 1981 when he lost his place to Dave Robertson. With manager Ian Stewart signing Dave Larter in January 1982, John found himself as our third-choice keeper and he left on a free transfer at the end of the 1981-82 season.

Statistics

Apps
174
Goals
-
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
-
Minutes
15,690
Seasons
6
Clean sheets
38
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1984-850000
1981-8210000
1980-8132000
1979-8044000
1978-7947000
1977-7841000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 12 Aug 1977 · Left: 31 May 1982

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Albert Henderson13 Aug 197712 Jan 1980116
Charlie Dunn19 Jan 198019 Jan 19801
Ian Stewart26 Jan 19808 Sep 198157

Timeline

  1. Born

    Kirkcaldy

  2. Signed

  9. Recorded contract end

Appearances (174)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
8 Sep 1981 Forfar 6–0 Arbroath Second Division1981-82 L
5 Sep 1981 Stranraer 4–0 Arbroath Second Division1981-82 L
2 Sep 1981 Forfar 2–2 a.e.t. Arbroath Scottish League Cup1981-82 D
31 Aug 1981 Arbroath 1–2 Forfar Scottish League Cup1981-82 L
29 Aug 1981 Arbroath 3–2 Meadowbank Second Division1981-82 W
22 Aug 1981 Arbroath 4–0 Albion Rovers Scottish League Cup1981-82 W
19 Aug 1981 East Fife 1–1 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1981-82 D
15 Aug 1981 Arbroath 4–0 Stranraer Scottish League Cup1981-82 W
12 Aug 1981 Meadowbank 2–3 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1981-82 W
8 Aug 1981 Arbroath 3–0 Stenhousemuir Scottish League Cup1981-82 W
2 May 1981 Arbroath 2–0 Stenhousemuir Second Division1980-81 W
25 Apr 1981 Arbroath 1–1 Queen of South Second Division1980-81 D
18 Apr 1981 Cowdenbeath 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 L
15 Apr 1981 Montrose 2–1 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1980-81 L
11 Apr 1981 Arbroath 0–1 Stenhousemuir Second Division1980-81 L
8 Apr 1981 Forfar 2–1 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 L
4 Apr 1981 Montrose 0–3 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W
28 Mar 1981 Arbroath 0–3 Alloa Second Division1980-81 L
21 Mar 1981 Meadowbank 1–2 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W
14 Mar 1981 Arbroath 0–0 Forfar Second Division1980-81 D
7 Mar 1981 Arbroath 0–0 Brechin City Second Division1980-81 D
4 Mar 1981 Arbroath 0–1 Cowdenbeath Second Division1980-81 L
28 Feb 1981 Albion Rovers 2–4 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W
21 Feb 1981 Arbroath 1–0 Stranraer Second Division1980-81 W
14 Feb 1981 Arbroath 0–0 Queen's Park Second Division1980-81 D
7 Feb 1981 East Fife 0–2 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W
31 Jan 1981 Clyde 1–0 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 L
18 Oct 1980 Clyde 0–2 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W
11 Oct 1980 Arbroath 1–1 East Fife Second Division1980-81 D
4 Oct 1980 Albion Rovers 1–6 Arbroath Second Division1980-81 W

Goals scored (0)

No goals recorded for these filters.