Talk:Mo Johnston

message: I've added  and  tags at the top of the article. For an article dealing with a polarizing figure and containing some controversial claims, it's shocking that no one bothered to cite a single source.
Also, there are several unattributed, subjective statements that either need to go or have to come from notable, preferably neutral people. For example:
*"widely considered one of Scotland's best strikers of the 1980s."
:See: WP:WEASEL. Either quote a reputable source calling him one of the best Scottish strikers of the 1980s, a reputable source saying he's widely considered so, or remove this statement and cite his goal tally.
*"However, it was his return from France to Scotland that was to cement Johnston's place in Scottish football history."
:This sentence needs to go, I think. If it really is notable, it should go without saying, right?
*"famously saying that "Celtic are the only team I want to play for"."
:Again, "famously" should go without saying.
I'll be adding  tags into the article and if i have more time, see if I can dig up some sources. Ytny 13:50, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: I have added a picture to the page (finally). Ebuz610 19:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: Related to a discussion I started at Talk:1989 in Scotland, I notice the article is a bit inconsistent about the significance of Johnston's being a Catholic playing for Rangers. I think this is entirely down to contradictory claims over the years and ambiguous issues, but there does seem do be a problem. The opening to the article states Mo Johnston was "the first open Catholic to play for Rangers since World War I." However the Rangers section of the article is slightly different and in itself contradictory noting first that Johnston was "'their first major Roman Catholic signing'", but then he was the highest-profile Catholic to sign for the club since the World War I era, though other Catholics had signed for Rangers before". In fact this is a complicated issue. Johnston's signing was very much in the news in 1989, not least because of his religious background, but also because of the fact Celtic had thought he was going to rejoin them. Certainly claims were made about him being the first Catholic, but a) as noted here there were Catholic players in Rangers' early days b) John Spencer was on Rangers' books at the time Johnston signed, having come through the youth system at the club, but I think had yet to play for the first team in a major match c) Don Kitchenbrand was a Roman Catholic playing for Rangers in the 1950s, but his faith was concealed. It would be good if a consistent form of words could be used. Dunarc (talk) 21:32, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency re first Catholic playing for Rangers