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Charlie Tully (front, second right) is pictured in this 1955 Celtic line-up. A Hoops legend, he was a favourite for his range of skills, inspiring the likes of Jinky Johnstone and Aiden McGeady. Line up: Back row, from left: Mick Haughney, Sean Fallon, Johnnie Bonnar, Bobby Evans, Jock Stein, Bertie Peacock. Front: Bobby Collins, Willie Fernie, Johnnie Walsh, Tully, Neilly Mochan |
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by Now you Know
AIDEN McGEADY has shone this season at Parkhead, with a full repertoire of tricks and turns. But JAMES QUINN, of Maryhill, says he's not the first.
He reckons: "My grandfather used to tell me that the greatest entertainer he ever saw playing for Celtic was Charlie Tully. Can you please provide me with some information about his career?"
TULLY was born in Belfast on July 11, 1924, and started his career with local club Whiterock before joining Belfast Celtic. On June 28, 1948, he joined Glasgow Celtic and made his debut in August in a 0-0 draw with
Morton.
In a Celtic career which spanned 11 years, he made a total of 319 first-team appearances and scored 47 goals.
His dribbling skill and cheeky attitude on the park made him a huge favourite with Celtic fans. He was an international player with Northern Ireland and in one memorable 1952 game against
England scored both goals in a
2-2 draw. One of them came direct from a corner kick.
The following year, he went one better - in a Scottish Cup-tie against Falkirk at Brockville, he again scored direct from a corner kick, only for the referee to
disallow the goal and order the kick to be re-taken.
Charlie took the corner again... and scored again, confirming his status as a Celtic legend.
At the end of his career, he had a short loan spell at Stirling Albion and spells in management at Cork Hibernian, Bangor and Portadown. Sadly, Charlie died on July 27, 1971, at the very young age of 47.
BOB WALKER (Motherwell) - Can you tell me when league football started in Scotland, which teams played in the first League Championship, and which team was the winner?
THE first season of league football in Scotland was 1890/91 and the clubs who participated were: Abercorn, Cambuslang, Celtic, Cowlairs, Dumbarton, Hearts, Rangers, Renton, Third Lanark, St Mirren and Vale of Leven. At the end of the season, both Rangers and Dumbarton topped the table with 29 points.
After a play-off match which ended 2-2, it was agreed to share the title - the only time in the history of the league that a Championship has been shared.
EDDIE BARTLETT (Glasgow) - When Rangers won the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1972 did any of the five substitutes that night - Andy Penman, Derek Parlane, Gerry Neef, Jim Denny and Graham Fyfe - receive a medal, or were the medals given to the 11 who won the cup? A friend told me 13 medals were issued.
WE contacted Sandy Jardine at Rangers and he informed us that the club had kept no official records in their archives but, from memory, he said the five subs, Penman, Fyfe, Denny,
Parlane and Neef, all got medals, as did Colin Jackson and Ronnie McKinnon, who were both injured on the way to the Final.
JOHN LINDSAY (Shotts) - During the recent tributes on the 50th anniversary of the Munich disaster, many references were made to the great goalkeeper Frank Swift, who covered Manchester United's matches as a journalist, and died in the plane crash.
I remember being told many years ago that, though he was an English international, he was actually born in Scotland. Can you please confirm this, tell me how many times he played for England, and also what age he was when he died.
NOT sure where you got your information, but big Frank was 100% English having been born in Blackpool. His playing career was greatly curtailed by World War II but he played for England in 14 wartime
internationals and 19 full
internationals after the War.
He was born on December 26, 1913, and died at Munich on
February 6, 1958, aged 44.
SEND your footballing queries to Now You Know, Evening Times Sport, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB or, email sport@eveningtimes.co.uk
Answers every Wednesday and
Saturday.
Publication date 12/03/08
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Posted by: Tennscot, Tenn. on 6:55pm Wed 12 Mar 08 As a bluenose, I must Agree Charlie Tully Was one of the Greatist Entertainers on a Football Field. I wonder if half of the young supporters ever heard of him ??? As a bluenose, I must Agree Charlie Tully Was one of the Greatist Entertainers on a Football Field. I wonder if half of the young supporters ever heard of him ???
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