John Reilly (footballer, born 1962)

John Reilly
Personal information
Full name	John Reilly
Date of birth	(1962-03-21) 21 March 1962
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Dundee United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1980–1985	Dundee United	58	(19)
1985–1987	Motherwell	56	(12)
1991–1993	Dunfermline Athletic	6	(0)
1993	East Fife	9	(5)
1993–1994	Cowdenbeath	13	(0)
1994	Arbroath	3	(2)
1994	Forfar Athletic	1	(0)
1995	Albion Rovers	10	(1)
Teams managed
1993–1994	Cowdenbeath
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

John Reilly (born 21 March 1962 in Dundee) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Reilly began his career with Dundee United, signing as a schoolboy from Strathtay Boys Club in 1979. Played for Scotland U'17s and U'18's professional youth side before making his 1st team debut in August 1980. Was a member of the squad that won a Premier League Winners medal in season 1982/1983 before going onto score the clubs 1st ever goal in the European Cup the following season. Signing for Motherwell in 1985, Reilly suffered an achilles tendon injury in his 1st game for the club and despite seeing several specialists over the next 18 months was forced into early retirement.^[1] After revolutionary surgery 5 years later however, he was able to continue playing and went on to play a handful of games for a number of Scottish lower league clubs, including Dunfermline Athletic and East Fife, while taking on a player/manager role at Cowdenbeath F.C.

After retiring for the second time in the mid-1990s, Reilly remains in the game working as a journalist covering lower Division football for a National newspaper. Reilly was inducted into Dundee Uniteds Hall Of Fame in February 2013.^[1]

Honours

Dundee United

Scottish Premier Division: 1

1982–83

References

1 2 "Dundee United A-Z (R)". Dundee United FC. Retrieved 15 April 2009.

External links

Independent profile

Cowdenbeath F.C. – managers

Parker (1906)
Paterson (1906–24)
Richardson (1924–25)
Duncan (1925–32)
Paterson (1932–33)
Dougary (1934–38)
Hodge (1938–39)
Fotheringham (1945–48)
Sweet (1948–51)
Baxter (1951–55)
Dougary (1955–58)
Mitchell (1958–59)
Buchanan (1959–60)
Colville (1960–64)
Robertson (1964–68)
Matthew (1968–74)
Paton (1974)
McLindon (1974–75)
Connor (1975–77)
P. Wilson (1977–80)
Stanton (1980)
Rolland (1980–82)
H. Wilson (1982–83)
McCulloch (1983–84)
Clark (1984–85)
Craig (1985–87)
Campbell (1987)
Blackley (1987–88)
Brownlie (1988–92)
Harrow (1992–93)
Reilly (1993–94)
Dolan (1994–95)
Steven (1995–97)
Conn (1997)
Levein (1997–2000)
Cormack (2000)
Kirk (2000–02)
Wright (2002–04)
Baikie (2004–05)
Paatelainen (2005–06)
Welsh (2006–08)
Lennon (2008–10)
Nicholl (2010–11)
Cameron (2011–13)
Nicholl (2013–15)
Nish (2015–)

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