Robert Stevenson (Scottish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Petershill[1] | |||
| 1913–1921 | Morton | 222 | (54) |
| 1921–1924 | St Mirren | 69 | (13) |
| 1924 | Clydebank | 7 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Arthurlie | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 303 | (67) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Stevenson was a Scottish footballer who played as a inside left for Morton, St Mirren, Clydebank and Arthurlie.[2][3] He left Morton the year before the Greenock club won the Scottish Cup in 1922, but was a regular member of their team in the period around World War I when they finished in the top four of the Scottish Football League table for six seasons running (Stevenson missed one of these campaigns entirely, likely as a result of wartime commitments).[2] He did take part in both of the Navy and Army War Fund Shield finals, the first of which in 1915 Morton won by defeating Rangers[4] and the second in 1918 which they lost to Celtic.[5] After he moved to Renfrewshire derby rivals St Mirren, Stevenson quickly struck up a fruitful partnership with fellow new signing Dunky Walker, who finished as the top scorer across European club football in their first season together.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Mainly about Players. The Scottish Referee, 14 April 1913. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Stevenson Robert Image 1 St Mirren 1922, Vintage Footballers
- ^ Football: War Shield Final, Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1915
- ^ Association football | War Fund Shield–Final Tie, Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1918
- ^ 1921-22, StMirren.info
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