Derek Johnstone

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Derek Johnstone
Personal information
Full name Derek Joseph Johnstone
Date of birth November 4, 1953 (1953-11-04) (age 54)
Place of birth    Dundee, Scotland
Playing position Defender / Striker
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970-1983
1983-1984
1984
1984-1986
1986-1987		 Rangers
Chelsea
Dundee United
Rangers
Partick Thistle		 350 (131)
004 00(0)
004 00(0)
019 00(1)
004 00(0)   
National team
1973-1979 Scotland 014 0(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Derek Joseph Johnstone (born November 4, 1953 in Dundee) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

He played mainly for Rangers. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief spell in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield. Uniquely, he was selected to play in defence, midfield, and attack for Scotland.

Johnstone, a boyhood Dundee United supporter, signed for Rangers as a schoolboy in 1968. Johnstone was famously thrown into the 1970 Scottish League Cup final by manager Willie Waddell aged just 16. The brave decision by Waddell was to pay off as he headed the winner in Rangers' 1-0 victory against Celtic. Johnstone went on to have a long and successful career with Rangers, scoring 210 goals in 546 appearances and winning the League championship three times, the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup five times each and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. His 132 League goals for Rangers stood as a post-war club record until Ally McCoist surpassed it. Unlike McCoist, Johnstone was not the regular penalty taker.

Johnstone joined Chelsea in 1982 but failed to hold down a regular place, and had a month on loan to Dundee United before rejoining Rangers for a second stint. His reign as player-manager of Partick Thistle was short and unhappy, and he left the professional game in 1987. Since then, he has worked extensively in the football media, including for BBC Scotland, Radio Clyde- where he famously farted live on air and the Evening Times.

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Awards
Preceded by
Danny McGrain		 Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
1978		 Succeeded by
Andy Ritchie
Preceded by
None		 Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year
1978		 Succeeded by
Paul Hegarty
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