Eric Johnstone
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 March 1943[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne,[2] England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Tow Law Town | ||
| 1963–1965 | Carlisle United | 15 | (3) |
| 1965–1967 | Darlington | 26 | (9) |
| – | South Shields | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Eric Johnstone (born 22 March 1943) is an English former footballer who scored 12 goals in 41 appearances in the Football League playing as a Winger for Carlisle United and Darlington in the 1960s. He also played non-league football for Tow Law Town and South Shields.[2]
Johnstone was a member of the Darlington team that beat a Blackpool team containing four England internationals, including full-back Jimmy Armfield, in the third round of the 1965–66 League Cup away from home. The next day's report in the Northern Echo told how Johnstone had "time and again led Armfield a merry dance".[3] That same season, he contributed to Darlington's first promotion since the 1920s as they finished runners-up in the Fourth Division.[4]
References
- ↑ "Eric Johnstone". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- 1 2 "Eric Johnstone". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ James, Bob (14 October 1965). "Blackpool night out ends in glory for battling Quakers". The Northern Echo, quoted in Amos, Mike (6 February 2014). "Lights fantastic". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ↑ "Class of '66 reunited at Fortress Feethams". The Northern Echo. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2014.