John Woodward (Scottish footballer)

This article is about the Scottish former footballer born in 1949. For the English former footballer born in 1947, see John Woodward (English footballer). For the English former footballer born in 1924, see Johnny Woodward.

John Woodward (born 10 January 1949) is a Scottish former footballer.^[1]

John Woodward

Personal information
Full name	John Woodward[1]
Date of birth	(1949-01-10) 10 January 1949 (age 76)[1]
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
000?–1966	Possilpark YMCA	?	(?)
1966–1971	Arsenal	3	(0)
1971–1977	York City	167	(6)
International career
1967	Scotland XI[3]	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Woodward started his career with Possilpark YMCA before joining Arsenal in January 1966.^[4]

Woodward made his Arsenal debut on Wednesday 5 October 1966 in a 3–1 defeat to West Ham United in the League Cup 3rd Round at Highbury.^[5]