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Alex Wishart

Biography

Alex initially played with his local team Friockheim and he featured in two friendlies towards the end of the 1887-88 season and another friendly against Motherwell in November 1889 however during this time he was regularly turning out for Dundee Our Boys.

He joined the club in 1892 and was a regular for that season at Gayfield. He moved to Montrose the following summer, before returning to Gayfield for the 1894-95 and 1895-96 seasons.

Statistics

Apps
38
Goals
15
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.39
Minutes
3420
Seasons
6
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1895-9617800
1894-951000
1892-9319700
1889-900000
1888-890000
1887-881000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1892 · Left: 30 May 1896

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee31 Mar 18889 May 189638

Timeline

  2. Signed

  6. Recorded contract end

Appearances (38)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
9 May 1896 Arbroath 7–2 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1895-96 W
25 Apr 1896 Forfar 5–2 Arbroath Northern League1895-96 L
4 Apr 1896 Dundee Wands 1–2 Arbroath Northern League1895-96 W
28 Mar 1896 Fair City 2–4 Arbroath Northern League1895-96 W
21 Mar 1896 Arbroath 3–4 Orion Northern League1895-96 L
14 Mar 1896 Arbroath 3–1 Lochee Utd Northern League1895-96 W
29 Feb 1896 Arbroath 5–0 Dundee Wands Northern League1895-96 W
22 Feb 1896 Arbroath 5–2 Forfar Northern League1895-96 W
15 Feb 1896 Montrose 3–2 Arbroath Northern League1895-96 L
8 Feb 1896 Arbroath 0–4 Hearts Scottish Cup1895-96 L
1 Feb 1896Neutral venue Arbroath 2–0 Dundee Forfarshire Cup1895-96 W
25 Jan 1896 Arbroath 3–1 St Johnstone Scottish Cup1895-96 W
18 Jan 1896 Arbroath 4–1 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1895-96 W
28 Dec 1895 Dundee Harp 1–1 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1895-96 D
21 Dec 1895 Arbroath 1–1 Montrose Northern League1895-96 D
14 Dec 1895 Dundee Harp 2–4 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1895-96 W
7 Dec 1895 Dundee Harp 4–2 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1895-96 L
17 Nov 1894 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Wands Forfarshire Cup1894-95 L
6 May 1893 Arbroath 5–1 Johnstone Wan. Northern League1892-93 W
29 Apr 1893 Montrose 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1892-93 W
15 Apr 1893 Montrose 2–1 Arbroath Forfarshire Charity Cup1892-93 L
8 Apr 1893 Arbroath 4–0 Dundee East E Northern League1892-93 W
1 Apr 1893 Fair City 2–6 Arbroath Northern League1892-93 W
18 Mar 1893 Forfar 3–3 Arbroath Northern League1892-93 D
11 Mar 1893 Arbroath 3–2 St Johnstone Northern League1892-93 W
11 Feb 1893 Arbroath 5–2 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1892-93 W
28 Jan 1893Neutral venue Arbroath 1–0 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1892-93 W
21 Jan 1893 Dundee Our B 3–2 Arbroath Northern League1892-93 L
17 Dec 1892 Johnstone Wan. 2–8 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1892-93 W
3 Dec 1892 Arbroath 4–1 Forfar Northern League1892-93 W

Goals scored (15)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
28 Mar 1896 Fair City 2–4 Arbroath Northern League1895-96 W ?
21 Mar 1896 Arbroath 3–4 Orion Northern League1895-96 L ?
29 Feb 1896 Arbroath 5–0 Dundee Wands Northern League1895-96 W 24′
22 Feb 1896 Arbroath 5–2 Forfar Northern League1895-96 W ?
22 Feb 1896 Arbroath 5–2 Forfar Northern League1895-96 W ?
25 Jan 1896 Arbroath 3–1 St Johnstone Scottish Cup1895-96 W 89′
18 Jan 1896 Arbroath 4–1 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1895-96 W 65′
18 Jan 1896 Arbroath 4–1 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1895-96 W 88′
29 Apr 1893 Montrose 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1892-93 W ?
8 Apr 1893 Arbroath 4–0 Dundee East E Northern League1892-93 W ?
3 Dec 1892 Arbroath 4–1 Forfar Northern League1892-93 W ?
19 Nov 1892 Arbroath 4–3 Montrose Forfarshire Cup1892-93 W ?
12 Nov 1892 Arbroath 6–0 Dundee Our B Northern League1892-93 W ?
12 Nov 1892 Arbroath 6–0 Dundee Our B Northern League1892-93 W ?
5 Nov 1892 Campsie 6–3 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1892-93 L ?