John 'Jocky' Dempster (born 8 October 1948) is a former

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professional footballer who played as a right winger, mainly for Queen of the South and also St Mirren and Clyde.

Career

Dempster played with junior outfit Muirkirk before signing for Queen of the South at the start of the 1969–70 season. Dempster is best known for his time Queens in

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. The 1970s goalscoring winger and penalty taker found the net 98 times during 355 first-team matches for the ''Doonhamers'' and is the sixth highest goalscorer in the club's history. Dempster played alongside teammates Allan Ball, Iain McChesney and Crawford Boyd, who were named amongst the best eleven that Dempster played with at Palmerston Park.John Dempster career profile and interview on www.qosfc.com
/ref> Queens narrowly missed out on promotion in Dempster's first season at Palmerston, the 1968-70 season, as the club finished third in the table behind

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and Cowdenbeath respectively, in Scottish League Division Two. After leaving Palmerston Park, Dempster played for senior clubs St Mirren and Clyde for a season a-piece, before moving to Scottish Juniors club Cumnock.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dempster, Jocky 1948 births Living people Footballers from East Ayrshire Scottish footballers Association football wingers Queen of the South F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Cumnock Juniors F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players