Charlie Gallagher – What a Player! Photo Celtic Star Books
Charlie took the corner kick that led to Billy McNeill's last gasp goal against Vojvodina in the quarter final second leg at Celtic park, a goal that would send the club into the semi-finals, so he could lay claim to having played his part on route to our iconic success.
Just a couple of years earlier, Charlie also laid on Billy McNeill's winner in the Scottish Cup final over Dunfermline, again from a corner kick.
That cup final win over the Pars was said to the the catalyst for the period of success we enjoyed under the legendary Jock Stein, so Charlie deserves great credit for his contributions to the Celtic fairytale.
Charlie who was the cousin of Paddy Crerand signed for the club in September 1958, and made his full debut a year later in a 1-0 League Cup win over Raith Rovers at Celtic Park, but it wasn't until the appointment of Jock Stein that he fully flourished, as he suffered from inconsistency due to Jimmy McGrory playing him in serval positions, without ever settling in the one role. That understandably affected his confidence.
Charlie took the corner kick that led to Billy McNeill's last gasp goal against Vojvodina in the quarter final second leg at Celtic park, a goal that would send the club into the semi-finals, so he could lay claim to having played his part on route to our iconic success.
Just a couple of years earlier, Charlie also laid on Billy McNeill's winner in the Scottish Cup final over Dunfermline, again from a corner kick.
That cup final win over the Pars was said to the the catalyst for the period of success we enjoyed under the legendary Jock Stein, so Charlie deserves great credit for his contributions to the Celtic fairytale.
Charlie who was the cousin of Paddy Crerand signed for the club in September 1958, and made his full debut a year later in a 1-0 League Cup win over Raith Rovers at Celtic Park, but it wasn't until the appointment of Jock Stein that he fully flourished, as he suffered from inconsistency due to Jimmy McGrory playing him in serval positions, without ever settling in the one role. That understandably affected his confidence.
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