cider head Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Gerry Sweeney Given a free transfer by his first club, celtic, then transferred to Bristol city for £22,000, Gerry Sweeney's value continued to increase as he contributed so much to the club. In a ten-year period from August 1971, Sweeney appeared in all but 32 of 478 league and cup games. For modern day football it was a supreme example of resilience and commitment from the glaswegian. Added to that, Gerry sweeney had played 139 times for morton, scoring 16 goals. A skillful defender and midfielder, Sweeney took city's penalties for a two year period in the mid 70's - untill he missed one against west ham. He is remembered for the goal at west brom in match 1976 which earned city a famous 1-0 victory. Sweeney, who played for the scottish league against the irish league while at morton, moved to york city in february 1982, being one of the 'Ashton gate eight'. During the 1984-85 season he became manager of western league Clevedon town, but was dissmissed the following season. On 1st August he was appointed assistant manager of Walsall in the wake of millionaire-busnessman terry ramsdens take over of the club. Sweeney has also been a coach/assistant and caretaker manager at Bristol city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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