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Ronald “Ronnie” Campbell Simpson (October 11, 1930 – April 19, 2004) was a Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper.

He is mainly remembered for his time with Celtic, where he was one of the Lisbon Lions, the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967. Although having little to do during the match, his fancy footwork when dealing with a backpass was one of the highlights of the match.

Before this, he played for Queen’s Park, Third Lanark, Newcastle United (where he won the FA Cup twice after taking over as Newcastle’s regular goalkeeper from Jack Fairbrother) and Hibernian. Thought to be in the last throes of his career, he was transferred to Celtic in 1965 as cover for John Fallon. Simpson’s anticipation, handling and maintaining his concentration during long periods of inactivity, made him an ideal goalkeeper for the attack-minded Celtic; and he soon won the Celtic number one place from Fallon.

He also played for the Scotland national football team, in particular when they beat England 3-2 in 1967, which was Simpson’s international debut at the age of 36.

Simpson’s father Jimmy Simpson also played for Scotland, and enjoyed notable success as a centre-half for Rangers and Dundee United in the 1930s.

After he retired as a player, he was manager of Hamilton Academical for a year. He also served on the pools panel, which guessed results of postponed matches in periods of exceptionally bad weather.

He died on 19 April 2004, from a heart attack.

International Record

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
06 Nov 1968 SCOTLAND 2 – 1 AUSTRIA

International Challenge Match
10 May 1967 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 USSR

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
24 Feb 1968 SCOTLAND 1 – 1 ENGLAND
21 Oct 1967 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 0 SCOTLAND
15 Apr 1967 ENGLAND 2 – 3 SCOTLAND

Gary Caldwell, (born April 12, 1982, in Stirling), is a Scotland international football player who currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Celtic.

Primarily considered a central defender, Caldwell proved extremely versatile and had been deployed as a right-back, defensive midfielder and man-marker at various spells in his career.
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Club career

Caldwell started his career with Celtic Boys Club. At 16 he went to England, alongside his elder brother Steven at Newcastle United. Breaking through from the reserves proved difficult, however, and in search of regular first team football, he went on loan to other clubs on several occasions: Darlington and Hibernian in 2001-02, then Coventry and Derby County the following season. In the summer of 2003 he was given a free transfer, and despite being linked with boyhood favourites Celtic, he returned to Easter Road to sign with Hibs.

Transfer speculation continued to see him linked with a move to Celtic, and persistent rumours that he had signed a pre-contract agreement to join the club in the summer of 2006 were finally confirmed on January 20.

International career

Since winning his first Scotland cap in 2002, under the reign of Berti Vogts, Caldwell had established himself as a squad, if not first team, regular. As of October 2006, he has played 23 times for his country, scoring twice.

Caldwell’s international debut came in the first match of Berti Vogts management, a 5-0 defeat to France at the Stade de France. Ironically, what is possibly the finest moment of his career came also against France, scoring the only goal of the game as Scotland defeated the World Cup runners up 1-0 at Hampden Park, on October 7, 2006 in a Euro 2008 qualifying match

Paul Kenneth Dalglish (born 18 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League.
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Biography

Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, started his career as a youth player with Celtic before joining Liverpool, but made no appearances for either of his father’s former clubs.

Dalglish was then signed by his father for Newcastle United, he made 14 appearances, scoring one goal. After a successful loan spell, he permanently joined Norwich City in 1999 for £300,000, but failed to establish himself though he scored 17 goals in three years at the club.

Dalglish went on to have brief spells with Wigan Athletic (loan), Blackpool, Scunthorpe (loan), Linfield and Italian club Modena.

After this, Dalglish considered a media career, which resulted in finding himself a small interview slot on cult Saturday-morning Sky Sports program Soccer AM, although this was short-lived due to the resurgence of his football career.

Having considered retiring from football, Dalglish was given a lifeline when newly-appointed Livingston manager Paul Lambert signed him and, despite struggling near the bottom of the SPL, Dalglish impressed, scoring in a narrow 2-1 defeat to Celtic.

Dalglish’s performances attracted the attention of Hibernian manager Tony Mowbray, and on the final day of the January 2006 transfer window, he joined the Edinburgh club for a nominal fee. After being sidelined with injuries, Dalglish left Hibs in August 2006 to play for Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo. On November 5, 2006, the Dynamo defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in the Western Conference final to earn a spot in its first MLS Cup as the Houston Dynamo. Dalglish scored twice and was named Man of the Match. However, he struggled with injuries and was released by Dynamo in the 2007 post-season.

He had talks with a few clubs in February 2008 including Scottish club Kilmarnock, with whom he signed a contract till the end of the season.

Teams

Celtic: 1995-1996
Liverpool:1996-1997
Newcastle United:1997-1999
Bury: 1998-1999
Norwich City: 1999-2002
Wigan Athletic: 2001-2002
Blackpool: 2002-2003
Scunthorpe United: 2003
Linfield: 2003
Modena: 2004-2005
Livingston: 2005-2006
Hibernian: 2006
Houston Dynamo: 2006-2007
Kilmarnock: 2008

Titles

John Brownlie was born in Caldercruix (Lanarkshire) on 11 March 1952.

Brownlie was a pioneering right back who played a crucial role in the entertaining and enterprising Hibernian side of the early 1970s. He developed the traditional tackling role of the full back into an attacking option, with his surging runs down the wing, from where he could deliver many a telling cross. He joined Hibs from Pumpherston Juniors in 1969, and had nine years at Easter Road, winning seven caps in the process. He won the Scottish League Cup in 1972, and also appeared in losing finals in the Scottish Cup of 1972 and League Cup of 1974. In 1978 he went to Newcastle, the start of a lengthy link with the north east of England. From there he went to Middlesbrough in 1982, Hartlepool United in 1984, Berwick Rangers a year later, and finally a short spell with Blyth Spartans early in 1986.

Johns 7 caps

Johns Euro Debut Described

Describes Brownlie's stint in Hospital

John Brownlie's European Debut Described

JOHN BURRIDGE

Born: Workington d.o.b: 3 December 1951

Position: Goalkeeper

Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source : Apprentice
Workington 68-71 27 0
Blackpool 70-76 134 0
Aston Villa 75-77 65 0
Southend United (on loan) 77-78 6 0
Crystal Palace 77-79 88 0
Queens Park Rangers 80-82 39 0
Wolverhampton Wds. 82-84 74 0
Derby County (on loan) 84-85 6 0
Sheffield United 84-87 109 0
Southampton 87-89 62 0
Newcastle United 89-91 67 0
Hibernian 91-93 65 0
Scarborough 93-94 3 0
Lincoln City 93-94 4 0
Aberdeen 93-94 3 0
Dumbarton 94-95 3 0
Falkirk 94-95 3 0
Manchester City 94-95 4 0
Darlington 95-96 3 0
Queen of the South 95-96 6 0
to Plyr/Mgr. of Blyth Spartans

Totals 771 0

John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.
Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Accies. He won seven Scottish international caps and represented his country in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Blackley began a mangerial career with Hamilton in 1982, before taking charge of another former club, Hibs, between 1984 and 1986. His final managerial role was at Cowdenbeath, which he left to become Gordon Wallace’s assistant at Dundee.

JOHN McNAMEE

Born: Coatbridge d.o.b: 11 June 1941

Position: Centre Half

Teams Seasons Apps. Gls.
Source : Bellshill Athletic
Glasgow Celtic 60-64 27 2
Hibernian 63-67 77 4
Newcastle United 66-72 117 8
Blackburn Rovers 71-73 56 9
Hartlepool United 73-74 2 0
Lancaster City
Workington 75-76 2 0

Retired

Totals 281 23

B. Wed 21 Aug 1940

Joined Newcastle from Hibernian in August 1967. Made over 50 appearances for Newcastle before transfer to Crystal Palace in February 1972.

International Challenge Match
11 May 1966 SCOTLAND 0 – 3 NETHERLANDS

Ronald “Ronnie” Campbell Simpson (October 11, 1930 – April 19, 2004) was a Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper.

He is mainly remembered for his time with Celtic, where he was one of the Lisbon Lions, the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967. Although having little to do during the match, his fancy footwork when dealing with a backpass was one of the highlights of the match.

Before this, he played for Queen’s Park, Third Lanark, Newcastle United (where he won the FA Cup twice after taking over as Newcastle’s regular goalkeeper from Jack Fairbrother) and Hibernian. Thought to be in the last throes of his career, he was transferred to Celtic in 1965 as cover for John Fallon. Simpson’s anticipation, handling and maintaining his concentration during long periods of inactivity, made him an ideal goalkeeper for the attack-minded Celtic; and he soon won the Celtic number one place from Fallon.

He also played for the Scotland national football team, in particular when they beat England 3-2 in 1967, which was Simpson’s international debut at the age of 36.

Simpson’s father Jimmy Simpson also played for Scotland, and enjoyed notable success as a centre-half for Rangers and Dundee United in the 1930s.

After he retired as a player, he was manager of Hamilton Academical for a year. He also served on the pools panel, which guessed results of postponed matches in periods of exceptionally bad weather.

He died on 19 April 2004, from a heart attack.

International Record

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
06 Nov 1968 SCOTLAND 2 – 1 AUSTRIA

International Challenge Match
10 May 1967 SCOTLAND 0 – 2 USSR

U.E.F.A. European Championship Qualifier
24 Feb 1968 SCOTLAND 1 – 1 ENGLAND
21 Oct 1967 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 0 SCOTLAND
15 Apr 1967 ENGLAND 2 – 3 SCOTLAND

Sammy Baird
D.O.B 13 May 1930
Appearances 7
Goals 2
Yellow Cards 0
Red Cards 0

Samuel Baird was born in Denny (Stirlingshire) on 13 May 1930.
An inside left who scored on his debut for Scotland and also in his last match (in the 1958 World Cup). His career took him to many clubs starting with Clyde in 1949, on to Preston North End (1954), Rangers (1955), Hibernian (October 1960), Third Lanark (November 1962), and finally as player manager of Stirling Albion from June 1963, playing just 12 matches before hanging up his boots. He won a B Division championship medal with Clyde in 1951/52 and further honours with Rangers, including the Scottish League in 1955/56, 1956/57 and 1958/59 and the Scottish Cup in 1960.

Matches

British International Championship
05 Oct 1957 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 – 1 SCOTLAND

F.I.F.A. World Cup
15 Jun 1958 FRANCE 2 – 1 SCOTLAND (1 Goal )

F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
26 May 1957 SPAIN 4 – 1 SCOTLAND
19 May 1957 SWITZERLAND 1 – 2 SCOTLAND
08 May 1957 SCOTLAND 4 – 2 SPAIN

International Challenge Match
22 May 1957 GERMANY (WEST) 1 – 3 SCOTLAND
21 Nov 1956 SCOTLAND 2 – 0 YUGOSLAVIA (1 Goal )

Scored a Penalty in Europe for Hibernian vs Belenenses, September 4, 1961 (Link Here)