John Connelly

Position: forward

England

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	55	40	13	2	139	45	+94	72.73
A	55	24	11	20	102	89	+13	43.64
N	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	0.00
TOTALS	113	64	25	24	241	136	+105	56.64

Name: John Michael Connelly

Birthdate: 18-07-1938

Age: 87

Birthplace: St Helens, England

Height: 5' 8" (1.73m)

Weight: 11st 3lbs (71.2kg)

Years at Club: 1964-1967

Signing Info: Transferred from: Burnley, 1964, £56,000

Previous Clubs: St Helens Town, Burnley

Debut: 22/08/1964 v West Bromwich Albion (H) 2-2 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Blackburn Rovers, 06/1966, £40,000

Passed Away: 25/10/2012

Biography



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1964-1965	15	42	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	60
2.	1965-1966	5	32	0	0	2	6	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	46
3.	1966-1967	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
TOTALS		22	80	0	1	2	13	0	0	6	8	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	113

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Hjk Helsinki	4	2
2.	Everton	4	8
3.	Fulham	3	3
4.	Northampton Town	2	2
5.	Blackburn Rovers	2	3
6.	Leicester City	2	4
7.	Stoke City	2	7
8.	Borussia Dortmund	1	2
9.	Strasbourg	1	2
10.	ASK Vorwarts	1	2
11.	Benfica	1	2
12.	Rotherham United	1	2
13.	Preston North End	1	2
14.	Aston Villa	1	3
15.	Ferencvaros	1	3
16.	Newcastle United	1	3
17.	West Ham United	1	4
18.	Nottingham Forest	1	4
19.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	4
20.	Liverpool	1	4
21.	Arsenal	1	4
22.	Blackpool	1	5
23.	Leeds United	1	5

No	Opponent

1.	Everton	8	4
2.	Stoke City	7	2
3.	Burnley	5	0
4.	Blackpool	5	1
5.	Leeds United	5	1
6.	West Bromwich Albion	4	0
7.	West Ham United	4	1
8.	Leicester City	4	2
9.	Nottingham Forest	4	1
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0
11.	Chelsea	4	0
12.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1
13.	Liverpool	4	1
14.	Arsenal	4	1
15.	Sheffield United	4	0
16.	Fulham	3	3
17.	Sunderland	3	0
18.	Aston Villa	3	1
19.	Blackburn Rovers	3	2
20.	Ferencvaros	3	1
21.	Newcastle United	3	1
22.	Djurgardens IF	2	0
23.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0
24.	Borussia Dortmund	2	1
25.	Birmingham City	2	0
26.	Strasbourg	2	1
27.	Northampton Town	2	2
28.	Hjk Helsinki	2	4
29.	ASK Vorwarts	2	1
30.	Benfica	2	1
31.	Rotherham United	2	1
32.	Preston North End	2	1
33.	Partizan Belgrade	2	0
34.	Chester City	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Catterick, Harry	8
2.	Waddington, Tony	7
3.	Potts, Harry	5
4.	Suart, Ron	5
5.	Revie, Don	5
6.	Hagan, Jimmy	4
7.	Greenwood, Ron	4
8.	Gillies, Matt	4
9.	Carey, Johnny	4
10.	Nicholson, Bill	4
11.	Docherty, Tommy	4
12.	Shankly, Bill	4
13.	Wright, Billy	4
14.	Harris, John	4
15.	Beattie, Andy	3
16.	Taylor, Dick	3
17.	Marshall, Jack	3
18.	Meszaros, Jozsef	3
19.	Harvey, Joe	3
20.	Lindberg, Torsten	2
21.	Brown, Alan	2
22.	Eppenhoff, Hermann	2
23.	Mallett, Joe	2
24.	Buckingham, Vic	2
25.	Frantz, Paul	2
26.	Bowen, Dave	2
27.	Rytkonen, Aulis	2
28.	Eilitz, Werner	2
29.	Guttmann, Bela	2
30.	Mansell, Jack	2
31.	Milne, Jimmy	2
32.	Gegic, Abdulah	2
33.	Jezzard, Bedford	1
34.	Sunderland Committee	1
35.	Hauser, Peter	1
36.	Hardwick, George	1
37.	McColl, Ian	1
38.	Allen, Ronnie	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Busby, Matt

113

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Everton	8
2.	Stoke City	7
3.	Burnley	5
4.	Blackpool	5
5.	Leeds United	5
6.	West Bromwich Albion	4
7.	West Ham United	4
8.	Leicester City	4
9.	Nottingham Forest	4
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	4
11.	Chelsea	4
12.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
13.	Liverpool	4
14.	Arsenal	4
15.	Sheffield United	4
16.	Fulham	3
17.	Sunderland	3
18.	Aston Villa	3
19.	Blackburn Rovers	3
20.	Ferencvaros	3
21.	Newcastle United	3
22.	Djurgardens IF	2
23.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
24.	Borussia Dortmund	2
25.	Birmingham City	2
26.	Strasbourg	2
27.	Northampton Town	2
28.	Hjk Helsinki	2
29.	ASK Vorwarts	2
30.	Benfica	2
31.	Rotherham United	2
32.	Preston North End	2
33.	Partizan Belgrade	2
34.	Chester City	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	96
2.	Germany	4
3.	Hungary	3
4.	Sweden	2
5.	France	2
6.	Finland	2
7.	Portugal	2
8.	Yugoslavia	2

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	80
2.	FA Cup	13
3.	Europa League	11
4.	European Cup	8
5.	League Cup	1

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	55
2.	Victoria Ground	4
3.	Bloomfield Road	3
4.	City Ground, Nottingham	3
5.	Goodison Park	3
6.	Molineux	3
7.	Anfield	2
8.	Boleyn Ground	2
9.	Bramall Lane	2
10.	Elland Road	2
11.	Filbert Street	2
12.	Highbury	2
13.	Hillsborough	2
14.	Nep Stadion	2
15.	Roker Park	2
16.	Stamford Bridge	2
17.	Turf Moor	2
18.	Villa Park	2
19.	White Hart Lane	2
20.	Burnden Park	1
21.	County Ground, Northampton	1
22.	Craven Cottage	1
23.	Deepdale	1
24.	Estadio da Luz	1
25.	Ewood Park	1
26.	Millmoor	1
27.	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	1
28.	Roasunda Stadion	1
29.	St Andrews	1
30.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
31.	Stade de la Meinau	1
32.	Stadion JNA	1
33.	The Hawthorns	1
34.	Walter Ulbricht Stadium	1
35.	Westfalenstadion	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

Player has never been sent off during a match.

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

06-10-1965

Hjk Helsinki

European Cup

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	22-08-1964	West Bromwich Albion	2-2	H	0	Denis Law 21', Bobby Charlton 38'	Tony Brown 14', Bill Foulkes 41' (o.g)
2.	24-08-1964	West Ham United	1-3	A	0	Denis Law 79'	Johnny Byrne 4', John Sissons 20', Geoff Hurst 85'
3.	29-08-1964	Leicester City	2-2	A	0	David Sadler 71', Denis Law 88'	Ken Keyworth 10', Colin Appleton 84'
4.	02-09-1964	West Ham United	3-1	H	1	John Connelly 1', Denis Law 28', George Best 53'	Nobby Stiles 6' (o.g.)
5.	05-09-1964	Fulham	1-2	A	1	John Connelly 45'	Shay Brennan 52' (o.g.), Johnny Haynes 78'
6.	08-09-1964	Everton	3-3	A	1	Denis Law 4', David Herd 25', John Connelly 78',	Fred Pickering 51', 59', Alex Young 84'
7.	12-09-1964	Nottingham Forest	3-0	H	1	David Herd 2', 24', John Connelly 18'
8.	16-09-1964	Everton	2-1	H	0	George Best 12', Denis Law 21'	Fred Pickering 40'
9.	19-09-1964	Stoke City	2-1	A	1	David Herd 48', John Connelly 69'	John Ritchie 10'
10.	23-09-1964	Djurgardens IF	1-1	A	0	David Herd 87'	Boris Johansson 8'
11.	26-09-1964	Tottenham Hotspur	4-1	H	0	Pat Crerand 17', 56', Denis Law 59', 89'	Jimmy Robertson 80'
12.	30-09-1964	Chelsea	2-0	A	0	George Best 32', Denis Law 73'
13.	06-10-1964	Burnley	0-0	A	0
14.	10-10-1964	Sunderland	1-0	H	0	David Herd 77'
15.	17-10-1964	Wolves	4-2	A	0	Denis Law 15', 44', Gerry Harris 22' (o.g.), David Herd 35'	Ray Crawford 42', 58'
16.	24-10-1964	Aston Villa	7-0	H	1	David Herd 17', 77', Denis Law 20', 50', 65', 89', John Connelly 56'
17.	27-10-1964	Djurgardens IF	6-1	H	0	Denis Law 21', 68', 69' (pen), Bobby Charlton 63', 73', George Best 86'	Hans Karlsson 89'
18.	31-10-1964	Liverpool	2-0	A	0	David Herd 35', Pat Crerand 59'
19.	07-11-1964	Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	H	0	David Herd 15'
20.	11-11-1964	Borussia Dortmund	6-1	A	0	David Herd 12', Bobby Charlton 29', 78', 85', George Best 49', Denis Law 76'	Dieter Kurrat 51' (pen)
21.	14-11-1964	Blackpool	2-1	A	1	David Herd 4', John Connelly 48'	Graham Oates 28'
22.	21-11-1964	Blackburn Rovers	3-0	H	1	George Best 52', John Connelly 65', David Herd 76'
23.	28-11-1964	Arsenal	3-2	A	1	Denis Law 4', 29', John Connelly 17'	Terry Anderson 35', George Eastham 75'
24.	02-12-1964	Borussia Dortmund	4-0	H	1	Bobby Charlton 1', 18', Denis Law 61', John Connelly 80'
25.	05-12-1964	Leeds United	0-1	H	0		Bobby Collins 55'
26.	12-12-1964	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	A	0	Denis Law 15'	John Kaye 35'
27.	16-12-1964	Birmingham City	1-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 38' (pen)	Denis Thwaites 75'
28.	26-12-1964	Sheffield United	1-0	A	0	George Best 12'
29.	28-12-1964	Sheffield United	1-1	H	0	David Herd 53'	Alan Woodward 60'
30.	09-01-1965	Chester City	2-1	H	0	George Best 56', Albert Kinsey 59'	Jimmy Humes 9'
31.	16-01-1965	Nottingham Forest	2-2	A	0	Denis Law 3', 31'	Alan Hinton 15', 23'
32.	20-01-1965	Everton	1-1	H	1	John Connelly 33'	Fred Pickering 14'
33.	23-01-1965	Stoke City	1-1	H	0	Denis Law 21'	Alan Bloor 10'
34.	30-01-1965	Stoke City	0-0	A	0
35.	03-02-1965	Stoke City	1-0	H	0	David Herd 73'
36.	06-02-1965	Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	A	0		Ron Henry 19'
37.	09-02-1965	Everton	2-1	A	1	John Connelly 6', David Herd 69'	Fred Pickering 55'
38.	13-02-1965	Burnley	3-2	H	0	George Best 10', David Herd 34', Bobby Charlton 50'	Dave Walker 47', Willie Irvine 88'
39.	20-02-1965	Burnley	2-1	H	0	Denis Law 81', Pat Crerand 82'	Andy Lochhead 17'
40.	24-02-1965	Sunderland	0-1	A	0		Harry Hood 10'
41.	27-02-1965	Wolves	3-0	H	1	John Connelly 4', Bobby Charlton 69', 87'
42.	10-03-1965	Wolves	5-3	A	0	Denis Law 42', 75', David Herd 51', George Best 61', Pat Crerand 67'	Hugh MclImoyle 3', 15', Peter Knowles 87'
43.	13-03-1965	Chelsea	4-0	H	0	George Best 3', David Herd 23', 50', Denis Law 75'
44.	15-03-1965	Fulham	4-1	H	2	David Herd 4', 24', John Connelly 43', 49'	Rodney Marsh 4'
45.	20-03-1965	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A	0		John Fantham 64'
46.	22-03-1965	Blackpool	2-0	H	0	Denis Law 68', 70'
47.	27-03-1965	Leeds United	0-0	N	0
48.	31-03-1965	Leeds United	0-1	N	0		Billy Bremner 89'
49.	03-04-1965	Blackburn Rovers	5-0	A	1	Bobby Charlton 47', 65', 76', John Connelly 54', David Herd 62'
50.	12-04-1965	Leicester City	1-0	H	0	David Herd 49'
51.	17-04-1965	Leeds United	1-0	A	1	John Connelly 14'
52.	19-04-1965	Birmingham City	4-2	A	0	George Best 13', 63', Bobby Charlton 65', Noel Cantwell 75'	Denis Thwaites 27', Geoff Vowden 62'
53.	24-04-1965	Liverpool	3-0	H	1	Denis Law 40', 57', John Connelly 79'
54.	26-04-1965	Arsenal	3-1	H	0	George Best 7', Denis Law 59', 84'	George Eastham 67'
55.	28-04-1965	Aston Villa	1-2	A	0	Bobby Charlton 58'	Alan Baker 6', Robert Park 35'
56.	12-05-1965	Strasbourg	5-0	A	1	John Connelly 19', David Herd 40', Denis Law 61', 88', Bobby Charlton 73'
57.	19-05-1965	Strasbourg	0-0	H	0
58.	31-05-1965	Ferencvaros	3-2	H	0	Denis Law 34' (pen), David Herd 61', 69'	Dezso Novak 23', Gyula Rakosi 76'
59.	06-06-1965	Ferencvaros	0-1	A	0		Dezso Novak 44' (pen)
60.	16-06-1965	Ferencvaros	1-2	A	1	John Connelly 86'	Janos Karaba 44', Mate Fenyvesi 54'
61.	24-08-1965	Nottingham Forest	2-4	A	0	John Aston Jnr 66', George Best 80'	Frank Wignall 8', Colin Addison 28', 44', Alan Hinton 63'
62.	28-08-1965	Northampton Town	1-1	A	1	John Connelly 10'	Bobby Hunt 83'
63.	01-09-1965	Nottingham Forest	0-0	H	0
64.	04-09-1965	Stoke City	1-1	H	0	David Herd 73'	Peter Dobing 42'
65.	08-09-1965	Newcastle United	2-1	A	0	David Herd 25', Denis Law 68'	Trevor Hockey 85'
66.	11-09-1965	Burnley	0-3	A	0		Gordon Harris 6', 47', Alex Elder 89' (pen)
67.	15-09-1965	Newcastle United	1-1	H	0	Nobby Stiles 85'	Ronald McGarry 42' (pen)
68.	18-09-1965	Chelsea	4-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 25', Denis Law 61', 73', 78'	Terry Venables 22'
69.	22-09-1965	Hjk Helsinki	3-2	A	1	David Herd 1', John Connelly 15', Denis Law 36'	Kai Pahlman 30', Markku Peltoniemi 71'
70.	25-09-1965	Arsenal	2-4	A	0	Bobby Charlton 25', John Aston Jnr 68'	Joe Baker 29', John Radford 42', George Armstrong 58', George Eastham 77'
71.	06-10-1965	Hjk Helsinki	6-0	H	3	John Connelly 15', 47', 73', George Best 44', 50', Bobby Charlton 60'
72.	09-10-1965	Liverpool	2-0	H	0	George Best 18', Denis Law 37'
73.	16-10-1965	Tottenham Hotspur	1-5	A	0	Bobby Charlton 74'	Alan Gilzean 25', Neil Johnson 38', Jimmy Greaves 58', Eddie Clayton 60', Jimmy Robertson 77'
74.	23-10-1965	Fulham	4-1	H	0	David Herd 24', 59', 89', Bobby Charlton 88'	John Dempsey 51'
75.	30-10-1965	Blackpool	2-1	A	0	David Herd 75', 89'	Alan Ball 33'
76.	06-11-1965	Blackburn Rovers	2-2	H	0	Bobby Charlton 38', Denis Law 88'	Mike Harrison 83' (pen), 90'
77.	13-11-1965	Leicester City	5-0	A	1	John Connelly 11', David Herd 31', 44', Bobby Charlton 70', George Best 73'
78.	17-11-1965	ASK Vorwarts	2-0	A	1	Denis Law 72', John Connelly 80'
79.	20-11-1965	Sheffield United	3-1	H	0	George Best 8', 38', Denis Law 88'	Mick Jones 22'
80.	01-12-1965	ASK Vorwarts	3-1	H	0	David Herd 12', 40', 90'	Jurgen Piepenburg 86'
81.	04-12-1965	West Ham United	0-0	H	0
82.	11-12-1965	Sunderland	3-2	A	0	George Best 15', 35', David Herd 59'	Neil Martin 7', 75'
83.	15-12-1965	Everton	3-0	H	0	George Best 30', David Herd 50', Bobby Charlton 52'
84.	18-12-1965	Tottenham Hotspur	5-1	H	0	Bobby Charlton 20', Denis Law 21', 81', Phil Beal 36' (o.g.), David Herd 49'	Cliff Jones 47'
85.	27-12-1965	West Bromwich Albion	1-1	H	0	Denis Law 60' (pen)	Ray Crawford 65'
86.	01-01-1966	Liverpool	1-2	A	0	Denis Law 2'	Tommy Smith 39', Gordon Milne 88'
87.	02-02-1966	Benfica	3-2	H	0	David Herd 37', Denis Law 42', Bill Foulkes 60'	Jose Augusto 30', Jose Augusto Torres 70'
88.	05-02-1966	Northampton Town	6-2	H	1	Denis Law 6', 46', John Connelly 10', Bobby Charlton 27', 31', 84'	*Graham Moore 22', Don Martin 75'
89.	12-02-1966	Rotherham United	0-0	H	0
90.	15-02-1966	Rotherham United	1-0	A	1	John Connelly 115'
91.	19-02-1966	Stoke City	2-2	A	1	David Herd 39', John Connelly 58'	John Ritchie 64', Roy Vernon 70'
92.	26-02-1966	Burnley	4-2	H	0	Bobby Charlton 3', David Herd 40', 63', 67'	Andy Lochhead 8', Willie Irvine 50'
93.	05-03-1966	Wolves	4-2	A	0	Denis Law 22', 61', George Best 72', David Herd 87'	Terry Wharton 2' (pen), 9' (pen)
94.	09-03-1966	Benfica	5-1	A	1	George Best 6', 13', John Connelly 16', Pat Crerand 80', Bobby Charlton 89'	Shay Brennan 52' (o.g.)
95.	12-03-1966	Chelsea	0-2	A	0		Bobby Tambling 1', *George Graham 5'
96.	19-03-1966	Arsenal	2-1	H	0	Denis Law 2', Nobby Stiles 29'	Tom Walley 88'
97.	26-03-1966	Preston North End	1-1	A	0	David Herd 47'	*Alex Dawson 40'
98.	30-03-1966	Preston North End	3-1	H	1	Denis Law 30', 87', John Connelly 89'	Tony Singleton 69'
99.	06-04-1966	Aston Villa	1-1	A	0	Noel Cantwell 63'	James MacEwan 64'
100.	09-04-1966	Leicester City	1-2	H	1	John Connelly 81'	Mike Stringfellow 24', 25'
101.	13-04-1966	Partizan Belgrade	0-2	A	0		Mustafa Hasanagic 46', Rodaslav Becejac 59'
102.	16-04-1966	Sheffield United	1-3	A	0	David Sadler 71'	Tom Fenoughty 23', Alan Birchenall 67', Alan Woodward 79'
103.	20-04-1966	Partizan Belgrade	1-0	H	0	Nobby Stiles 72'
104.	23-04-1966	Everton	0-1	N	0		Colin Harvey 78'
105.	27-04-1966	Blackpool	2-1	H	0	Denis Law 18', Bobby Charlton 30'	Alan Ball 80'
106.	30-04-1966	West Ham United	2-3	A	0	Noel Cantwell 63', John Aston Jnr 78'	Geoff Hurst 28', 73', Johnny Byrne 42' (pen)
107.	20-08-1966	West Bromwich Albion	5-3	H	0	George Best 1', Nobby Stiles 8', Denis Law 16', 22', David Herd 17'	Bobby Hope 10', Clive Clark 46', 87'
108.	23-08-1966	Everton	2-1	A	0	Denis Law 63', 89'	Derek Temple 58'
109.	27-08-1966	Leeds United	1-3	A	0	George Best 58'	Paul Madeley 5', Paul Reaney 35', Peter Lorimer 79'
110.	31-08-1966	Everton	3-0	H	1	Bill Foulkes 44', John Connelly 55', Denis Law 60'
111.	03-09-1966	Newcastle United	3-2	H	1	David Herd 60', John Connelly 68', Denis Law 79'	Ronald McGarry 63', David Craig 86'
112.	07-09-1966	Stoke City	0-3	A	0		John Ritchie 32', 46', Calvin Palmer 36'
113.	14-09-1966	Blackpool	1-5	A	0	David Herd 37'	Ray Charnley 9' (pen), 10', 79', Leslie Lea 30', Robert Waddell 44'

About this site

MUFCINFO.com is not an official Manchester United website.
All pages are designed, maintained and copyright © Mark Graham.
Email: mufcinfo@sky.com