John Christie (Goalkeeper)
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| John Christie | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Alexander Christie | |
| Date of birth | 26 September 1929 | |
| Place of birth | Fraserburgh, Scotland | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 ins | |
| Position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Auchenblae | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1948-1949 1949-1951 1951-1959 1959-1962 1962-1963 1963-1964 |
Inverness Thistle Ayr United Southampton Walsall Burton Albion Rugby Town |
197 (0) 102 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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John Alexander Christie born Fraserburgh 26 September 1929, is a retired football goalkeeper who played for Southampton F.C. for most of the 1950s.
Initially with Inverness Thistle as an amateur, he left them in May 1949 to join Ayr United.
He came to the notice of Southampton's manager Sid Cann whilst doing his National Service at Farnborough and in January 1951 he signed him for Southampton.
He made his debut at Swansea Town on 3 February 1951 and spent most of his time at The Dell jostling for the No. 1 shirt with Fred Kiernan until 1956, when Christie established himself as the first choice 'keeper.
After making 217 appearances for Southampton in just over 8 years, he moved to Walsall in June 1959.
At Walsall, he won a Fourth Division championship medal in 1960 and the following season he was part of the team that gained a successive promotion to the Second Division.
In August 1962, he left Wallsall and then had spells at Burton Albion and Rugby Town before retiring.
After retirement from football in 1964, he was a sales representative for Columbus Dixon industrial cleaners for 27 years, and then site supervisor at Henry Beaufort School in Winchester.
He now lives in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire.
