Johnny Paton
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Aloysius Paton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 2 October 2015[1] | (aged 92)||
Place of death | Stanmore, England | ||
Position(s) |
Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
St. Mungo's Academy | |||
St. Mary's Calton | |||
Dennistoun Waverley | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1942–1949 | Celtic | 52 | (12) |
→ New York Americans (guest) | |||
1945 | → Leeds United (guest) | 4 | (0) |
1946–1947 | → Chelsea (loan) | 18 | (3) |
1949–1952 | Brentford | 90 | (14) |
1952–1955 | Watford | 84 | (17) |
International career | |||
Scotland Schoolboys | |||
1940 | Scotland Juniors | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1955–1956 | Watford | ||
1961–1965 |
Arsenal 'A' | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Aloysius Paton (2 April 1923 – 2 October 2015) was a Scottish professional
Club career
Celtic
Born in
During the war, Paton spent a period as a guest at
Due to the
Chelsea (loan)
Paton joined English First Division club Chelsea on loan in November 1946.[2] He made 23 appearances and scored three goals before returning to Celtic in May 1947.[6]
Brentford
Paton signed for
A knock suffered in a match versus Southampton on 29 October 1949 hampered his progress, with Paton ruing that he had a "gammy leg" for two years, from which he finally recovered after a successful operation at Brentford hospital.[8] He played on at Griffin Park until the end of the 1951–52 season, by which time he had made 94 appearances and scored 16 goals.[3]
Watford
Paton and Brentford teammate
International and representative career
Paton made appearances for Scotland at international level as a schoolboy and a junior.[2][10] He played for the RAF representative team during the Second World War and appeared alongside Stanley Matthews in the team.[11]
Coaching and scouting career
Paton lamented the standard of football coaching in England in the early 1950s and said "many managers deliberately starved their players of the ball during the week, believing it made them more hungry for it out on the pitch on a Saturday".
In the early 1960s, Paton worked as a
Managerial career
After serving Watford as its first-ever player-coach,[9] Paton succeeded Len Goulden as manager in October 1955.[8] He had a good start to his reign, but after entering hospital for a cartilage operation on both knees, the team's form drained away in his absence.[8] Paton was relieved of his duties only four months into his reign, after just two wins from 15 Third Division South matches.[12]
Personal life
Paton was born into a family of Celtic supporters, with his grandfather holding a
Career statistics
Player
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celtic | 1946–47[5]
|
Scottish First Division
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1947–48[5]
|
28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | 39 | 10 | ||
1948–49[5]
|
24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
Total | 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 16 | ||
Chelsea (loan) | 1946–47[6]
|
First Division | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
Brentford | 1949–50[7] | Second Division | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||
1950–51[7] | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
1951–52[7] | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 6 | ||||
Total | 90 | 14 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 94 | 16 | ||||
Watford | 1952–53[15]
|
Third Division South | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
1953–54[15]
|
37 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 11 | ||||
1954–55[15]
|
14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 4 | ||||
Total | 84 | 17 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 91 | 17 | ||||
Career total | 244 | 46 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 285 | 52 |
- ^ a b Appearances in Glasgow Cup
Manager
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Watford | October 1955 | February 1956 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17.6 | [15] |
Total | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17.6 | — |
Honours
As a player
- Celtic
- Victory in Europe Cup: 1945[16]
- Glasgow Cup: 1948–49[2]
As a manager
- Arsenal 'A'
- Metropolitan League: 1962–63[8]
- Metropolitan League Cup: 1961–62[8]
References
- ^ a b "Johnny Paton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Paton: John Aloysius (Johnny)". Leeds United F.C. History. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "Leeds United Season 1944 – 1945: Football League (Northern Section)". www.leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Celtic Player Johnny Paton Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ a b "John A Paton | Chelsea Player Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC. 7 December 1946. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Griffin Gazette versus Oxford United. Poole: Quay Design Limited. 31 December 1994. p. 33.
- ^ a b c d "Players – Pate to Pretty" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 4. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Scotland Junior Internationals". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Obituary: John (Johnny) Paton, former footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Jones p. 272
- ^ a b "Johnny Paton: Energetic left-winger for Chelsea". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Johnny Paton 1923–2015". chelseafc.com. Chelsea FC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Seasons – 1950/51 to 1959/60" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. pp. 3–6. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ "Johnny Paton". Herald Scotland. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
Sources
- Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. T.G. Jones. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.