William George McNulty (born 9 February 1949) is a Scottish former
football goalkeeper
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. He played a total of eight league games between 1966 and 1970, one each for
Port Vale
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and
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing f ...
, and six for
Chesterfield.
Career
McNulty graduated through the juniors to sign professional forms with
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...
in April 1966.
Manager
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Jackie Mudie
John Knight Mudie (10 April 1930 – 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward. He won seventeen caps for his country, helping the Scotland national team to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Startin ...
handed him his
Fourth Division debut in a 2–0 defeat by
Aldershot
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at
Vale Park
Vale Park is a football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It has been the home ground of Port Vale F.C. since 1950.
The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...
on 22 April 1967.
He did not feature again for the "Valiants", and was given a
free transfer to
Chesterfield in May 1968.
He played six Fourth Division games for the "Spireites" in
1968–69, before manager
Jimmy McGuigan
James McGuigan (1 March 1924 – 30 March 1988) was a Scottish professional football player and manager.
Career
Playing career
McGuigan, who played as a wing half, played junior football with Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, before turning professi ...
allowed him to leave
Saltergate
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. He played one
Scottish Second Division
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History
The Second Division was created in 1975, as part of a wider reconstruction of the Scottish Football League (SFL ...
game for
Harry Melrose
Harry Melrose (born 31 May 1935) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.
Club career
A winger, Melrose started his playing career for Rangers. His only appearance for the Gers was in the Scottish League Cup semi-final in ...
's
Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland.
Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing f ...
in
1969–70, before leaving
Shielfield Park
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H ...
and retiring from professional football.
Career statistics
Source:
References
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1949 births
Living people
Footballers from Edinburgh
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Port Vale F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Berwick Rangers F.C. players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players