| John Campbell |
 John William Campbell was born on Tuesday, 2nd October, 1877, in Govan, Glasgow. The forward signed for Thistle on Friday, 10th August, 1894, having most recently been with Linthouse. Aged 16, he made his first known appearance on Saturday, 11th August, 1894, in a 5-2 win at home to Dundee Wanderers in the SFL Second Division. That day, John became a member of our scoring debutant's club. He scored the last of his 34 known goals on Monday, 15th April, 1907, in a 2-2 draw away to Hibernian in the SFL First Division, netting a brace on the day. He played his last known game for the club on Saturday, 27th April, 1907, in a 5-1 defeat away to Heart of Midlothian in the SFL First Division, having clocked up at least 101 appearances for the Thistle. His club-list included Ferntower, Renton Union, Linthouse, Partick Thistle, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Rangers, Hibernian, New Brompton, Bo'ness and Dumbarton Harp. John died on Monday, 20th January, 1919, in Knightswood, Glasgow, aged 41. |
| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 16y, 10m, 9d | |
11.08.1894 Dundee Wanderers [h] W5-2 (SFL Second Division - game 1) |
| 16y, 10m, 30d | |
01.09.1894 Royal Albert [h] W6-1 (Scottish Cup 1st Preliminary Round) |
| 16y, 11m, 13d | |
15.09.1894 Cambuslang [h] W3-1 (Glasgow Cup 1st Round) |
| 17y, 0m, 11d | |
13.10.1894 Ayr [h] W3-2 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 0m, 18d | |
20.10.1894 Renton [h] W4-1 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 1m, 1d | |
03.11.1894 Linthouse [h] L1-3 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 2m, 13d | |
15.12.1894 Cowlairs [a] W4-3 (SFL Second Division - game 7) |
| 17y, 4m, 21d | |
23.02.1895 Abercorn [h] W5-1 (SFL Second Division - game 11) |
| 17y, 5m, 0d | |
02.03.1895 Falkirk [a] W6-5 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 7m, 9d | |
11.05.1895 Heart of Midlothian Reserves [h] W2-0 (Friendly) |
| 17y, 7m, 16d | |
18.05.1895 Renton [a] W3-1 (SFL Second Division - game 17) |
| 17y, 10m, 22d | |
24.08.1895 Renton [a] W6-2 (SFL Second Division - game 2) |
| 17y, 11m, 19d | |
21.09.1895 Airdrieonians [h] W5-1 (Scottish Qualifying Cup 2nd Round) |
| 18y, 2m, 19d | |
21.12.1895 Celtic 'A' [h] L1-2 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 3m, 2d | |
04.01.1896 Aberdeen FC [a] L1-2 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 3m, 9d | |
11.01.1896 Motherwell [a] D3-3 (SFL Second Division - game 10) |
| 18y, 3m, 23d | |
25.01.1896 Heart of Midlothian 'A' [h] W5-2 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 4m, 6d | |
08.02.1896 Linthouse [h] W5-1 (SFL Second Division - game 13) |
| 18y, 4m, 13d | |
15.02.1896 Abercorn [a] W4-3 (SFL Second Division - game 14) |
| 18y, 4m, 20d | |
22.02.1896 Leith Athletic [h] L3-5 (SFL Second Division - game 15) |
| 18y, 5m, 26d | |
28.03.1896 Clyde [a] L2-5 (Friendly) |
| 18y, 6m, 16d | |
18.04.1896 Morton [h] W2-1 (Friendly) |
| 28y, 10m, 13d | |
15.08.1906 Third Lanark [a] L1-3 (SFL First Division - game 1) |
| 28y, 10m, 16d | |
18.08.1906 St Mirren [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 2) |
| 28y, 11m, 17d | |
19.09.1906 Scottish Rifles [h] W4-0 (Friendly) |
| 29y, 1m, 13d | |
15.11.1906 Celtic [h] D2-2 (Partick Boilermakers Association Benefit) |
| 29y, 1m, 29d | |
01.12.1906 Celtic [a] L1-4 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
| 29y, 3m, 0d | |
02.01.1907 Rangers [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 21) |
| 29y, 4m, 7d | |
09.02.1907 Dundee [h] D2-2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) |
| 29y, 6m, 4d | |
06.04.1907 Aberdeen [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 30) |
| 29y, 6m, 13d | |
15.04.1907 Hibernian [a] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 32) |
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