Luke Johnston

Biography

Brought up in Glenrothes, Luke had been a youth with Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers before moved to Australia at the age of 14 where he was recruited by the youth team of Perth Glory. He returned to Scotland in November 2011 before signing a short term deal as an amateur with United in February, earning a full-time contract in August. Involved in a number of first team squads towards the end of the 2012-13 he made his debut in April towards the end of the campaign. Ahead of the 2013-14 season, Luke was sent out on loan to Dunfermline Athletic.…Read moreRead less
Brought up in Glenrothes, Luke had been a youth with Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers before moved to Australia at the age of 14 where he was recruited by the youth team of Perth Glory. He returned to Scotland in November 2011 before signing a short term deal as an amateur with United in February, earning a full-time contract in August.

Involved in a number of first team squads towards the end of the 2012-13 he made his debut in April towards the end of the campaign. Ahead of the 2013-14 season, Luke was sent out on loan to Dunfermline Athletic. He was later released and returned to Australia.

Statistics

Apps
1 (1)
Goals
-
Yellow cards
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Red cards
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Goals/game
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Minutes
73
Seasons
1
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
2012-131 (1)000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 24 Aug 2012 · Left: 13 Mar 2014

Returning to Scotland from Australia, Luke signed a professional form with United in August 2012, having signed as an amateur six months earlier.In March of the 2013-14 season, Luke was released and he returned to Australia.

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Jackie McNamara26 Apr 20134 May 20131 (1)

Squad numbers by season

  1. 2012-13

Timeline

  1. Born

    Kirkcaldy

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Ross County 1–0 Dundee United

    · SPL · GlobalEnergy Stadium

    The Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall had been witness to rain, hail, snow and sunshine in the run up to this evening’s game. Thankfully the weather had settled by kick off and although cold, the conditions were near perfect for this top 6 encounter. With…

  5. Recorded contract end

Appearances (2)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
4 May 2013 Dundee Utd 0–1 St Johnstone SPL2012-13 L
26 Apr 2013 Ross County 1–0 Dundee Utd SPL2012-13 L

Goals scored (0)

No goals recorded for these filters.