29.7.14

Scotland's New Internationals




Club
Position
Caps
Goals
George Wilson
Heart of Midlothian , Everton, Newcastle United
outside left
6 (1904-09)

Sarcastically known as Smiler, joined Newcastle United for £1,600.

Charles  Thomson
Heart of Midlothian , Sunderland
centre forward, centre half
21 (1904-14)
4
13 caps as captain.

Jimmy  Hay
Celtic, Newcastle United
half back
11 (1905-14)


Peter Somers
Celtic
inside left
4 (1905-09)

Somers created so many chances for others that Willie Maley named him Celtic's Powder Monkey.

Peter McWilliam
Newcastle United
left half
8 (1905-11)


Tom Fitchie
Woolwich Arsenal

4 (1905-07)
1
Fitchie moved to London as a boy. As an amateur he played for a number of clubs in London (West Norwood, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham) as well as Queen's Park in Glasgow (1906). Woolwich Arsenal was his main club. He also toured the USA with The Pilgrims.

John Lyall
The Wednesday
goalkeeper
1 (1905)

Lyall made a solitary performance against England in 1905.

Sandy Young
Everton
inside right
2 (1905-07)

Young's international appearances were  both on the losing side
A very prolific scorer with Everton, he scored the only goal to win the 1906 FA Cup Final.

Jimmy Howie
Newcastle United
inside right
3 (1905-08)
2
Very highly, rated, but being a contemporary of Bobby Walker limited Howie to 3 caps, all against England. He scored twice in 1906 to win the game 2-1.