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“After I’d finished I was at a dinner with Ronnie and Jock sat down next to us. He wanted to apologise. ‘I didn’t realise how important you were to Celtic until you weren’t there anymore,’ he said. ‘And I didn’t realise that goalkeeper is the hardest
position of all’.”
Evan Williams (2016)
Poster was told that supposedly Stein signed 22 goalies
Can we confirm?
Signed by: (19)
Evan Wiiliams
Denis Connaghan
Packie Bonner – Jock Stein’s last Celtic signing.
Roy Baines
Peter Latchford
Evan Williams
Ally Hunter
Graham Barclay – playing one Scottish Cup tie against Clydebank.
Bobby Wraith
Tom Livingstone
Bent Martin
Lief Nielsen
John Kennedy (I’m pretty sure he was signed by Stein)
Gordon Marshall Snr – that’s a definite
Tom Lally
Colin Shafar – a young keeper signed from celtic Boys Club
Stefan Gryzka – who Stein signed from Whitehill Welfare and who went on to play for Albion Rovers.
Michael Collins – who was signed in 1964/65 and ended up at Alloa. Could well have been signed for Celtic by Stein.
Neil Carr
Played under: (2)
Ronnie Simpson – was sold by Jock Stein to Celtic from Hibs.
John Fallon
Don’t Count:
Frank Haffey
[Can be cleaned up, re-named and moved somewhere else when we’re finished]