| Brian Nelson |
 Brian Nelson was probably born in Scotland, circa 1965, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The midfielder signed for Derek Johnstone's Thistle on Monday, 18th August, 1986. Aged 20 or 21, he made his only appearance on Saturday, 23rd August, 1986, in a 1-1 draw at home to Queen of the South in the SFL First Division. There were no goals for Brian in his one-off appearance for Thistle. Brian's club-list included Partick Thistle, Shettleston Juniors, Rutherglen Glencairn and Cambuslang Rangers.
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 Originally hailing from the Darvel area, he was described as a strong and skilful midfielder although his Thistle appearances (bar one when he came on for Bobby Law in a league match vs Q.O.S.) were confined to the reserves in 1986-87. Brian was a junior internationalist. Post-Thistle, he signed for Davie McDermott's Shettleston before Vince Kerr took him to Rutherglen Glencairn in October 1993, when he was described as a 27-year-old. He moved on to Cambuslang Rangers for 1994-95. |
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