Bobby Carroll

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Bobby Carroll was a Scottish Junior Cup winner when he signed for the Bhoys from Irvine Meadow in September 1957.

A prolific scorer at junior level Carroll made his first team Celtic debut on August 12th 1959 in a 2-1 League Cup defeat at home to Partick Thistle. A whole hearted player Carroll made Celtic history when he scored the Hoops first ever goal in European competition when he netted at Valencia in the Fairs Cities Cup on September 26th 1962.

He arrived scored 27 goals in 78 appearances before moving to St Mirren in 1963, then Dundee United, Coleraine and Queen of the South. He is now retired after working as a rep selling hydraulic hoses