John Young (footballer, born 1951)


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John Young (born 22 October 1951) is a Scottish former association football player and manager now first team coach at East Fife.

John Young
Personal information
Date of birth 22 October 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Musselburgh Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Hibernian[1] 1 (0)
1971–1972 Broxburn Athletic
1972–1974 Falkirk 45 (6)
1974–1982 St Mirren 214 (3)
1982 Hong Kong Rangers
1982–1983 Queen of the South 3 (0)
1983–1985 Brechin City 65 (0)
1985–1987 Arbroath 45 (1)
Total 373 (10)
Managerial career
1987–1990 Arbroath
1994–2000 Brechin City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Young was appointed assistant manager of Arbroath in March 2016.[2]

  1. ^ "Young, John". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Dick Campbell: Arbroath appoint former Forfar manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  • John Young at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database