John Buchanan (footballer, born 1951)

During his career he played for Ross County, Northampton Town and Cardiff City,[2] developing a reputation as a goalscoring midfielder.

[3] Buchanan was playing in the Highland Football League for Ross County when he joined Northampton Town in 1970.

Despite Buchanan being a midfielder he topped the club's scoring charts in two of his seven seasons with his impressive scoring record, his highest being a total of sixteen during the 1978–79 season including his only hattrick for Cardiff, during a 4–0 win over Sheffield United.

After watching Cardiff players Keith Pontin and Phil Dwyer receive red cards in the same incident Buchanan, himself suspended and watching the match from the stands, attempted to get on the pitch to voice his opinion to the referee only to be confronted by police.

[6] Buchanan later returned to the Highland League with Ross County as manager followed by a spell with Highland League neighbours, Brora Rangers [7] Before playing football professionally he played shinty for Caberfeidh.