John Miller - The Thistle Archive (original) (raw)
John Miller
 |
|---|
| • John Miller, 1922 (AFC) |
John Galloway Miller was born on Tuesday, 12th March, 1895, in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
The 5' 9 (11st 12lbs) forward signed for George Easton's Thistle on Thursday, 23rd October, 1924, having most recently been with Aberdeen.
Aged 29, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 1st November, 1924, in a 4-0 defeat away to Rangers in the SFL First Division.
Amazingly, John scored his first 5 goals for Thistle in the same match! His hat-trick + 2 was delivered on Saturday, 22nd November, 1924, in a 6-1 win at home to Cowdenbeath in the SFL First Division.
He scored the last of his 36 goals on Saturday, 27th March, 1926, in a 3-3 draw at home to Morton in the SFL First Division.
He played his last game for the club on Tuesday, 27th April, 1926, in a 5-2 defeat at home to Glasgow Select in a Benefit match, having appeared as a Jag on 63 occasions.
His club-list included Larkhall United, Larkhall Thistle, Mossend Hibernian, Ardrossan Winton Rovers, Blantyre Victoria, Hamilton Academical, St Mirren, Glasgow Highlanders, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Partick Thistle, Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic, Prescot Cables, Barrow and Carlisle United.
John died on Thursday, 21st June, 1951, in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, aged 56.
Centre forward John had a long list of clubs before he joined Thistle as a 29-year-old in November 1924 from Aberdeen. He joined Hamilton Academical in 1915, having played for a number of junior clubs in the West of Scotland area. He played for the Accies between 1915 and 1918, but only made a small number of appearances. War interrupted his career, and with his brother Tom (who was to become a Liverpool player and Scotland international after the end of the conflict) joined the Glasgow Highlanders in November 1915. John did play for the Glasgow Highlanders football team during his time in the military. There were two further Miller brothers who played senior football, William and Adam.
At war end he joined his brother at Liverpool from 1919 to 1921. John managed to play in the same Liverpool side as his brother on 3 occasions. He then moved to Aberdeen, where he played on around 90 matches between 1921-24 scoring just under 50 goals. As mentioned above in November 1924 he joined a Thistle team that was undergoing change. The Scottish Cup winning team were moving on, with Tom Crichton and Willie Salisbury still playing regularly. Jimmy McMullan missed the Cup Final through injury, but later moved on to a glittering career with Manchester City (and also became a Wembley Wizard in 1928). New faces were appearing. Sandy Hair had joined the club prior to John’s recruitment. John Torbet was another recruit. John made 62 appearances for Thistle over the two seasons. When he opened his scoring account, he did so in style, scoring 5 goals in a 6-1 demolition of Cowdenbeath in an SFL 1st Division match at Firhill on 22 November 1924. John scored 36 goals for the Jags over his period at Firhill.
He went back to Aberdeen, and then had spells with Clyde and Dunfermline, before ending his career in England. John passed away in Stonehouse in June 1951 aged 56.
On account of his service during WWI, John is included in our feature piece, The Partick Thistle returned →.
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|
| 29y, 8m, 10d | |
22.11.1924 Cowdenbeath [h] W6-1 (SFL First Division - game 16) |
| 29y, 9m, 15d | |
27.12.1924 Kilmarnock [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 21) |
| 29y, 9m, 22d | |
03.01.1925 Dundee [a] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 23) |
| 29y, 10m, 12d | |
24.01.1925 Bathgate [a] W4-0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round) |
| 29y, 10m, 19d | |
31.01.1925 Ayr United [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 27) |
| 29y, 10m, 26d | |
07.02.1925 Dundee United [h] W5-1 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) |
| 29y, 11m, 2d | |
14.02.1925 Kilmarnock [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 29) |
| 29y, 11m, 12d | |
24.02.1925 Queen's Park [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 30) |
| 29y, 11m, 16d | |
28.02.1925 Motherwell [a] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 31) |
| 30y, 0m, 2d | |
14.03.1925 Hibernian [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 33) |
| 30y, 0m, 16d | |
28.03.1925 Hamilton Academical [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 35) |
| 30y, 5m, 3d | |
15.08.1925 Cowdenbeath [h] W3-1 (SFL First Division - game 1) |
| 30y, 5m, 5d | |
17.08.1925 Hibernian [a] W6-4 (William McGinnigle Benefit) |
| 30y, 5m, 10d | |
22.08.1925 Morton [a] D1-1 (SFL First Division - game 2) |
| 30y, 6m, 0d | |
12.09.1925 Falkirk [h] L2-3 (SFL First Division - game 4) |
| 30y, 6m, 28d | |
10.10.1925 Rangers [h] W2-0 (SFL First Division - game 8) |
| 30y, 8m, 2d | |
14.11.1925 Kilmarnock [h] L2-4 (SFL First Division - game 13) |
| 30y, 8m, 16d | |
28.11.1925 Motherwell [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 15) |
| 30y, 9m, 0d | |
12.12.1925 Aberdeen [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 17) |
| 30y, 9m, 20d | |
01.01.1926 Clydebank FC [h] D2-2 (SFL First Division - game 20) |
| 30y, 9m, 21d | |
02.01.1926 Rangers [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 21) |
| 30y, 9m, 28d | |
09.01.1926 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 23) |
| 30y, 10m, 25d | |
06.02.1926 King's Park [h] W4-1 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round) |
| 30y, 11m, 1d | |
13.02.1926 Kilmarnock [a] D3-3 (SFL First Division - game 26) |
| 31y, 0m, 15d | |
27.03.1926 Morton [h] D3-3 (SFL First Division - game 33) |
 |
1925 - STIRLING CHARITY CUP Runner-up |
|---|
1925 - STIRLING CHARITY CUP
There were threats of a severe thunderstorm evening and Thistle were 2 down early. Kinloch nipped in between two to get on the end of Torbet's cross (33) before a long ranger (40) made it 3-1 half-time. Without leaving the field, second half play got underway and it was 4-1 3 minutes in. King's Park gave one of their finest performances of the season and wanted it more.
George Easton
- Listed per out Honours list criteria.
- Players who have contributed an appearance in any given tournament are included.
click on image to enlarge (magnifiable if deemed necessary by your browser)
 |
|---|
| • John Miller pictured in 1933. (DET) |
advertisement
Partick Thistle: A People’s History celebrates 150 years of the club through the eyes of the fans. It will be a superb addition to your Thistle collection, expertly curated and edited by Kenny Pieper, a real heart and soul effort from the author and the contributors (the fans).
• The book is set to be published in August 2026, each of the first editions uniquely numbered.
• Pre-order your limited edition copy and add your own dedication or message (up to 500 words).
• A labour of love - all royalties to the club.Buy now: £18.76 (genius pricing!) from ptfc.co.uk
© The Thistle Archive 2015-2025. All rights reserved. Third-party trademarks and content are the property of their respective owners, and subject to their own copyright terms and conditions. See the website links provided in each case.
Click here to edit contents of this page.
Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). Watch headings for an "edit" link when available.
Append content without editing the whole page source.
Check out how this page has evolved in the past.
If you want to discuss contents of this page - this is the easiest way to do it.
View and manage file attachments for this page.
A few useful tools to manage this Site.
See pages that link to and include this page.
Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page.
View wiki source for this page without editing.
View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout).
Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page.
Something does not work as expected? Find out what you can do.
General Wikidot.com documentation and help section.
Wikidot.com Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc.
Wikidot.com Privacy Policy.