Paddy Connolly

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Paddy Connolly
Personal information
Full name Patrick Connolly
Date of birth (1970-06-25) 25 June 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
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Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Hamilton Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–96 Dundee United 112 (29)
1996–98 Airdrie 64 (19)
1998–04 St. Johnstone 109 (13)
1999 → Morton (loan) 5 (5)
2000 → Ayr United (loan) 6 (2)
2004–05 Ayr United 34 (7)
2005–06 Stirling Albion 36 (12)
2006–2008 Brechin City 30 (5)
2008 Albion Rovers 0 (0)
International career
1990 Scotland U21[1] 3 (1)
Managerial career
2015 Alloa Athletic (caretaker)
2015– Alloa Athletic (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick "Paddy" Connolly (born 25 June 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former footballer who spent over twenty years with a number of Scottish clubs.

Career

Connolly started his career with Dundee United. He spent ten years at Tannadice, after which he joined Airdrie for a short time, before moving to St. Johnstone in 1998. Connolly spent six years with the Saints, including short loan spells at Morton and Ayr United. Despite being sent out on loan, Connolly agreed a new three-year contract in May 2001, amidst interest from former manager and Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Sturrock.[2] Connolly missed the final year of his contract due to a cruciate ligament injury,[3] and upon leaving McDiarmid Park in 2004, returned to Ayr, where he spent a season before playing the following season with Stirling Albion. Connolly joined former Dundee United colleague Michael O'Neill at Brechin City in May 2006[4] before becoming assistant to brother-in-law Paul Martin at Albion Rovers in July 2008.[5] Nine months later, Connolly left the club due to work commitments elsewhere, joining Fulham as a scout around November 2009.[6]

Disallowed goal

Connolly was involved in one of Scottish football's more bizarre moments when he was denied a hat-trick during his time at Dundee United, when referee Les Mottram failed to notice his shot had come back from the back stanchion in a February 1993 match against Partick Thistle.[7] Despite Partick defender Martin Clark handing the ball back to goalkeeper Andy Murdoch to restart, Mottram missed the goal and handball to wave play on, with Connolly scoring twice in the match in a 4–0 win. Mottram went on to referee in the 1994 World Cup the following year. This resulted in the previously widely used stanchions which the ball had rebounded off, being removed in a re-design of football goalposts.

Personal life

His son, Aidan, is also a footballer who currently plays for Dundee United as a striker.

Coaching career

Connolly worked as assistant manager role for Albion Rovers and as a scout for Fulham. On 18 May 2011 he was appointed assistant manager to Paul Hartley at Alloa Athletic.[8] He continued as assistant manager under Barry Smith and was appointed caretaker manager after Smith left the club in March 2015.[9] Connolly continued to work for Alloa under the management of Danny Lennon and was appointed caretaker when Lennon resigned in December 2015.[10]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1988–89 Dundee United Scottish Premier Division 2 0 - - - 2 0
1989–90 15 5 4 1 - - 19 6
1990–91 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 16 4
1991–92 5 0 1 0 - - 6 0
1992–93 42 16 2 0 3 3 - 47 19
1993–94 27 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 33 6
1994–95 6 0 - 2 0 - 8 0
1995–96 Scottish First Division 5 1 - 2 2 - 7 3
Airdrieonians 6 3 N/A N/A - 6 3
1996–97 35 8 N/A - N/A 35 8
1997–98 23 8 N/A - N/A 23 8
St Johnstone Scottish Premier Division 4 0 - - - 4 0
1998–99 Scottish Premier League 9 1 1 0 1 1 - 11 2
1999-00 Morton (loan) Scottish First Division 5 5 - - - 5 5
St Johnstone Scottish Premier League 11 1 - - - 11 1
2000–01 21 4 1 0 - - 22 4
Ayr United (loan) Scottish First Division 6 2 - - - 6 2
2001–02 St Johnstone Scottish Premier League 29 2 1 0 2 0 - 32 2
2002–03 Scottish First Division 35 5 3 1 1 0 - 39 6
2003–04 - - - - 0 0
2004–05 Ayr United Scottish Second Division 34 7 3 0 2 0 - 39 7
2005–06 Stirling Albion 36 12 2 1 1 2 - 39 15
2006–07 Brechin City 30 5 5 1 2 0 - 37 6
Career total 396 92 27 5 19 9 5 1 447 107

Managerial statistics

As of 7 April 2015

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Alloa Athletic (caretaker) Scotland March 2015 April 2015 4 0 2 2 00.00

References

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