Bill Cassidy (footballer, born 1940) explained

Bill Cassidy
Fullname:William Pitt Cassidy
Birth Date:4 October 1940
Birth Place:Hamilton, Scotland
Death Place:Oxford, England
Position:Left half, inside forward
Years1:195?–1958
Clubs1:Burnbank Swifts
Years2:1958
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Years3:1958
Clubs3:Coltness United
Years4:1958–1961
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:1961–1962
Caps5:25
Goals5:1
Years6:1962–1967
Caps6:118
Goals6:25
Years7:1967–1968
Clubs7:Chelmsford City
Years8:1968
Caps8:20
Goals8:3
Years9:1968–1971
Clubs9:Cambridge United
Caps9:31
Goals9:6
Years10:1971–1972
Clubs10:Kettering Town
Years11:1972–197?
Clubs11:Ramsgate Athletic
Years12:1975–1977
Clubs12:Brora Rangers
Manageryears1:1977–1979
Managerclubs1:Ross County

William Pitt Cassidy (4 October 1940 – 9 March 1995) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He made 174 English Football League appearances playing for Rotherham United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United. He also played one Scottish League match as a trialist for Hamilton Academical,[1] and spent the 1968 North American Soccer League season with the Detroit Cougars.[2] He also played junior football for Burnbank Swifts and Coltness United and English non-league football for Chelmsford City, Kettering Town and Ramsgate Athletic.[1] [3] He went on to act as player-coach of Highland League club Brora Rangers[4] and managed Ross County, also of the Highland League.[5]

Cassidy was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in 1940 and died in Oxford in 1995 at the age of 54.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bill Cassidy . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 17 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Bill Cassidy . NASLJerseys.com . Dave Morrison . 17 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Player search . English National Player Archive . 17 September 2018.
  4. News: Bill's boys put Brora into the big-time . Bill . McAllister . Aberdeen Evening Express . 18 December 1976 . 20.
  5. News: Midsummer madness hits North soccer . Hamish . Black . Aberdeen Evening Express . 30 June 1979 . 8.