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John Lindsay

John Lindsay

A serious knee injury threatened to end Lindsay's career while at Partick Thistle. Lindsay moved to Wales to play with Rhyl Athletic and scored over 60 goals for the Welsh club in the 1927/28 season that alerted Liverpool to his talents. Lindsay played mostly as a left-half or an outside-left in the 16 appearances he made for Liverpool from 1928-1929. He scored his first goal at Burnden Park, Bolton in a fourth round FA Cup replay in January 1929 but Liverpool were eventually knocked out after extra-time by five goals to two. He...

Born: 1900
Born in: Cardenden, Fife, Scotland
Other clubs: Ayr United, Partick Thistle (1924-27), Broxburn Athletic (loan, 1925-26), Rhyl Athletic (1927-28), Swansea Town (1930-31), Rhyl Athletic (2 / 1931-32), Bangor City, Lochgelly Amateurs
Signed from: Rhyl Athletic
Joined Liverpool: 12.04.1928
Debut: 01 Dec 1928
Final appearance: 12 Oct 1929
Debut goal: 30 Jan 1929
Last goal: 14 Sep 1929
Contract until: 30.01.1930
League: Apps / Goals: 14 / 2
All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 16 / 3
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 14 2 0 0 0 16
1928-1929 10 2 0 0 0 12
1929-1930 4 0 0 0 0 4
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 2 1 0 0 0 3
1928-1929 1 1 0 0 0 2
1929-1930 1 0 0 0 0 1

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Game was against
Sunderland on Wednesday, 11 Feb 2026
Goal was scored by
Virgil Van Dijk against Sunderland on Wednesday, 11 Feb 2026
Own goal was scored by
Jarell Quansah against Chelsea on Sunday, 04 May 2025
Sending off was
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Penalty goal was
Dominik Szoboszlai against Inter Milan on Tuesday, 09 Dec 2025
Missed penalty was
Dominik Szoboszlai against Burnley on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026
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Newcastle United on Saturday, 31 Jan 2026
Home draw was against
Burnley on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026
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Away draw was against
Arsenal on Thursday, 08 Jan 2026
Away defeat was against
Bournemouth on Saturday, 24 Jan 2026
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