Robert Stevenson
Personal information
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Petershill[1]
1913–1921 Morton 222 (54)
1921–1924 St Mirren 69 (13)
1924 Clydebank 7 (0)
1924–1925 Arthurlie 5 (0)
Total 303 (67)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Stevenson was a Scottish footballer who played as a inside left for Morton, St Mirren, Clydebank and Arthurlie.[2][3] He left Morton the year before the Greenock club won the Scottish Cup in 1922, but was a regular member of their team in the period around World War I when they finished in the top four of the Scottish Football League table for six seasons running (Stevenson missed one of these campaigns entirely, likely as a result of wartime commitments).[2] He did take part in both of the Navy and Army War Fund Shield finals, the first of which in 1915 Morton won by defeating Rangers[4] and the second in 1918 which they lost to Celtic.[5] After he moved to Renfrewshire derby rivals St Mirren, Stevenson quickly struck up a fruitful partnership with fellow new signing Dunky Walker, who finished as the top scorer across European club football in their first season together.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mainly about Players. The Scottish Referee, 14 April 1913. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  2. 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Stevenson Robert Image 1 St Mirren 1922, Vintage Footballers
  4. ↑ Football: War Shield Final, Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1915
  5. ↑ Association football | War Fund Shield–Final Tie, Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1918
  6. ↑ 1921-22, StMirren.info


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