John William "Jake" or "Johnny" Madden (11 June 1865 – 17 April 1948) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played for

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and the Scotland national team. At Celtic, where he played for eight years, he won the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...

(also losing in two other finals, adding to a defeat with Dumbarton in

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) and the

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

title in 1892–93, 1893–94 and 1895–96, playing a leading role in their establishment as one of the leading clubs in the country, though he had been on the verge of leaving to join

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before professional contracts were officially introduced in Scottish football in 1893. He was

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twice by Scotland in 1893 and in 1895, both against

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. He scored four times in an 8–0 win over Wales in March 1893. He also played for Dumbartonshire (3 caps / 4 goals),

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

(3 caps / 1 goal) and the

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(4 caps / 2 goals). Between 1905 and 1930, Madden was the manager of

SK Slavia Praha Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in th ...

, and is considered an important figure in the development of the sport in the

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region (at that time another Scot, Johnny Dick, was in charge of Slavia's city rivals

Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

).Madden and Dick
Scots Football Worldwide A stand at Slavia's

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is named after him, and each year a supporter group pays tribute at his grave in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, where he lived until his death. Madden earned the nickname "The Codger". He took charge of the Bohemian team during the UIAFA European Championship in 1911, defeating the AFA England team 2–1 in the final.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

;Dumbarton *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1886–87 * Dumbartonshire Cup: Winner 1888–89 * Greenock Charity Cup: Runners-up 1888–89 ;Celtic * Scottish league champion: 1893, 1894, 1896 *

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,

Manager

;SK Slavia Prague *

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

, 1928–29, 1929–30 * Mistrovství/Středočeská: 1913, 1915, 1918Domestic league or cup competition not counted by Czech FA. 1924 league was abandoned. *Czech Charity Cup: 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912 *Central Bohemian Cup: 1922, 1925–26, 1927, 1927–28, 1929–30 *

Coupe des Nations Coupe des Nations 1930 ( en, Cup of Nations) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by local club Servette FC. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to t ...

Runner-up:

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Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...

: Runner-up:

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

;Bohemia *UIAFA European Championship: 1911 ;Individual *

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Manager of the Decade (1910s)

Burial Plot

Madden is buried in the historic

Olšany Cemetery Olšany Cemeteries (''Olšanské hřbitovy'' in Czech, ''Wolschan'' in German) is the largest graveyard in Prague, Czech Republic, once laid out for as many as two million burials. The graveyard is particularly noted for its many remarkable art ...

(Olšanské hřbitovy) which is the main cemetery in prague. The grave is located in Section 1 of Area 1, which is in the south east corner of the sprawling cemetery. The gravestone bears the red flag of SK Slavia Prague. Johnny Madden Grave 5th Feb 2022

References

External links

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International stats
at Londonhearts.com
The Celtic Wiki profile

John Madden (The Sons Archive - Dumbarton Football Club History)
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