- Johnny Quigley
Infobox Football biography
playername = Johnny Quigley
fullname = John Quigley
nickname = Johnny, Quigs
dateofbirth = birth date|1935|06|28
cityofbirth =Glasgow
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = death date|2004|11|30
cityofdeath =Nottingham
countryofdeath =England
years = 1957-1965 1965-1966 1966-1968 1968-1970
clubs = Nottingham Forest Huddersfield Town Bristol City Mansfield Town
Total
caps(goals) = 270 (58) 680(5) 66 0(7) 1040(2) 508 (72)John "Johnny" Quigley (born
June 28 1935 ,Govan ,Glasgow, Scotland - died November 2004, Nottingham, England), a midfielder, started his career with Scottish Junior Football clubs St Anthony's and Ashfield, he joined Nottingham Forest in July 1957, scoring 58 goals in 270 appearances in the 7 seasons he was there. [ [http://www.nottinghamforest.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10308~1239793,00.html FA Cup Final 1959 | Nottingham Forest | Club | History | History ] ]In 1958 he was the first Forest player to score a post-war hat trick which was against Manchester City. His goal against Aston Villa at Hillsborough won the FA Cup semi final which insured Forest a place in the 1959 FA Cup final which ended with a 2-1 win over Luton Town a game where he was also a key player.
Quigley left Nottingham Forest in February 1965 for Huddersfield Town where he scored 5 goals in 68 appearances, in October 1966 he joined Bristol City where he made 66 appearances and scored 7 goals.
He moved to Mansfield Town in July 1968 for £3,000, there Quigley was to enjoy the club's arguably most famous moment when in 1969 they beat West Ham United, a team containing many of England's World Cup heroes, 3-0 in the FA Cup, and progressed to the quarter final stage where they eventually lost to Leicester City. He made 104 appearances and scored 2 goals, he also captained the team and went on to be assistant player-manager/trainer-coach at
Field Mill . He left in 1970 and went on to coach at Doncaster Rovers and also coached in theMiddle East inKuwait andSaudi Arabia for five years. Overall in his professional career he made 508 appearances and scored 72 goals.Honours
FA Cup Winners 1959 (Nottingham Forest). FA Charity Shield Runners Up 1960 (Nottingham Forest). "Giant Killers" Cup Winners 1969 (Mansfield). [ [http://www.stagsnet.net/news/newsdetails.php?newsid=2137 Stagsnet - Site of the SSA ] ]
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References
Other Johnny Related Reference Reading:
Bobby Moore : The Life and Times of a Sporting Hero by Jeff Powell
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