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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 9 Dec 13:07
The prolific goalscorer for Motherwell and Celtic has died at the age of 79.
He scored 89 goals in 198 appearances for Motherwell and 124 in 184 appearances for Celtic. He was capped twice for Scotland without scoring.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Tue 9 Dec 13:43
Signed for Celtic from Neilston Juniors, at least he played for Neilston Juniors. He may have gone to Motherwell first and from there to Celtic. Anyway a very memorable player. Scored a hattrick in the Scottish cup final against Hibs, if I remember correctly.
Post Edited (Tue 09 Dec 13:48)
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 9 Dec 13:55
Here`s an interesting bit of trivia about him from wikipedia -
`He is the only player in Scottish football history to twice score a hat trick in a major cup final, achieving the feat in the 1972 Scottish Cup Final and the 1974 Scottish League Cup Final, both against Hibernian.`
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Tue 9 Dec 14:07
Amazing that he only got two caps.
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 9 Dec 14:14
Also from wikipedia - `He was left out of the Scotland squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. He had made the initial 40-man squad but missed the final cut of 22 as Donald Ford and Denis Law were selected instead.`
Denis was 34 and well past his best but had never played in the WC finals and it was thought his selection was partly based on sentiment as I recall.
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