Jon Connolly

Jon Connolly

Personal information
Date of birth	3 April 1981
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Vale of Clyde
Youth career
0000–1998	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998	Albion Rovers	8	(0)
1998–2000	Thorniewood United
2000	→ Stenhousemuir (trial)	1	(0)
2000–2001	Motherwell	2	(0)
2002	Dumbarton	2	(0)
2002–2003	Cumnock Juniors
2003–2004	East Stirlingshire	19	(0)
2004	Dunipace Juniors
2004–2005	Linlithgow Rose
2005–2006	Dunipace Juniors
2006	Larkhall Thistle
2006–2007	Bo'ness United
2007–2008	Fauldhouse United
2008–2010	Cambuslang Rangers
2010–2011	St. Anthony's
2011	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
2011–2013	Thorniewood United
2013	→ St. Anthony's (loan)
2013–2014	Kilwinning Rangers
2014	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
2014–	Vale of Clyde
2015–	Rossvale
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:15, 31 July 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Jon Connolly (born 3 April 1981) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vale of Clyde in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell.

Career

Connolly began his senior career in the Academy system at Ipswich Town but returned to Scotland to sign for Albion Rovers in February 1998, making eight league appearances in the Scottish Football League Third Division before the end of the season.^[1] After leaving Rovers, he dropped to Junior level with Thorniewood United before being signed by manager Billy Davies for Motherwell in the summer of 2000.^[2]

With Motherwell releasing a number of high-earning first team players including Andy Goram, Connolly found himself as second choice keeper at Fir Park behind Stevie Woods.^[3] He made his Scottish Premier League debut in April 2001 against Dundee United at Tannadice and retained his place in the team for the following weeks match against Aberdeen.^[4][5]

These proved to be his only first team appearances for Motherwell and Connolly left the club on the eve of the January 2002 transfer window, signing for Dumbarton until the end of the season.^[6] A year at Cumnock Juniors was followed by another Scottish Football League spell with East Stirlingshire in 2003–04 where he made nineteen league appearances.

After leaving Shire, Connolly has enjoyed a peripatetic career in Junior football.^[2][7][8][9] In recent years, he joined Kilwinning Rangers in May 2013 before moving on to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in January 2014.^[10][11] Connolly joined Vale of Clyde in the summer of 2014.^[12]

References

1. "Jon Connolly". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. Kenny Smith (6 August 2008). "Ex-Motherwell keeper signs up". Rutherglen Reformer. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
3. Peter O'Rourke. "Woods signs new Well deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
4. "United hold off Well challenge". BBC Sport. 28 April 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
5. Chris Roberts. "Motherwell 0 Aberdeen 2". Sporting Life. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
6. "Hilcoat joins St Mirren". BBC Sport. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
7. "Thistle aim high". Daily Record. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
8. "Website player stats". Bo'ness United FC. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
9. Kenny Smith (21 April 2010). "Lang boss hits out at fixture madness". Rutherglen Reformer. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
10. O'Donnell, Jim (6 June 2013). "McDonald: Shotts can rise from ashes". Evening Times. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
11. "Connolly coup solves the No.1 problem for Rob Roy". Evening Times. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
12. O'Donnell, Jim (17 June 2014). "Currie's keeping calm as big guns hit the Pail trail to target starlets". Evening Times. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

External links

• Jon Connolly career statistics at Soccerbase