Eddie Gray's first signing, Donnelly was a run-of-the-mill
midfielder who nevertheless won himself a place in the Leeds
line-up, but he found the veteran Peter Lorimer take his place when
Lorimer returned to Leeds at the end of 1983. He returned to
Scotland and was part of the Dunfermline squad that won promotion
to the SPL in 1986, but fell out with the club two years later and
found himself sacked at the end of the 1988 season.
John J. Donnelly says: Donnelly was always underated.
Richard Walker says: he was sick at the side of the pitch when
sub against Shrewsbury - so the story goes.
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