Ray Johnston

Raymond Stephen "Ray" Johnston (born 5 May 1981) is an English football goalkeeper most recently with Tiverton Town.

For the Australian footballer, see Ray Johnston (Australian footballer).

Ray Johnston
Personal information
Full name Raymond Steven Johnston
Date of birth (1981-05-05) 5 May 1981
Place of birth Bristol, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hallen AFC (manager)
Youth career
–1998 Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Bristol Rovers 1 (0)
2002–2003 Bath City 6 (0)
Bishop Sutton
2003–2004 Weston-super-Mare
2004 Frome Town
2005–2006 Clevedon Town 41 (0)
2006–2007 Frome Town
2007 Gloucester City
–2008 Tiverton Town
National team
England U-15
Teams managed
2011– Portishead Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 8 February 2009 (PST)

Johnston started his career as a youth team player for Bristol Rovers, where he eventually signed professional terms in 1998. Despite being a former England schoolboy international, Johnston could only manage to appear in one league game with The Pirates, a 4–3 victory against Macclesfield Town in 1999.

He joined Bath City in 2002, appearing in 6 games. He was the backup to first choice keeper Mark Hervin. An injury at the start of the 2003 season left Johnston 3rd choice so he chose transfer to Bishop Sutton.

Along the way, Johnston found small roles with Weston-super-Mare and Frome Town.

Ray joined Clevedon Town at the start of the 2005 season and played in 41 league games for them, appearing in an additional 9 cup games. While Johnston was the first choice keeper for Clevedon, he led them to promotion to the Southern Football League Premier Division. He was inexplicably released before the start of the next season.

Johnston found his way back to Frome Town in October 2006,[1][2] but was once again out the door before the season was over in 2007. It was reported that Gloucester City put in a seven day's notice for him on 29 January 2007[3] and he joined up with The Tigers soon after. His debut with Gloucester came on 3 February 2007.

Eventually Johnston found himself at Tiverton Town, but was released by manager Martyn Rogers upon the signing of Steve Book and Johnston's inability to fully recover from an Achilles tendon tear and ankle problems.[4][5]

In 2011 Johnston became manager of Western League Division One side Portishead Town.

At the beginning of the 2012–2013, Johnston took over as manager of Wells City F.C, in the Western League Premier Division. The club finished 19th and were subsequently relegated to the Western League Division One at the end of the season.

Johnston was then appointed as the assistant manager of Odd Down F.C in the 2013–2014 season, with Terry Moore as the club's manager. This was a very successful season, which saw the club finish 4th in the Western League Premier Division.Johnston then took over the reins upon Moore's decision to step down leading them to 5th in his first season, going on to win the western league premier league in 15/16. Johnston himself stepped down in 2018, and after 6 months away took over at Hallen AFC

Ray continues at the helm at Hallen AFC

References
  1. Frome make new signings From http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk, Posted 17 October 2006.
  2. Toolstation League preview From http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk, Posted 14 October 2006.
  3. City move for Frome Town goalkeeper From http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk, Posted 29 January 2007.
  4. Rogers wields the axe as keeper is shown the door at Ladysmead From http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk, Posted 28 August 2008.
  5. Keeper Ray is released from Ladysmead From http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk, Posted 5 September 2008.
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