Donnie Gillies

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Donnie Gillies
Personal information
Full name Donald George Gillies [1]
Date of birth(1951-06-20)20 June 1951
Place of birth Glencoe, Scotland
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Inverness Clachnacuddin
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1973 Morton 47 (23)
1973–1980 Bristol City 200 (26)
1980–1982 Bristol Rovers 59 (0)
1982–19?? Paulton Rovers ?? (?)
19??–19?? Gloucester City ?? (?)
19??–19?? Bath City ?? (?)
19??–19?? Trowbridge Town ?? (?)
19??–19?? Anorthosis ?? (?)
19??–19?? Trowbridge Town ?? (?)
1986–1987 Yeovil Town ?? (?)
19??–19?? Clutton
Total306(49)
International career
1974 Scotland under-23 [2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald George Gillies (born 20 June 1951) is a Scottish former footballer, who played initially as a forward but latterly as a right back. He made over 230 Football League appearances and 45 Scottish League appearances in the 1970s in the years after the Second World War. [3] [4] [5]

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Career

A product of the Scottish Highland Football League, Gillies first professional club was Inverness Clachnacuddin FC, of the Scottish Highland Football League. [6] Gillies joined Greenock Morton in October 1971 and was twice top scorer. Alan Dicks signed Gillies for £30,000 in March 1973 from Morton for Bristol City. Steve Ritchie moved in the opposite direction to Morton. [6] Gillies made his debut for Bristol City. [7] Gillies joined his former "Robins" teammate, Terry Cooper then the manager, to Bristol Rovers for £50,000 in June 1980. Gillies subsequently played for several West Country clubs in the Western & Southern Leagues with a spell in Cyprus playing for Anorthosis. [6]

After retiring from playing football, Gillies worked as a sales representative until the death of his wife in July 1990. In 1997 Gillies was still living locally at Temple Cloud to the South of Bristol. [6]

Honours

with Bristol City

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References

  1. ↑ "Donnie Gillies". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Scotland U23 Player Don Gillies Details".
  3. ↑ Hugman, Barry (1998). PFA Football League Players' Records 1946 – 1998. Queen Anne Press. ISBN   1-85291-585-4.
  4. ↑ Beal, Richard; Steve Emms (2004). Scottish League Players' Records 1946-47 to 1974-75. SoccerData. ISBN   1-899468-65-X.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN   1-900178-26-5.
  7. ↑ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN   1-874427-95-X.
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