Russell Moreland

Russell Moreland
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Edmund Russell Moreland
Date of birth	1901
Place of birth	Springburn, Scotland
Date of death	1986 (aged 84–85)
Place of death	Kirkintilloch, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward, left half
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1922	Petershill
1922–1927	Queen's Park
1927	Heart of Midlothian
1927–1928	Hamilton Academical
1928–1933	Third Lanark
Total
Managerial career
1929–1934	Third Lanark
1935–1937	Clyde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Edmund Russell Moreland (1901–1986) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park, Heart of Midlothian, Hamilton Academical and Third Lanark as a forward or left half. In addition to managing Clyde, he served Third Lanark as player-manager and later as a board member.

Club career

After beginning his career with Petershill, Moreland played 11 seasons as a forward or left half for Scottish League clubs Queen's Park, Heart of Midlothian, Hamilton Academical and Third Lanark.^[2]^[3] As a player, he was a member of Queen's Park's 1922–23 Second Division-winning team and later achieved the same feat as player-manager of Third Lanark in 1930–31.^[3] After retiring as a player and departing Third Lanark in 1934, Moreland became manager of First Division club Clyde in 1935 and managed the club to consecutive Scottish Cup semi-finals during the 1935–36 and 1936–37 seasons.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Representative career

Moreland was selected for the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield FA in 1925.^[3]^[5]

Personal life

Moreland was also active as a boxing promoter and promoted the fights of Jackie Paterson.^[2] He ran a sports emporium on Argyle Street in Glasgow, which went into liquidation in 1956.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1922–23^[6]	Scottish Second Division	20	19	4	0	2^[a]	1	26	20
	1923–24^[6]	Scottish First Division	25	3	5	1	2^[b]	0	32	4
	1924–25^[6]		27	3	2	0	2^[b]	0	31	3
	1925–26^[6]		37	1	2	0	5^[c]	0	44	1
	1926–27^[6]		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total		114	24	13	1	11	1	138	28
Heart of Midlothian	1926–27^[7]	Scottish First Division	3	0	―		0	0	3	0
Hamilton Academical	1927–28^[8]	Scottish First Division	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Third Lanark	1928–29^[3]	Scottish First Division	21	0	2	0	―		23	0
	1929–30^[3]	Scottish Second Division	23	0	0	0	―		23	0
	1930–31^[3]	Scottish Second Division	17	3	1	0	―		18	3
	1931–32^[3]	Scottish First Division	21	0	1	0	―		22	0
	1932–33^[3]	Scottish First Division	5	0	2	0	―		7	0
	Total		87	3	6	0	―		93	3
Career total			235	28	20	1	11	1	266	30

^ Appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
^ ^a ^b 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
^ 3 appearances in Glasgow Cup, 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup

Manager

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
Third Lanark	July 1929	December 1934	225	109	39	77	048.44	^[9]
Clyde	February 1935	October 1937	117	38	25	54	032.48	^[4]
Total			342	147	64	131	042.98	—

Honours

As a player

Queen's Park

Scottish League Second Division: 1922–23^[3]

Third Lanark

Scottish League Second Division: 1930–31^[3]

As a manager