Celtic's Lost Legend: The George Connelly Story

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George Connelly was hailed as the greatest Scottish footballing talent of his generation. He made 254 appearances for Celtic and played in the Scotland team that qualified for the 1974 World Cup Finals but at the age of just twenty-six he walked away from football and a glittering career. So what went wrong? In Celtic's Lost Legend, George Connelly tells the incredible true story of his life and career. He had a rare talent, could pass long or short with unerring accuracy, could entertain crowds with his keepie-uppie skills and seemed to have the world at his feet. But with a troubled private life and the pressures of stardom weighing on his shoulders, the man behind the laidback exterior was starting to fall apart. George Connelly tells the incredible story of why he walked away from his dreams and from the team he loved and finally asnswers the question that has intigued football fans for thirty years. Whatever became of George Connelly?

George Connelly made 254 appearances for Celtic between 1968 and 1975. He was a Scotland international and hailed as the greatest Scottish talent of his generation. He walked away from football at the age of 26 and has never told his story until now. Bryan Cooney, a Fleet Street journalist of 25 years and former sports editor of the Scottish Daily Mail works as a freelance columnist with the Sunday Herald and as a broadcaster with BBC Radio Scotland.