Winger Ross Wallace was a bright prospect who never fulfilled his early promise in a Celtic shirt.

A product of the Bhoys youth set-up Wallace was given his first team opportunity under Martin O’Neill. He showed plenty of promise in these early performances and along with Shaun Maloney provided a hint that there could be a new generation of homegrown talent set to emerge at Parkhead.

Wallace had a good goal ratio for a wideman and his pace meant he was always liable to trouble most full-backs. However, his distribution cold be poor and a loss of form saw the youngster fall out of the first team picture.

New boss Gordon Strachan tried Wallace at left-back but despite the player’s obvious enthusiasm to impress it was all too clear that he was a square peg in a round hole. Following this failed experiment first team opportunities became increasingly rare and a move away from the Bhoys was inevitable.

After a trial at Birmingham Wallace joined Sunderland in August 2006 in a £1 million joint deal which also saw defender Stan Varga move to Wearside. After initially impressing at the Stadium of Light Wallace saw his career with Roy Keane’s side suffer through injury and a loss of form.

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