Junior Burns

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Junior BurnsJames ‘Junior’ Burns joined the club in 1982 signing from Motherwell Boys Club. Unfortunately this young winger was at Fir Park at a bad time as the club were going through a transitional period. However in October 1983 he would score the winner at Ibrox as Motherwell defeated Rangers 2-1 a result which would ultimately cost Rangers manager John Greig his job. Junior had represented Scotland at U18 level. He played twelve first team games scoring the one goal. He was released by the club in 1984.

Name: James Burns
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Date of Birth: 5th February 1965
Place of Birth: Motherwell
Position: Winger
Nationality: Scottish

Football Career:

Motherwell 1982 1984
Forth Wanderers 1984 –

Well Career:

Apps Goals
League:
 4 (6) 1
Scottish Cup:
 0 0
League Cup:
 1 (1) 0
Other:
 0 0
Total:
 5 (7) 1