Gerry Creaney was a prolific player at youth level and was considered one of the brightest young striking prospects in Scotland. This impressive form led to him graduating to the Celtic first team and he made his debut in 1990.
He would go on to score an impressive 53 goals in 144 appearances for the club. The fact he done so during a turbulent time for the club tells you that he was a talented player in a bang average Celtic side.
Gerry was one of the guys I admired growing up, he was a striker after all, the man who grabbed the glory and he did so many times. Especially against Rangers. The one he scored in the famous ‘St Patrick’s Day Massacre’ sticks out and is a great Celtic memory from that difficult era for the Celtic support.. I also remember him scoring a couple at Ibrox which were just as sweet.
Gerry made his debut under the legendary Billy McNeill and scored his first goal after just a few first team starts. He eventually got on the scoresheet regularly and solidified his place as a first team regular.
The next few years as we know was a dire time for the club and Gerry went through a tough time like everyone else, like all our forwards he went through a lean spell and didn’t live up to his expectations. Playing under Liam Brady and Lou McCari didn’t help. Not having a regular strike partner hindered him too, Tommy Coyne, Charlie Nicholas, Frank McAvennie and Andy Payton all being rotated in the forward position.
Gerry eventually headed down south to Portsmouth and scored an impressive 32 goals in 60 games, this unsurprisingly led to interest from bigger clubs and he earned himself a move to the Premier League with Manchester City, with City paying £1.5 million for his services.
It unfortunately didn’t work for Gerry at City and went out on loan to a few lower league English sides before heading back up to Scotland with St Mirren. He also played for Raith Rovers, Queen of the south and Clydebank before hanging up his boots in 2000.
Gerry lived the dream and scored goals in the famous green and white Hoops. He was just unfortunate like many other that he played in a troubled era for the club. Had he played at a different time he could have been the player everyone thought he would be.
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I played football with Gerry years ago, he is a decent guy. I always remembered his Dad always showed up to games wearing a khaki snorkel jacket. Was proud of him when he signed for Celtic. pity it didnt work out for him.
I remember bumping into him years ago and he almost completed his accountancy degree. Very humble and polite guy still