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Player, Pics]coach and caretaker manager
Born: Blantyre
Height: 5ft 8"
Player: 1960-1962
Games: 8
Caretaker Manager: 1993
Blantyre-born Frank Connor is best remembered as a Celtic coach but his career with the Bhoys started as a goalkeeper.
After making a name for himself at junior level he signed for the Hoops in March 1960 after several trials at senior clubs.
His first team debut came in a 3-2 League Cup victory at Partick Thistle in August 1961 but at only 5ft 8" Connor was regarded as being just too small to be a top keeper. .
He made a total of 8 appearances for Celtic – mostly in the League Cup – before moving to Portadown in May 1962. He later enjoyed a successful spell at Derry City.
After managing Cowdenbeath Frank went on to play a prominent coaching role at Celtic during three spells with the club between the late 1970s and the early 1990s.
As Caretaker Manager
Frank Connor was in charge for 2 league matches (one victory, one draw) and a European tie first leg (won 1-0 v Sporting Lisbon) in the interval between Liam Brady's departure and Lou Macari's appointment, and he also picked the team to face Rangers (a 2-1 victory) three days after Macari's arrival. So Connor can claim to have an unbeaten record in charge of the team.
But this simply understates his performance for the short time he was in charge. The first team was a bit of a laughing stock, and Liam Brady had ended his time leaving behind a mess which few if anyone would surely want to take over. Frank Connor rallied the team together, and was the inspiration for the short spell which was a purple patch amongst most of the gloom of that era in the early 90s. The game against Rangers (Lou Macari's first as manager) was really Frank Connor's last as caretaker manager, and a wonderful victory against the Dark Side was a great way to cap off his short reign. Many of those who were there through that time will always wish him well for the effort he put in during that difficult period of transition. Sadly, things went back to normal and even got worse under the next incumbent (Lou Macari), but at least Frank Connor's brief spell helped to put a smile back on our faces for a wee while at least....
Frank Connor Record as Caretaker Manager
9th, Celtic 2-1 Dundee, Premier Division
16th, Hibernian 1-1 Celtic, Premier Division
20th, Celtic 1-0 Sporting Lisbon, Uefa Cup
30th, Rangers 1-2 Celtic, Premier Division
W3 D1 L0 F6 A3
Pictures
Player, Pics]coach and caretaker managerBorn: Blantyre
Height: 5ft 8"
Player: 1960-1962
Games: 8
Caretaker Manager: 1993
Blantyre-born Frank Connor is best remembered as a Celtic coach but his career with the Bhoys started as a goalkeeper.
After making a name for himself at junior level he signed for the Hoops in March 1960 after several trials at senior clubs.
His first team debut came in a 3-2 League Cup victory at Partick Thistle in August 1961 but at only 5ft 8" Connor was regarded as being just too small to be a top keeper. .
He made a total of 8 appearances for Celtic – mostly in the League Cup – before moving to Portadown in May 1962. He later enjoyed a successful spell at Derry City.
After managing Cowdenbeath Frank went on to play a prominent coaching role at Celtic during three spells with the club between the late 1970s and the early 1990s.
As Caretaker Manager
Frank Connor was in charge for 2 league matches (one victory, one draw) and a European tie first leg (won 1-0 v Sporting Lisbon) in the interval between Liam Brady's departure and Lou Macari's appointment, and he also picked the team to face Rangers (a 2-1 victory) three days after Macari's arrival. So Connor can claim to have an unbeaten record in charge of the team.
But this simply understates his performance for the short time he was in charge. The first team was a bit of a laughing stock, and Liam Brady had ended his time leaving behind a mess which few if anyone would surely want to take over. Frank Connor rallied the team together, and was the inspiration for the short spell which was a purple patch amongst most of the gloom of that era in the early 90s. The game against Rangers (Lou Macari's first as manager) was really Frank Connor's last as caretaker manager, and a wonderful victory against the Dark Side was a great way to cap off his short reign. Many of those who were there through that time will always wish him well for the effort he put in during that difficult period of transition. Sadly, things went back to normal and even got worse under the next incumbent (Lou Macari), but at least Frank Connor's brief spell helped to put a smile back on our faces for a wee while at least....
Frank Connor Record as Caretaker Manager
9th, Celtic 2-1 Dundee, Premier Division
16th, Hibernian 1-1 Celtic, Premier Division
20th, Celtic 1-0 Sporting Lisbon, Uefa Cup
30th, Rangers 1-2 Celtic, Premier Division
W3 D1 L0 F6 A3
Pictures
