Rachael Johnstone

Rachael Johnstone (born 2 March 2004) is a Scottish footballer from the Isle of Lewis. She has played soccer for Celtic and Scotland youth teams as a goalkeeper.

Rachel Johnstone
Personal information
Full name Rachel Isabella Johnstone
Date of birth (2004-03-02) 2 March 2004
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 52
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Celtic 2 (0)
International career
2019 Scotland U17 1 (0)
2021–2022 Scotland U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life

Johnstone was born in Glasgow in 2004[1] and she was brought up on the Isle of Lewis where she began her interest in football. She began playing for Stornoway Athletic’s under 15 team (of boys). She was an outfield player who got placed in goal temporarily where she did well. By the age of thirteen of fourteen she was being chosen for the national Scottish team making her debut in a match against Poland. By the age of sixteen she was in Celtic Football Club's first team and she was in Scotland's under 17 team.[2] Her family and particularly her mother Rhona were very supportive of her ambitions. It is long trip from Lewis to the mainland and this was a barrier they overcame to enable her to attend matches and training. Eventually she moved from her island home to the mainland in November 2020. She lived in a flat in Paisley that she shared with five other teammates.[3]

Johnstone played in the Scottish Women's Cup final. The match was on 29 May 2022 at Tynecastle.[4]

Johnstone was not in the original 26-player Scottish squad to play in the 2022 Pinatar Cup,[5] but Erin Cuthbert and Chloe Logan were injured and they were replaced by Leah Eddie and Johnstone.[6]

In 2022 she was training and playing football with an ambition to study business, She wears the number 52 which is the same as the family's house number of her home in Balallan in Lewis.[3]

References
  1. FC, Celtic. "Rachael Johnstone". Celtic FC. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. "Lewis goalkeeper Rachael Johnstone is star for Celtic and Scotland". Stornoway Gazette. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. MacLennan, Chris (1 January 2022). "Meet the Western Isles teen living out her dream as Celtic's number one (or 52)". Press and Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. "Tynecastle to host Biffa Scottish Women's Cup Final | Heart Of Midlothian Football Club". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. "Chloe Logan earns first Scotland call-up". Scottish Football Association. 8 February 2022.
  6. McPartlin, Patrick (14 February 2022). "Hibs Women defender Leah Eddie called into Scotland squad as Erin Cuthbert and Chloe Logan drop out". Edinburgh Evening News.


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