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George O'Neill |
George O'Neill was born on Sunday, 26th July, 1942, in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. The 5' 8 (11st 1lbs) forward signed for Willie Thornton's Thistle circa Saturday, 29th January, 1966, having most recently been with Dunoon Athletic. Aged 24, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 5th November, 1966, in a 0-0 draw away to Kilmarnock in the SFL First Division. George scored his first goal for Thistle on Tuesday, 18th April, 1967, in a 4-1 friendly win away to Notts County. He scored the last of his 8 goals on Wednesday, 2nd April, 1969, in a 1-0 win away to Clyde in the Glasgow Cup. He played his last game for the club on Saturday, 13th September, 1969, in a 2-1 defeat at home to Dunfermline Athletic in the SFL First Division, having appeared as a Jag on 97 occasions. George's club-list included Greenock Juniors, Celtic, Coleraine, Barrow, Ayr United, Dunoon Athletic, Partick Thistle, Morton, Dunfermline Athletic and St Mirren. |
compiled from our All Games criteria. |
24y, 8m, 23d | 18.04.1967 Notts County [a] W4-1 (Friendly) | |
25y, 3m, 2d | 28.10.1967 Raith Rovers [a] W3-2 (SFL First Division - game 8) | |
25y, 4m, 6d | 02.12.1967 Dundee [a] W4-3 (SFL First Division - game 13) | |
25y, 6m, 8d | 03.02.1968 Celtic [a] L1-4 (SFL First Division - game 23) | |
26y, 0m, 29d | 24.08.1968 Morton [h] W2-0 (League Cup Section 4 - game 4) | |
26y, 1m, 5d | 31.08.1968 Celtic [h] L1-6 (League Cup Section 4 - game 6) | |
26y, 2m, 2d | 28.09.1968 Hibernian [h] W2-1 (SFL First Division - game 4) | |
26y, 8m, 7d | 02.04.1969 Clyde [a] W1-0 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final) |