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Connelly</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Spelmoment,_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_(Connolly).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg/220px-Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg/330px-Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg/440px-Spelmoment%2C_Bestanddeelnr_924-3470_%28Connolly%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="537" data-file-height="515" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Connelly in 1971</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-03-01</span>) </span>1 March 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1968–1976</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 136</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1976–1977</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_F.C." title="Falkirk F.C.">Falkirk</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 8</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>144</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(7)</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1970–1973</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_League_XI" title="Scottish Football League XI">Scottish Football League XI</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 4</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1973</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 2</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Connelly</b> (born 1 March 1949) is a Scottish former international <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who played professionally with <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_F.C." title="Falkirk F.C.">Falkirk</a>. Connelly is from <a href="/wiki/Valleyfield,_Fife" title="Valleyfield, Fife">Valleyfield</a> in Fife.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Connelly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a>, Connelly was a technically accomplished footballer, who could play with distinction anywhere in the outfield, although his most common positions were left half and inside forward.<sup id="cite_ref-Lamming_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lamming-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He signed for Celtic from Tulliallan Juniors in March 1966 and as a teenager was noted for his fine ball control. This was first publicly displayed when he was sent out to entertain the crowd at <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Park" title="Celtic Park">Celtic Park</a> before a European tie later that year against <a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Kiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamo Kiev">Dynamo Kiev</a>. He was considered by many to have the potential to be a world class player – as influential in British football as <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a> was in the German game.<sup id="cite_ref-SHerald_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group of young players who emerged at Celtic at the same time as Connelly were known as the <a href="/wiki/Quality_Street_Gang_(Celtic_F.C.)" title="Quality Street Gang (Celtic F.C.)">Quality Street Gang</a>, and included <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Kenny Dalglish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davie_Hay" class="mw-redirect" title="Davie Hay">Davie Hay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Macari" title="Lou Macari">Lou Macari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_McGrain" title="Danny McGrain">Danny McGrain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quinn_(footballer_born_1947)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Quinn (footballer born 1947)">Jimmy Quinn</a>. Connelly broke into the first team in 1968, </p><p>He is remembered particularly for two goals. Just before half time in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Scottish_Cup_final" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Scottish Cup final">1969 Scottish Cup final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a>, he coolly dispossessed <a href="/wiki/John_Greig" title="John Greig">John Greig</a> on the edge of the box, evaded the Rangers' skipper's recovery attempt, rounded the goalkeeper before slipping the ball into the empty net. This goal made it 3–0 to Celtic and ended any hopes of a Rangers revival.<sup id="cite_ref-SHerald_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, in a European Cup tie against the English champions <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> dubbed the football "Battle of Britain" by the media, Connelly scored for Celtic in the first minute of the first leg at <a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">Elland Road</a>. Celtic won that match 1–0 and 2–1 in the return leg at <a href="/wiki/Hampden_Park" title="Hampden Park">Hampden Park</a> to progress to their second European Cup final, which they lost 2–1 to <a href="/wiki/Feyenoord" title="Feyenoord">Feyenoord</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Connelly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Connelly was earmarked as the natural successor to <a href="/wiki/Billy_McNeill" title="Billy McNeill">Billy McNeill</a> at the heart of the Celtic defence and most likely as captain too.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, a series of personal problems that have never been fully publicised led to him periodically disappearing from Celtic Park. After the fifth such walk-out in 1975 he didn't return.<sup id="cite_ref-SHerald_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a recent interview he stated that his poor salary at Celtic was the main reason for his eventual departure.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In a recent book he also pointed at how unhappy he was with his marriage at the time as another factor. <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Docherty" title="Tommy Docherty">Tommy Docherty</a> approached him to sign for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a>, but he rejected the move as football just was not in his head at the time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When David Hay left Celtic in 1974, Connelly did not feel as comfortable at the club.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In nine years with Celtic Connelly made 254 first team appearances,<sup id="cite_ref-SHerald_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scored 13 goals and won two Scotland <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a>, in 1974. He played for <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_F.C." title="Falkirk F.C.">Falkirk</a> for three months in 1976 then reverted to <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Junior_Football_Association" title="Scottish Junior Football Association">Junior</a> status with Sauchie.<sup id="cite_ref-Lamming_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lamming-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time he worked as a <a href="/wiki/Taxicab" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab">taxi driver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SHerald_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He returned to <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Park" title="Celtic Park">Celtic Park</a> for the first time since his walk out to do the half-time draw during the <a href="/wiki/AC_Milan" title="AC Milan">AC Milan</a> fixture in 2006 in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> second round. </p><p>In 2007, <i>Celtic's Lost Legend</i> was published by Black & White Publishing. Co-written by Connelly and Bryan Cooney, the book was a first hand account of Connelly's life and career. <i>Celtic's Lost Legend</i> was re-published in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Connelly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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class="citation web cs1">Alexander, Michael (26 August 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/4660963/how-fife-man-ian-doctor-overcame-alcoholism-helping-others/">"How Fife man Ian overcame alcoholism and is now helping others do the same"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=How+Fife+man+Ian+overcame+alcoholism+and+is+now+helping+others+do+the+same&rft.date=2023-08-26&rft.aulast=Alexander&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecourier.co.uk%2Ffp%2Flifestyle%2Fhealth-wellbeing%2F4660963%2Fhow-fife-man-ian-doctor-overcame-alcoholism-helping-others%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Connelly" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lamming-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lamming_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lamming_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLamming1987" class="citation book cs1">Lamming, Douglas (1987). <i>A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986</i> (Hardback). 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(<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-907033-47-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-907033-47-4">0-907033-47-4</a>).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Scottish+Soccer+Internationalists+Who%27s+Who%2C+1872%E2%80%931986&rft.pub=Hutton+Press&rft.date=1987&rft.aulast=Lamming&rft.aufirst=Douglas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Connelly" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SHerald-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SHerald_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SHerald_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SHerald_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SHerald_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SHerald_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sundayherald.com/sport/shfootball/display.var.1066428.0.unintentional_man_of_mystery.php">Unintentional Man of Mystery</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061229193515/http://www.sundayherald.com/sport/shfootball/display.var.1066428.0.unintentional_man_of_mystery.php">Archived</a> 29 December 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Bryan Cooney, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Herald">The Sunday Herald</a></i>, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPurden" class="citation web cs1">Purden, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishpost.com/sport/the-mystery-of-why-georgconnellys-quality-was-never-fulfilled-15247">"The mystery of why George Connelly's Quality was never fulfilled"</a>. <i>The Irish Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Irish+Post&rft.atitle=The+mystery+of+why+George+Connelly%27s+Quality+was+never+fulfilled&rft.aulast=Purden&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishpost.com%2Fsport%2Fthe-mystery-of-why-georgconnellys-quality-was-never-fulfilled-15247&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Connelly" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blackandwhitepublishing.com/celtics-lost-legend.html/">"Celtic's Lost Legend"</a>. <i>blackandwhitepublishing.com</i>.</cite><span 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