John Connolly (Scottish footballer)

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Personal information
John Connolly
Date of birth	June 13, 1950 (1950-06-13) (age 58)
Place of birth	Barrhead, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Outside Left
Youth clubs
1966-1968	Glasgow United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968-1972 1972-1976 1976-1978 1978-1980 1980-1982 1982 1982-1983 1983-1984	St Johnstone Everton Birmingham City Newcastle United Hibernian Gateshead Blyth Spartans Gateshead	096 (41) 108 (16) 057 0(9) 049 (10) 034 0(8)
National team
1973	Scotland	001 0(0)
Teams managed
1982-1983 1984 2000-2004 2004-2005	Blyth Spartans Whitley Bay Queen of the South St Johnstone
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Connolly (born 13 June 1950 in Barrhead, Scotland) is a former footballer and manager.

Connolly played for St. Johnstone of Perth, Everton, Birmingham City, Newcastle United, Hibernian, Gateshead and Blyth Spartans during an 18-year professional career. He earned one cap for Scotland. He held the role of player-manager while with Blyth and has also managed Whitley Bay.

Connolly was appointed manager of Dumfries club Queen of the South in July 2000. With the captaincy of Jim Thomson he led the club to the Scottish Second Division title in 2002, clinched with a 3-0 win away to Forfar Athletic. This made Connolly the first manager to give Queens a national competition victory since Jimmy McKinnell Junior with the same competition in 1951. The following season Connolly's Queens side won the Scottish Challenge Cup after defeating Brechin City 2-0 in the final at Clyde's Broadwood Stadium.

Connolly left Queens in May 2004 to join former club St Johnstone, with his former assistant Iain Scott taking over at Queens. Connolly managed St Jonstone for just 11 months.

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Grant (1919–20) • Buchan (1920–22) • Taylor (1922–31) • Muirhead (1931–36) • Rutherford (1936–47) • Crapnell (1947–53) • Pattillo (1953–58) • Brown (1958–67) • Ormond (1967–73) • Stewart (1973–76) • Storrie (1976–78) • Stuart (1978–80) • Rennie (1980–85) • Gibson (1985–87) • Totten (1987–92) • McClelland (1992–93) • Sturrock (1993–98) • Clark (1998–01) • Stark (2001–2004) • Connolly (2004–05) • Coyle (2005–07) • McInnes (2007–)