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'''William Omand''' (14 September 1931 – 2005) was Scottish amateur [[Association football|footballer]] who made over 250 appearances in the [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] as an [[outside left]].<ref name="QPFC">{{Cite web |title=Omand, William (Junior) |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/o/omandw.htm |access-date=21 October 2016 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}</ref><ref name="Hosie">{{Cite web |last=Hosie |first=Rab |title=Scottish League appearance records – O |url=http://sfha.org.uk/Appearance%20Records%20-%20O.doc |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2016 |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive}}</ref> He later became president of the club.<ref name="HeraldScotland">{{Cite web |date=1 February 2005 |title=Junior Omand Ballboy, player and president of Queen's Park FC |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12400527.Junior_Omand_Ballboy__player_and_president_of_Queen_apos_s_Park_FC/ |access-date=21 October 2016 |website=Herald Scotland}}</ref> Omand represented Scotland at [[Scotland national amateur football team|amateur]] level and played for touring team [[Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.|Middlesex Wanderers]].<ref name="HeraldScotland" /><ref name="McColl">{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Brian |last2=Gorman |first2=Douglas |last3=Campbell |first3=George |title=Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161609/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2017 |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> As a player, he was described as "something of a reversion to the traditional Scottish [[inside forward]], hunched over the ball and driving towards the opposition goal".<ref name="HeraldScotland" />
'''William''' "'''Junior'''" '''Omand''' (14 September 1931 – 2005) was Scottish amateur [[Association football|footballer]] who made over 250 appearances in the [[Scottish Football League|Scottish League]] for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] as an [[outside left]].<ref name="QPFC">{{Cite web |title=Omand, William (Junior) |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/o/omandw.htm |access-date=21 October 2016 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}</ref><ref name="Hosie">{{Cite web |last=Hosie |first=Rab |title=Scottish League appearance records – O |url=http://sfha.org.uk/Appearance%20Records%20-%20O.doc |url-status=live |access-date=13 December 2016 |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive}}</ref> He later became president of the club.<ref name="HeraldScotland">{{Cite web |date=1 February 2005 |title=Junior Omand Ballboy, player and president of Queen's Park FC |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12400527.Junior_Omand_Ballboy__player_and_president_of_Queen_apos_s_Park_FC/ |access-date=21 October 2016 |website=Herald Scotland}}</ref> Omand represented Scotland at [[Scotland national amateur football team|amateur]] level and played for touring team [[Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.|Middlesex Wanderers]].<ref name="HeraldScotland" /><ref name="McColl">{{Cite web |last=McColl |first=Brian |last2=Gorman |first2=Douglas |last3=Campbell |first3=George |title=Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974 |url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161609/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk/Forgotten%20Glories.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2017 |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> As a player, he was described as "something of a reversion to the traditional Scottish [[inside forward]], hunched over the ball and driving towards the opposition goal".<ref name="HeraldScotland" />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 13:38, 23 April 2023

Junior Omand
Personal information
Full name William Omand[1]
Date of birth 14 September 1931
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death January 2005 (2005-02) (aged 73)[2]
Place of death Scotland
Position(s) Outside left, left half
Youth career
0000–1949 Giffnock North
1949–1951 Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1962 Queen's Park 258 (63)
International career
1953–1961 Scotland Amateurs 19 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William "Junior" Omand (14 September 1931 – 2005) was Scottish amateur footballer who made over 250 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an outside left.[1][3] He later became president of the club.[4] Omand represented Scotland at amateur level and played for touring team Middlesex Wanderers.[4][5] As a player, he was described as "something of a reversion to the traditional Scottish inside forward, hunched over the ball and driving towards the opposition goal".[4]

Personal life

Omand attended Queen's Park Secondary School.[4]

Honours

Queen's Park

References

  1. ^ a b c "Omand, William (Junior)". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "In memoriam Brief lives: Those we have lost in the past seven days". HeraldScotland. 5 February 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – O". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 13 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c d "Junior Omand Ballboy, player and president of Queen's Park FC". Herald Scotland. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George. "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ^ Queen's Park F.C. at the Football Club History Database


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