William Patrick Maley was an Irish-born Scottish international football player and manager.
10 Facts About Willie Maley
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Willie Maley was the first manager of Celtic Football Club, and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history.
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Willie Maley is attributed to have coined the famous Celtic motto 'It is not his creed nor his nationality which counts, it's the man himself.
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Willie Maley was born in Newry Barracks, County Down, Ireland, the third son of Thomas Willie Maley and Mary Montgomery.
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Willie Maley won the Scottish League championship for the club in his first full season as manager.
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Willie Maley never worked with his players in training, he watched games from the directors' box and never indulged in team talks or spoke to his players at half-time or post-match.
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Willie Maley decided to scrap that and rely almost entirely on recruiting youngsters fresh from junior football.
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Willie Maley created a young team who won six consecutive league titles in a row between 1905 and 1910 and won the first Scottish League and Scottish Cup doubles.
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Celtic continued to gather trophies throughout the 1920s and in the mid-1930s Willie Maley built his third great team, featuring Jimmy Delaney and Jimmy McGrory.
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The Willie Maley years ended in a less than happy fashion.