John Downie

Position: forward

Scotland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	56	36	10	10	124	52	+72	64.29
A	60	23	16	21	95	89	+6	38.33
TOTALS	116	59	26	31	219	141	+78	50.86

Name: John Denis Downie

Birthdate: 19-07-1925

Age: 100

Birthplace: Lanark, Scotland

Height: 5' 9" (1.75m)

Weight: 11st 10lbs (74.39kg)

Years at Club: 1948-1953

Signing Info: Transferred from: Bradford Park Avenue, 03/1949, £18,000

Previous Clubs: Bradford Park Avenue

Debut: 05/03/1949 v Charlton Athletic (A) 3-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Luton Town, 08/1953, £10,000

Passed Away: 19/02/2013

Biography

Thank you to John Downie Jnr for the extra information.



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1948-1949	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12
2.	1949-1950	6	18	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	20
3.	1950-1951	10	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	29
4.	1951-1952	11	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	32
5.	1952-1953	3	20	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23
TOTALS		35	110	0	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	116

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Charlton Athletic	4	5
2.	Aston Villa	3	4
3.	West Bromwich Albion	3	4
4.	Blackpool	3	5
5.	Newcastle United	3	8
6.	Preston North End	2	2
7.	Huddersfield Town	2	3
8.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	3
9.	Derby County	2	4
10.	Middlesbrough	2	5
11.	Liverpool	2	6
12.	Portsmouth	2	8
13.	Sheffield United	1	1
14.	Everton	1	3
15.	Manchester City	1	3
16.	Burnley	1	5
17.	Arsenal	1	5
18.	Stoke City	1	6
19.	Chelsea	1	8

No	Opponent

1.	Chelsea	8	1
2.	Bolton Wanderers	8	0
3.	Newcastle United	8	3
4.	Portsmouth	8	2
5.	Stoke City	6	1
6.	Liverpool	6	2
7.	Charlton Athletic	5	4
8.	Burnley	5	1
9.	Middlesbrough	5	2
10.	Blackpool	5	3
11.	Fulham	5	0
12.	Arsenal	5	1
13.	Derby County	4	2
14.	Aston Villa	4	3
15.	West Bromwich Albion	4	3
16.	Huddersfield Town	3	2
17.	Everton	3	1
18.	Sunderland	3	0
19.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0
21.	Sheffield Wednesday	3	2
22.	Manchester City	3	1
23.	Preston North End	2	2
24.	Birmingham City	2	0
25.	Sheffield United	1	1
26.	Hull City	1	0
27.	Cardiff City	1	0
28.	Millwall	1	0
29.	Walthamstow Avenue	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Jackson, Bob	8
2.	Birrell, Billy	7
3.	Seed, Jimmy	5
4.	Hill, Frank	5
5.	Martin, George	5
6.	Jack, David	5
7.	Smith, Joe	5
8.	Dodgin(snr), Bill	5
9.	Whittaker, Tom	5
10.	Ridding, Bill	5
11.	Seymour, Stan	5
12.	McGrory, Bob	4
13.	McMillan, Stuart	4
14.	Stephenson, George	3
15.	Rowley, Walter	3
16.	Britton, Cliff	3
17.	Murray, Bill	3
18.	Kay, George	3
19.	Cullis, Stan	3
20.	Rowe, Arthur	3
21.	Taylor, Eric	3
22.	Smith, Jack	3
23.	McDowall, Les	3
24.	Welsh, Don	3
25.	Brocklebank, Bob	2
26.	Taylor, Frank	2
27.	Preston North End Committee	1
28.	Davison, Teddy	1
29.	Massie, Alex	1
30.	Aston Villa Directors	1
31.	Drake, Ted	1
32.	Scott, Will	1
33.	Spiers, Cyril	1
34.	Carver, Jesse	1
35.	Hewitt, Charlie	1
36.	Lever, Eddie	1
37.	Lewis. J.W.	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

116

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Chelsea	8
2.	Bolton Wanderers	8
3.	Newcastle United	8
4.	Portsmouth	8
5.	Stoke City	6
6.	Liverpool	6
7.	Charlton Athletic	5
8.	Burnley	5
9.	Middlesbrough	5
10.	Blackpool	5
11.	Fulham	5
12.	Arsenal	5
13.	Derby County	4
14.	Aston Villa	4
15.	West Bromwich Albion	4
16.	Huddersfield Town	3
17.	Everton	3
18.	Sunderland	3
19.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
20.	Tottenham Hotspur	3
21.	Sheffield Wednesday	3
22.	Manchester City	3
23.	Preston North End	2
24.	Birmingham City	2
25.	Sheffield United	1
26.	Hull City	1
27.	Cardiff City	1
28.	Millwall	1
29.	Walthamstow Avenue	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	115
2.	Wales	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	110
2.	FA Cup	5
3.	Charity Shield	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	50
2.	Maine Road	8
3.	Burnden Park	4
4.	St James Park, Newcastle	4
5.	Ayresome Park	3
6.	Baseball Ground	3
7.	Fratton Park	3
8.	Highbury	3
9.	Molineux	3
10.	Stamford Bridge	3
11.	The Valley	3
12.	Turf Moor	3
13.	Victoria Ground	3
14.	Villa Park	3
15.	White Hart Lane	3
16.	Anfield	2
17.	Bloomfield Road	2
18.	Craven Cottage	2
19.	Leeds Road	2
20.	The Hawthorns	2
21.	Deepdale	1
22.	Goodison Park	1
23.	Hillsborough	1
24.	Ninian Park	1
25.	Roker Park	1
26.	St Andrews	1
27.	The Den	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

24-09-1952

Newcastle United

4-2

Charity Shield

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	05-03-1949	Charlton Athletic	3-2	A	1	Stan Pearson 4', 62', John Downie 52'	Syd O'Linn 51', Charlie Vaughan 88'
2.	12-03-1949	Stoke City	3-0	H	1	Jack Rowley 45', John Downie 57', Charlie Mitten 71'
3.	06-04-1949	Huddersfield Town	1-2	A	0	Jack Rowley 75'	Peter Doherty 31' (pen), Vic Metcalfe 55'
4.	09-04-1949	Chelsea	1-1	H	0	Charlie Mitten 80' (pen)	John McInnes 74'
5.	15-04-1949	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	A	0	Johnny Carey 32'
6.	16-04-1949	Burnley	2-0	A	0	Jack Rowley 55', 72'
7.	23-04-1949	Preston North End	2-2	H	2	John Downie 39', 80'	Tom Finney 6', Eddy Brown 65'
8.	27-04-1949	Everton	0-2	A	0		Eddie Wainwright 19', James McIntosh 31'
9.	30-04-1949	Newcastle United	1-0	A	0	Ronald Burke 84'
10.	02-05-1949	Middlesbrough	1-0	H	0	Jack Rowley 63'
11.	04-05-1949	Sheffield United	3-2	H	1	Charlie Mitten 47', Stan Pearson 67', John Downie 83'	George Jones 15', Dennis Thompson 16'
12.	07-05-1949	Portsmouth	3-2	H	0	Jack Rowley 10', 54', Charlie Mitten 44' (pen)	Duggie Reid 25', Peter Harris 35'
13.	20-08-1949	Derby County	1-0	A	0	Jack Rowley 5'
14.	24-08-1949	Bolton Wanderers	3-0	H	0	Matt Gillies 40' (o.g.), Charlie Mitten 66' (pen), Jack Rowley 80'
15.	03-12-1949	Newcastle United	1-1	H	0	Charlie Mitten 37'	Thomas Walker 17'
16.	14-01-1950	Chelsea	1-0	H	0	Charlie Mitten 52'
17.	15-02-1950	Portsmouth	3-1	A	1	Charlie Mitten 11', John Downie 24', Jimmy Delaney 46'	Peter Harris 42'
18.	18-02-1950	Sunderland	2-2	A	0	Jack Rowley 24', Allenby Chilton 80'	Dickie Davis 27', Tommy Reynolds 73'
19.	25-02-1950	Charlton Athletic	2-1	A	0	Jack Rowley 73', Johnny Carey 76'	Gordon Hurst 36'
20.	04-03-1950	Chelsea	0-2	A	0		Bobby Campbell 6', Roy Bentley 70'
21.	08-03-1950	Aston Villa	7-0	H	2	Charlie Mitten 40' (pen), 47' (pen), 48', 88' (pen), Jack Rowley 68', John Downie 69', 75'
22.	11-03-1950	Middlesbrough	3-2	A	2	John Downie 53', 85', Jack Rowley 78'	Geoff Walker 28', Tom Woodward 52'
23.	15-03-1950	Liverpool	0-0	H	0
24.	18-03-1950	Blackpool	1-2	H	0	Jimmy Delaney 35'	Stan Mortensen 21', 50' (pen)
25.	25-03-1950	Huddersfield Town	1-3	A	1	John Downie 24'	Jack Crompton 47' (o.g.), Vic Metcalfe 65', 89' (pen)
26.	01-04-1950	Everton	1-1	H	0	Jimmy Delaney 58'	Jackie Grant 82'
27.	07-04-1950	Birmingham City	0-2	H	0		John Stewart 30', *Johnny Berry 70'
28.	08-04-1950	Wolves	1-1	A	0	Jack Rowley 50'	John Walker 85'
29.	10-04-1950	Birmingham City	0-0	A	0
30.	15-04-1950	Portsmouth	0-2	H	0		Duggie Reid 84', Jack Froggatt 89'
31.	22-04-1950	Newcastle United	1-2	A	1	John Downie 66'	Robert Mitchell 58', Thomas Walker 72'
32.	29-04-1950	Fulham	3-0	H	0	Henry Cockburn 6', Jack Rowley 47', 78'
33.	19-08-1950	Fulham	1-0	H	0	Stan Pearson 63'
34.	23-08-1950	Liverpool	1-2	A	0	Jack Rowley 30'	William Liddell 12', Reg Allen 37' (o.g.)
35.	26-08-1950	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	A	0		Nat Lofthouse 78'
36.	30-08-1950	Liverpool	1-0	H	1	John Downie 23'
37.	02-09-1950	Blackpool	1-0	H	0	Thomas Bogan 8'
38.	04-09-1950	Aston Villa	3-1	A	0	Jack Rowley 14', 65', Stan Pearson 61'	Trevor Ford 80'
39.	09-09-1950	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A	0		Sonny Walters 44'
40.	16-09-1950	Charlton Athletic	3-0	H	0	Jack Rowley 10', Stan Pearson 44', Jimmy Delaney 77'
41.	23-09-1950	Middlesbrough	2-1	A	0	Stan Pearson 13', 58'	Lloyd Delapenha 41'
42.	30-09-1950	Wolves	0-0	A	0
43.	07-10-1950	Sheffield Wednesday	3-1	H	1	John Downie 7', Harry McShane 31', Jack Rowley 37'	Hugh McJarrow 89'
44.	14-10-1950	Arsenal	0-3	A	0		Henry Cockburn 16' (o.g.), Doug Lishman 60', Peter Goring 71'
45.	21-10-1950	Portsmouth	0-0	H	0
46.	11-11-1950	Chelsea	0-1	A	0		Hugh Billington 59'
47.	16-12-1950	Fulham	2-2	A	0	Stan Pearson 52', 62'	Arthur Stevens 10', 27' (pen)
48.	23-12-1950	Bolton Wanderers	2-3	H	0	Stan Pearson 11', John Aston Snr 49'	Harry Webster 2', Nat Lofthouse 38', 62'
49.	26-02-1951	Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	A	1	Stan Pearson 3', John Downie 36', Jack Rowley 55', Harry McShane 70'
50.	03-03-1951	Arsenal	3-1	H	1	John Downie 14', John Aston Snr 16', 32'	Cliff Holton 39'
51.	10-03-1951	Portsmouth	0-0	A	0
52.	17-03-1951	Everton	3-0	H	1	John Aston Snr 1', John Downie 11', Stan Pearson 37'
53.	23-03-1951	Derby County	2-0	H	1	John Downie 40', John Aston Snr 68'
54.	24-03-1951	Burnley	2-1	A	0	Harry McShane 18', John Aston Snr 60'	Roy Stephenson 21'
55.	26-03-1951	Derby County	4-2	A	1	Stan Pearson 20', John Downie 40', Jack Rowley 44', John Aston Snr 84'	Jack Stamps 26', Reg Harrison 36'
56.	31-03-1951	Chelsea	4-1	H	0	Stan Pearson 28', 33', 75', Harry McShane 38'	Stan Willemse 13'
57.	07-04-1951	Stoke City	0-2	A	0		Harry Oscroft 27', Albert Mullard 42'
58.	14-04-1951	West Bromwich Albion	3-0	H	1	Jack Rowley 27', Stan Pearson 84', John Downie 85'
59.	21-04-1951	Newcastle United	2-0	A	0	Jack Rowley 7', Stan Pearson 35'
60.	28-04-1951	Huddersfield Town	6-0	H	1	Harry McShane 6', 67', Jack Rowley 25' (pen), John Aston Snr 40', 65', John Downie 50'
61.	05-05-1951	Blackpool	1-1	A	1	John Downie 32'	William Perry 60'
62.	18-08-1951	West Bromwich Albion	3-3	A	0	Jack Rowley 9', 69', 79'	Ronnie Allen 19', Arthur Smith 62', 67'
63.	22-08-1951	Middlesbrough	4-2	H	0	Jack Rowley 10', 46', 72' , Stan Pearson 14'	Neil Mochan 77', 90'
64.	25-08-1951	Newcastle United	2-1	H	1	Jack Rowley 49', John Downie 59'	George Robledo 18'
65.	29-08-1951	Middlesbrough	4-1	A	0	Stan Pearson 25', 66', Jack Rowley 58', 90'	Lloyd Delapenha 85' (pen)
66.	01-09-1951	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	A	0		Nat Lofthouse 52'
67.	05-09-1951	Charlton Athletic	3-2	H	1	Jack Rowley 23', 87', John Downie 90'	Billy Kiernan 40', Charlie Vaughan 50'
68.	08-09-1951	Stoke City	4-0	H	0	Jack Rowley 7', 69', 79', Stan Pearson 86'
69.	12-09-1951	Charlton Athletic	2-2	A	2	John Downie 14', 65'	Billy Kiernan 29', Gordon Hurst 82'
70.	15-09-1951	Manchester City	2-1	A	0	Johnny Berry 8', Harry McShane 88'	John Hart 63'
71.	22-09-1951	Tottenham Hotspur	0-2	A	0		Les Medley 44', Sonny Walters 64'
72.	13-10-1951	Aston Villa	5-2	A	0	Stan Pearson 8', 54', Jack Rowley 53', 59', Ernie Bond 57'	William Goffin 4', Herbert Smith 44'
73.	20-10-1951	Sunderland	0-1	H	0		Dickie Davis 70'
74.	10-11-1951	Chelsea	2-4	A	0	Stan Pearson 8', Jack Rowley 17'	Seamus D'Arcy 18', 75', Roy Bentley 33', Bobby Smith 70'
75.	17-11-1951	Portsmouth	1-3	H	1	John Downie 49'	Marcel Gaillard 27', Jackie Henderson 17', Henry Cockburn 52' (o.g.)
76.	24-11-1951	Liverpool	0-0	A	0
77.	01-12-1951	Blackpool	3-1	H	2	Jack Rowley 14', John Downie 20', 72'	William Perry 44'
78.	08-12-1951	Arsenal	3-1	A	0	Jack Rowley 11', Stan Pearson 30', Ray Daniel 77' (o.g.)	Jimmy Logie 85'
79.	15-12-1951	West Bromwich Albion	5-1	H	2	Johnny Berry 46', Stan Pearson 48', 85', John Downie 69', 71'	Ronnie Allen 1'
80.	22-12-1951	Newcastle United	2-2	A	0	Henry Cockburn 13', Ernie Bond 39'	William I. Foulkes 19', Jackie Milburn 21'
81.	25-12-1951	Fulham	3-2	H	0	Johnny Berry ??', Ernie Bond ??', Jack Rowley ??'	Bob Thomas ??', ??'
82.	26-12-1951	Fulham	3-3	A	0	Jack Rowley 12', Stan Pearson 49', Ernie Bond 51'	Eddie Lowe 16', 89', Arthur Stevens 75'
83.	29-12-1951	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H	0	Stan Pearson 26'
84.	05-01-1952	Stoke City	0-0	A	0
85.	12-01-1952	Hull City	0-2	H	0		Sydney Gerrie 16', Kenneth Harrison 43'
86.	19-01-1952	Manchester City	1-1	H	0	Johnny Carey 60'	Frank McCourt 49'
87.	05-04-1952	Portsmouth	0-1	A	0		Duggie Reid 76'
88.	11-04-1952	Burnley	1-1	A	0	Roger Byrne 15'	Les Shannon 87'
89.	12-04-1952	Liverpool	4-0	H	1	Roger Byrne 26' (pen), 53', John Downie 51', Jack Rowley 59'
90.	14-04-1952	Burnley	6-1	H	1	Jack Rowley 49', Stan Pearson 50', John Downie 56', Roger Byrne 61', 89', Johnny Carey 90'	Pat Corr 85'
91.	19-04-1952	Blackpool	2-2	A	0	Roger Byrne 12', Jack Rowley 53'	Jackie Mudie 19', 31'
92.	21-04-1952	Chelsea	3-0	H	0	Stan Pearson 23', Johnny Carey 44', Phillip McKnight (o.g.) 48'
93.	26-04-1952	Arsenal	6-1	H	0	Jack Rowley 8', 74', 82' (pen), Stan Pearson 40', 89' , Roger Byrne 44'	Freddie Cox 76'
94.	23-08-1952	Chelsea	2-0	H	1	John Downie 63', Johnny Berry 80'
95.	27-08-1952	Arsenal	1-2	A	0	Jack Rowley 62'	Freddie Cox 13', Peter Goring 82'
96.	30-08-1952	Manchester City	1-2	A	1	John Downie 79'	Roy Clarke 50', Ivor Broadis 69'
97.	10-09-1952	Derby County	3-2	A	0	Stan Pearson 30', 83', 84'	Reg Harrison 50', Don Hazledine 55'
98.	13-09-1952	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H	0	Johnny Berry 56'
99.	20-09-1952	Aston Villa	3-3	A	1	John Downie 33', Jack Rowley 71' (pen), 73' (pen)	Norman Lockhart 26', Derek Pace 49', Kenneth Roberts 54'
100.	24-09-1952	Newcastle United	4-2	H	1	Jack Rowley 48', 53', Roger Byrne 63', John Downie 75'	Vic Keeble 35', 69'
101.	27-09-1952	Sunderland	0-1	H	0		Trevor Ford 23'
102.	04-10-1952	Wolves	2-6	A	0	Jack Rowley 19', 20'	Dennis Wilshaw 25', 54', Jimmy Mullen 46', Roy Swinbourne 40', 55', 88'
103.	11-10-1952	Stoke City	0-2	H	0		Brian Siddall 63', Bill Finney 77'
104.	18-10-1952	Preston North End	5-0	A	0	Stan Pearson 4', 37', John Aston Snr 12', 15', Jack Rowley 21'
105.	25-10-1952	Burnley	1-3	H	0	John Aston Snr 3'	Jimmy McIlroy 25', 36', William Holden 80'
106.	01-11-1952	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	A	0	Johnny Berry 38', 74'	Sonny Walters 5'
107.	08-11-1952	Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	H	0	Stan Pearson 88'	Derek Dooley 30'
108.	15-11-1952	Cardiff City	2-1	A	0	John Aston Snr 37', Stan Pearson 42'	Ken Chisholm 44'
109.	22-11-1952	Newcastle United	2-2	H	0	Stan Pearson 67', John Aston Snr 74'	Vic Keeble 26', George Robledo 85'
110.	29-11-1952	West Bromwich Albion	1-3	A	0	Eddie Lewis 8'	Ronnie Allen 51', George Lee 68', Frank Griffin 75'
111.	10-01-1953	Millwall	1-0	A	0	Stan Pearson 86'
112.	17-01-1953	Portsmouth	1-0	H	0	Eddie Lewis 58'
113.	24-01-1953	Bolton Wanderers	1-2	A	0	Eddie Lewis 75'	Willie Moir 39', ??'
114.	31-01-1953	Walthamstow Avenue	1-1	H	0	Eddie Lewis 39'	Jimmy Lewis 75'
115.	28-02-1953	Stoke City	1-3	A	0	Johnny Berry 22'	Roy Brown 31', 43', Alan Martin 57'
116.	20-04-1953	Liverpool	3-1	H	0	Stan Pearson 6', Jack Rowley 9', Johnny Berry 80'	Sammy Smyth 88'

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