Can't help there, just what he and others have told me, Jim Thorburn who I play golf with sometimes said he played with John, he was a keeper at the Saints, Scott said in an article that it was good to play for St Mirren and follow in his dad's footsteps. Even his missus, a big Saints fan said he played for them, he started off at Middlesbrough from junior football as a lad, went to Dumbarton, Saints then Kerry City.
Known him for many a year, so I've no need to doubt him