SCOTTISH
NEWTON HEATH &
MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS |
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Explore the complete list of Scottish footballers who have represented both Newton Heath and Manchester United throughout the club’s long and storied history. From early pioneers in the Newton Heath era to legendary figures like Denis Law, this page showcases Scotland’s profound influence on the club’s success. Learn about appearances, goals, honours, and the lasting legacy of Scottish players who helped shape Manchester United. An essential resource for fans, historians, and anyone celebrating the Scottish roots of one of the world’s greatest football clubs.
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No |
Portrait |
Player Name |
Nationality |
Years at Club |
Total Apps |
Total Goals |
Strike Ratio
Goals/Games |
1. |
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Ramsey, Robert "Bob" |
Scotland |
1890-1891 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
2. |
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Stewart, William Stewart "Willie" |
Scotland |
1889-1895 |
87 |
5 |
0.06 |
3. |
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Milarvie, Robert |
Scotland |
1890-1891 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
4. |
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McFarlane, Robert |
Scotland |
1891-1892 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
5. |
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Sneddon, John |
Scotland |
1891-1892 |
3 |
1 |
0.33 |
6. |
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Brown, James (1892-1893) |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
7 |
0 |
0.00 |
7. |
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Erentz, Fredrick |
Scotland |
1892-1902 |
310 |
9 |
0.03 |
8. |
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Coupar, James |
Scotland |
1892-1894, 1901-1902 |
34 |
10 |
0.29 |
9. |
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Donaldson, Robert |
Scotland |
1891-1897 |
155 |
66 |
0.43 |
10. |
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Carson, Adam |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
13 |
3 |
0.23 |
11. |
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Mathieson, William |
Scotland |
1892-1894, 1895-1896 |
10 |
2 |
0.20 |
12. |
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Mitchell, Andrew (1892-1894) |
Scotland |
1892-1894 |
61 |
0 |
0.00 |
13. |
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Hood, William "Billy" |
Scotland |
1891-1894 |
37 |
6 |
0.16 |
14. |
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Hendry, James |
Scotland |
1892 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
15. |
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Colville, James |
Scotland |
1892-1893 |
10 |
1 |
0.10 |
16. |
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Fitzsimmons, Thomas |
Scotland |
1892-1894 |
30 |
6 |
0.20 |
17. |
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Brady, William |
Scotland |
1893 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
18. |
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Cassidy, Joe |
Scotland |
1893, 1895-1900 |
174 |
100 |
0.57 |
19. |
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Davidson,William |
Scotland |
1893-1895 |
44 |
2 |
0.05 |
20. |
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McNaught, James |
Scotland |
1893-1898 |
162 |
12 |
0.07 |
21. |
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Thomson, William |
Scotland |
1893 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
22. |
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Graham, John |
Scotland |
1893-1894 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
23. |
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Campbell, William |
Scotland |
1893-1894 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
24. |
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Clarkin, John |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
74 |
23 |
0.31 |
25. |
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Parker, Samuel |
Scotland |
1894 |
12 |
0 |
0.00 |
26. |
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Douglas, William "Hugh" |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
57 |
0 |
0.00 |
27. |
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Dow, John |
Scotland |
1894-1896 |
50 |
6 |
0.12 |
28. |
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McCartney, John |
Scotland |
1894-1895 |
20 |
1 |
0.05 |
29. |
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Millar, George |
Scotland |
1894-1895 |
7 |
5 |
0.71 |
30. |
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McFetridge, David |
Scotland |
1895 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
31. |
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Longair, William |
Scotland |
1895 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
32. |
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Fitzsimmons, David |
Scotland |
1895-1896, 1899-1900 |
31 |
0 |
0.00 |
33. |
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Kennedy, William |
Scotland |
1895-1896 |
33 |
12 |
0.36 |
34. |
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Aitken, John |
Scotland |
1895 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
35. |
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Vance, James |
Scotland |
1896 |
11 |
1 |
0.09 |
36. |
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Barrett, Frank |
Scotland |
1896-1900 |
136 |
0 |
0.00 |
37. |
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Gillespie, Matthew |
Scotland |
1896-1901 |
89 |
21 |
0.24 |
38. |
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Boyd, Henry |
Scotland |
1897-1899 |
62 |
35 |
0.56 |
39. |
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Erentz, Henry "Harry" |
Scotland |
1897-1898 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
40. |
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Cairns, James |
Scotland |
1898 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
41. |
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Connachan, James |
Scotland |
1898-1899 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
42. |
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Cunningham, John |
Scotland |
1898-1899 |
17 |
2 |
0.12 |
43. |
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Walker, Robert |
Scotland |
1899 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
44. |
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Gourlay, James |
Scotland |
1899 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
45. |
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Bain, James (1899-1900) |
Scotland |
1899 |
2 |
1 |
0.50 |
46. |
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Clark, Joseph |
Scotland |
1899-1900 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
47. |
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Fisher, James |
Scotland |
1900-1902 |
46 |
3 |
0.07 |
48. |
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Morgan, Hugh |
Scotland |
1900-1901 |
23 |
4 |
0.17 |
49. |
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Peddie, Jack |
Scotland |
1902-1903, 1904-1908 |
121 |
58 |
0.48 |
50. |
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Downie, Alex |
Scotland |
1902-1910 |
191 |
14 |
0.07 |
51. |
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Bell, Alex |
Scotland |
1902-1913 |
309 |
10 |
0.03 |
52. |
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Christie, John |
Scotland |
1902-1904 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
53. |
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Bonthron, Robert |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
134 |
3 |
0.02 |
54. |
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Robertson, Alex |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
35 |
2 |
0.06 |
55. |
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Robertson, Thomas |
Scotland |
1903 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
56. |
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Robertson, "Sandy" |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
34 |
9 |
0.26 |
57. |
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McCartney, William "John" |
Scotland |
1903-1904 |
13 |
1 |
0.08 |
58. |
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Blackstock, Thomas |
Scotland |
1903-1907 |
38 |
0 |
0.00 |
59. |
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Grassam, William |
Scotland |
1903-1905 |
37 |
14 |
0.38 |
60. |
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Kerr, Hugh |
Scotland |
1903-1904 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
61. |
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Mackie, Charles |
Scotland |
1904-1905 |
7 |
4 |
0.57 |
62. |
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Picken, Jack |
Scotland |
1905-1911 |
122 |
46 |
0.38 |
63. |
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Montgomery, Archibald |
Scotland |
1905-1906 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
64. |
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Young, Arthur |
Scotland |
1906-1907 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
65. |
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Menzies, Alexander |
Scotland |
1906-1907 |
25 |
4 |
0.16 |
66. |
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Turnbull, Sandy |
Scotland |
1906-1915 |
247 |
101 |
0.41 |
67. |
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Turnbull, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1907-1910 |
78 |
45 |
0.58 |
68. |
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Whiteside, Kerr |
Scotland |
1908-1910 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
69. |
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Christie, David |
Scotland |
1907-1910 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
70. |
|
Livingstone, George |
Scotland |
1909-1914 |
46 |
4 |
0.09 |
71. |
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Quin, Jack |
Scotland |
1908-1911 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
72. |
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Edmonds, Hugh |
Scotland |
1910-1912 |
51 |
0 |
0.00 |
73. |
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Hodge, James |
Scotland |
1910-1919 |
86 |
2 |
0.02 |
74. |
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Thomson, James |
Scotland |
1913-1914 |
6 |
1 |
0.17 |
75. |
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Hodge, John |
Scotland |
1913-1919 |
30 |
0 |
0.00 |
76. |
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Bissett, George |
Scotland |
1919-1922 |
42 |
10 |
0.24 |
77. |
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Prentice, John |
Scotland |
1919-1920 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
78. |
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Miller, Thomas |
Scotland |
1920-1921 |
27 |
8 |
0.30 |
79. |
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Scott, John |
Scotland |
1921-1922 |
24 |
0 |
0.00 |
80. |
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Lochhead, Arthur |
Scotland |
1921-1926 |
153 |
50 |
0.33 |
81. |
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McBain, Neil |
Scotland |
1921-1923 |
43 |
2 |
0.05 |
82. |
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Henderson, William |
Scotland |
1921-1925 |
36 |
17 |
0.47 |
83. |
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Wood, John |
Scotland |
1922-1923 |
16 |
1 |
0.06 |
84. |
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Bain, David |
Scotland |
1922-1924 |
23 |
9 |
0.39 |
85. |
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MacDonald, Kenneth |
Scotland |
1923 |
9 |
2 |
0.22 |
86. |
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Ellis, David |
Scotland |
1923-1924 |
11 |
0 |
0.00 |
87. |
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Miller, James |
Scotland |
1924 |
4 |
1 |
0.25 |
88. |
|
Bain, James (1922-1928) |
Scotland |
1922-1928 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
89. |
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Rennox, Clatworthy |
Scotland |
1924-1927 |
68 |
26 |
0.38 |
90. |
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McCrae, James |
Scotland |
1926 |
13 |
0 |
0.00 |
91. |
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Inglis, William |
Scotland |
1925-1930 |
14 |
1 |
0.07 |
92. |
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Smith, Albert |
Scotland |
1925-1927 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
93. |
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Johnston, William |
Scotland |
1927-1932 |
77 |
27 |
0.35 |
94. |
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Nicol, George |
Scotland |
1927-1929 |
7 |
2 |
0.29 |
95. |
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Reid, Thomas |
Scotland |
1928-1933 |
101 |
67 |
0.66 |
96. |
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McLachlan, George |
Scotland |
1929-1934 |
116 |
4 |
0.03 |
97. |
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McDonald, William |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
27 |
4 |
0.15 |
98. |
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Black, Arthur |
Scotland |
1931-1934 |
8 |
3 |
0.38 |
99. |
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Frame, Thomas |
Scotland |
1932-1936 |
52 |
4 |
0.08 |
100. |
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Chalmers, William |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
35 |
1 |
0.03 |
101. |
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Stewart, William Todd |
Scotland |
1932-1934 |
49 |
7 |
0.14 |
102. |
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Dewar, Neil |
Scotland |
1933 |
36 |
14 |
0.39 |
103. |
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McGillivray, Charles |
Scotland |
1933-1934 |
9 |
0 |
0.00 |
104. |
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Robertson, William |
Scotland |
1934-1936 |
50 |
1 |
0.02 |
105. |
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McKay, William |
Scotland |
1933-1946 |
182 |
15 |
0.08 |
106. |
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Mutch, George |
Scotland |
1934-1938 |
120 |
49 |
0.41 |
107. |
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Boyd, William |
Scotland |
1934-1935 |
6 |
4 |
0.67 |
108. |
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Brown, James (1935-1939) |
Scotland |
1935-1939 |
110 |
1 |
0.01 |
109. |
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Robbie, David |
Scotland |
1935 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
110. |
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Lang, Thomas |
Scotland |
1935-1937 |
13 |
1 |
0.08 |
111. |
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McClelland, James |
Scotland |
1936-1937 |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
112. |
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Murray, Robert |
Scotland |
1937-1938 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
113. |
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Dougan, Thomas |
Scotland |
1939-1940 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
114. |
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Delaney, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1946-1951 |
184 |
28 |
0.15 |
115. |
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Lowrie, Thomas |
Scotland |
1947-1951 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
116. |
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Downie, John |
Scotland |
1948-1953 |
116 |
37 |
0.32 |
117. |
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Bogan, Thomas |
Scotland |
1947-1952 |
33 |
7 |
0.21 |
118. |
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McShane, Harry |
Scotland |
1950-1954 |
57 |
8 |
0.14 |
119. |
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Dawson, Alex |
Scotland |
1956-1962 |
93 |
54 |
0.58 |
120. |
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Heron, Thomas |
Scotland |
1958-1961 |
3 |
0 |
0.00 |
121. |
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Moir, Ian |
Scotland |
1960-1965 |
45 |
5 |
0.11 |
122. |
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Herd, David |
Scotland |
1961-1968 |
265 |
145 |
0.55 |
123. |
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Law, Denis |
Scotland |
1962-1973 |
404 |
237 |
0.59 |
124. |
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Crerand, Pat |
Scotland |
1963-1971 |
397 |
15 |
0.04 |
125. |
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Fitzpatrick, John |
Scotland |
1963-1973 |
147 |
10 |
0.07 |
126. |
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Ryan, Jimmy |
Scotland |
1965-1970 |
27 |
4 |
0.15 |
127. |
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Burns, Francis |
Scotland |
1965-1972 |
156 |
7 |
0.04 |
128. |
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Kopel, Frank |
Scotland |
1967-1969 |
12 |
0 |
0.00 |
129. |
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Morgan, Willie |
Scotland |
1968-1975 |
296 |
34 |
0.11 |
130. |
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Ure, Ian |
Scotland |
1969-1971 |
65 |
1 |
0.02 |
131. |
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Watson, Willie |
Scotland |
1970-1973 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
132. |
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Donald, Ian |
Scotland |
1969-1973 |
6 |
0 |
0.00 |
133. |
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Buchan, Martin |
Scotland |
1971-1983 |
456 |
4 |
0.01 |
134. |
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MacDougall, Ted |
Scotland |
1971-1972 |
18 |
5 |
0.28 |
135. |
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Forsyth, Alex |
Scotland |
1972-1978 |
119 |
5 |
0.04 |
136. |
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Graham, George |
Scotland |
1972-1975 |
46 |
2 |
0.04 |
137. |
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Holton, Jim |
Scotland |
1972-1975 |
69 |
5 |
0.07 |
138. |
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Macari, Lou |
Scotland |
1973-1984 |
401 |
97 |
0.24 |
139. |
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Buchan, George |
Scotland |
1972-1973 |
4 |
0 |
0.00 |
140. |
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Houston, Stewart |
Scotland |
1973-1980 |
250 |
16 |
0.06 |
141. |
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McCalliog, Jim |
Scotland |
1973-1974 |
38 |
7 |
0.18 |
142. |
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Albiston, Arthur |
Scotland |
1974-1988 |
485 |
7 |
0.01 |
143. |
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Paterson, Steven |
Scotland |
1974-1980 |
10 |
0 |
0.00 |
144. |
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Jordan, Joe |
Scotland |
1977-1981 |
126 |
41 |
0.33 |
145. |
|
McQueen, Gordon |
Scotland |
1977-1985 |
229 |
26 |
0.11 |
146. |
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McGarvey, Scott |
Scotland |
1980-1984 |
25 |
3 |
0.12 |
147. |
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Graham, Arthur |
Scotland |
1983-1984 |
52 |
7 |
0.13 |
148. |
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Hogg, Graeme |
Scotland |
1982-1988 |
110 |
1 |
0.01 |
149. |
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Strachan, Gordon |
Scotland |
1984-1989 |
201 |
38 |
0.19 |
150. |
|
Brazil, Alan |
Scotland |
1984-1986 |
41 |
12 |
0.29 |
151. |
|
McClair, Brian |
Scotland |
1987-1998 |
471 |
127 |
0.27 |
152. |
|
Leighton, Jim |
Scotland |
1988-1991 |
94 |
0 |
0.00 |
153. |
|
Milne, Ralph |
Scotland |
1988-1990 |
30 |
3 |
0.10 |
154. |
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Ferguson, Darren |
Scotland |
1990-1994 |
30 |
0 |
0.00 |
155. |
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McKee, Colin |
Scotland |
1994 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
156. |
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Notman, Alex |
Scotland |
1998-2001 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
157. |
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Stewart, Michael |
Scotland |
1997-2004 |
14 |
0 |
0.00 |
158. |
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Goram, Andy |
Scotland |
2000-2001 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
159. |
|
Fletcher, Darren |
Scotland |
2003-2015 |
342 |
24 |
0.07 |
160. |
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Bardsley, Phil |
Scotland |
2003-2008 |
18 |
0 |
0.00 |
161. |
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Gray, David |
Scotland |
2006-2010 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
162. |
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Love, Donald |
Scotland |
2016 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
163. |
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McTominay, Scott |
Scotland |
2013-2024 |
255 |
29 |
0.11 |
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