Gerard Reilly is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Reilly | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1951[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1969 | Broughty Athletic | ||
| 1969–1970 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 1970 | Broughty Athletic | ||
| 1970–1971 | Montrose | 17 | (0) |
| 1971 | Forfar Athletic | 10 | (0) |
| 1971–1973 | Inverness Thistle | ||
| 1973–1974 | Brechin City | 26 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Dundee North End | ||
| 1975-1976 | Inverness Thistle | ||
| 1976–1978 | Dundee North End | ||
| 1978–1979 | Brechin City | 9 | (0) |
| 1979–? | Lochee United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Reilly grew up in St Marys, Dundee.[2] He played junior football with Broughty Athletic before joining Dundee United in August 1969. He was immediately called up to play for the reserve team as cover for Hamish McAlpine, who had a long-term injury.[3] On 15 September 1969, Reilly was named as a substitute for Dundee United's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup tie against Newcastle United. Aged 16 and having never even watched the first team play before, Reilly made his senior debut after 72 minutes of the match, replacing the injured Donald Mackay. This proved to be his only first team appearance for the club, and he was released in May 1970 following McAlpine's return to fitness.[4]
After a brief spell back at Broughty Athletic, Reilly joined Montrose, making his Scottish Football League (SFL) debut against Clydebank on 12 September 1970.[5] He then began the 1971–72 season with Forfar Athletic[6] before joining Inverness Thistle, where he twice won the Highland League title.[7] He then returned to the SFL with Brechin City and also played in junior football with Dundee North End before rejoining Inverness Thistle in 1975.[8]
Reilly was released by Inverness Thistle in 1976[9] and returned to Dundee North End. He was named as substitute goalkeeper for the Scotland junior representative team to play a Republic of Ireland XI in September 1977.[10] He had another spell with Brechin, as second-choice goalkeeper, during 1978–79 before being released at the season's end.[11] He once again returned to junior football in Dundee, joining Lochee United.
References
edit- ^ "Jed Reilly". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Brown, John (12 March 2018). "Blether: Some great players came from the Dundee St Mary's scheme". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Celtic all out to close gap". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 20 August 1969. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors : Dundee United FC, a Comprehensive History 1945-1979. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 317. ISBN 9780955834110.
- ^ "New-look Montrose in arrears". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 12 September 1970. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Reilly, Jed". FitbaStats. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Jags may regret letting Shand go". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 31 May 1975. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ McAllister, Bill (30 July 1975). "What a gift for Dundee". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ McAllister, Bill (6 May 1976). "Sievwright signs for Jags". Evening Express. Aberdeen. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Moss player for Dublin". Evening Express. Aberdeen. 24 August 1977. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Brechin sign Moss keeper". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. 26 May 1979. Retrieved 19 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.