John Craig
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John Craig
John Craig
● John Craig, 1975 (ALA)

born in Scotland

John Vaughan Craig was born on Friday, 10th April, 1953, in Glasgow.

The 5' 6½ (9st 3lbs) forward signed for Bertie Auld's Thistle on Saturday, 15th March, 1975, having most recently been with Aberdeen.

Aged 21, he made his debut appearance on Wednesday, 19th March, 1975, in a 1-0 defeat away to Celtic in the Glasgow Cup.

John scored his first goal for Thistle on Saturday, 16th August, 1975, in a 4-2 win away to St Johnstone in the League Cup.

He scored the last of his 9 goals on Saturday, 2nd September, 1978, in a 2-2 defeat (on pens aet) away to Falkirk in the League Cup.

That turned out to be his last game for the club, having clocked up 150 appearances as a Jag.

His club-list included Chelsea, Aberdeen, Partick Thistle, Heart of Midlothian, Morton and Keith.

John died on Monday, 21st November, 2005, in Tenerife, aged 52.

compiled from our All Games criteria.
Age Goal(s) Match
22y, 4m, 6d goal.png 16.08.1975 St Johnstone [a] W4-2 (League Cup Section 4 - game 3)
22y, 6m, 22d goal.png 01.11.1975 Dunfermline Athletic [h] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 10)
22y, 9m, 0d goal.png 10.01.1976 East Fife [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 21)
22y, 9m, 7d goal.png 17.01.1976 St Mirren [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 22)
24y, 3m, 24d goal.png 03.08.1977 Caledonian [a] W6-1 (Friendly)
24y, 5m, 3d goal.png 13.09.1977 Bristol City [h] W2-0 (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg)
24y, 9m, 25d goal.png 04.02.1978 St Mirren [a] D1-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 22)
25y, 0m, 5d goal.png 15.04.1978 St Mirren [h] W2-1 (SFL Premier Division - game 32)
25y, 4m, 23d goal.png 02.09.1978 Falkirk [a] D2-2 (League Cup 2nd Round, 2nd leg) aet; agg: 3-3; L3-5 pens

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