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Kilwinning-born left-back Mark Reid was a product of the Celtic Bhoys Club and signed full time with the Bhoys in September 1977.1977.

He ascended through the Celtic youth and reserve ranks before Billy McNeill gave him his first-team debut in a 1-1 draw at Dundee United in the League Cup on October 12th 1980.

An assured and steady defender Reid established himself as the regular left-back under McNeill and by 1982 had even become the club’s first choice penalty taker. Reid was a dependable and consistant player who if unspectacular still had his fair share of admirerers for his professionalism and reliability.

However when Davie Hay replaced McNeill as Celtic boss in the summer of 1983 Reid found himself no longer an automatic choice for the left-back berth and even when playing well he would find himself regularly consigned to the bench.

In April 1985 Charlton made a bid to take the player to London and Reid, not satisified with being in and out of the team, decided to make the move in search of regular first team football. By the time he had left for England Reid had made 177 appearances for Celtic and netted 12 goals.