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by Donald Wilson (2010) Paperback.
234x156mm
160 pages. Illustrated
ISBN 978-1-905328-86-4
£14.99
He was a Highland League sensation,
scoring so many goals that local newspapers lost count.
Big clubs tried to lure him, but Davy Johnston said no, preferring
to work in a smelly laundry.
At last he joined Aberdeen, signed by Eddie Turnbull who compared
him to Bobby Charlton.
For three seasons Johnston was a Pittodrie regular, scoring goals
but yearning for home.
He returned to the Highland League, scoring so many goals that
local newspapers kept count.
Davy Johnston, wasted potential or Pittodrie's Silent Assassin?
Contents:
1 A Highland Legend
2 The Early Years
3 The Swinging Sixties
4 Davy makes Nairn County debut
5 Hearts make their move
6 A Year at Tynecastle
7 Station Park homecoming
8 High Drama at Hamilton
9 Two Cups but No Scoring Record
10 A Broken Nose – A Title Lost
11 A Tiger in the Tank
12 Off to Pittodrie
13 Jimmy the Fixer
14 A Scoring Debut: ‘The brains behind the forward line’
15 Cup Final against Lisbon Lions
16 The USA and Canada Adventure
17 Wrecking Fergie’s Title Dream
18 Relegation Worries
19 Why I Quit – Davy Johnston
20 A Highland Homecoming
21 Davy comes back to haunt Gers
22 Chic Allan’s Death stuns North Football
23 Back to Nairn – The Title at Last
24 ‘Johnston was the Best Ever’ - Macdonald
25 The St Ninian Years
26 Tributes (and Memories) from Pittodrie Legends
27 Epilogue
28 Davy Johnston Timeline
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