John Quigley (28 June 1935 – 30 November 2004) born in the Govan area of Glasgow he was a Scottish

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and coach. His career peaked when he won the

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with Nottingham Forest.

Playing career

Celtic

He began his career as a provisional signing with

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, who farmed him out to Scottish Junior Football club St Anthony's. After Celtic terminated his contract he joined another junior club, Ashfield.

Nottingham Forest

He was almost immediately signed by Nottingham Forest in July 1957. He scored 58 goals in 270 appearances in the 7 seasons he was there.FA Cup Final 1959
In 1958 against

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he was the first Forest player to score a First Division post-war hat trick. His goal against

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at Hillsborough won that 1958-59 FA Cup semi final. Forest were 2-0 up after 14 minutes.

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hit back midway through the second half after Forest's opening goalscorer

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broke his leg in the 33rd minute. Forest had further personnel issue when cramp reduced

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to little more than a hobbling spectator. Quigley helped Forest protect their 2–1 lead to lift the trophy at

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. He left Nottingham Forest in February 1965.

Huddersfield Town and Bristol City

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he scored 5 goals in 68 appearances. In October 1966 he joined

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where he made 66 appearances and scored 7 goals.

Mansfield Town

He moved to

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in July 1968 for £3,000. There Quigley was to enjoy the club's arguably most famous moment when they beat

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3–0 in the 1968-69 FA Cup. West Ham's line up contained many of England's

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heroes. Mansfield progressed to the quarter final stage where they eventually lost to

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. He made 104 appearances and scored 2 goals and also captained the side. Overall in his professional career he made 508 appearances and scored 72 goals.Johnny Quigley Profile

Coaching career

He branched into coaching at Mansfield. He became assistant player-manager/trainer-coach at Field Mill. In 1970 he went on to coach at

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including a spell as caretaker manager from November 1974 to February 1975. He remained as first team coach at Rovers until 1977, and later coached in the

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and

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for five years.

Honours

Nottingham Forest *

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(1): 1958–59

References

External links

Johnny Photo GalleryStagsnet
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