Dead - Old AFC Left Back

[sheepcrooky]

Not good news. Chick Mclelland, old left back and coaching stalwart had passed away.

[donsdaft]

I think Chick had been in a bad way with dementia for the last few years.

RIP min

[Br0chred]

I mind he scored a volley top corner cracker in a midweek Euro game , I think, Very sad news

[InversneckieDob]

Ah, sorry to hear that.
Cracking player, missed the 76 League Cup Final due to injury, heard mixed reports re: his abilities as a youth coach, but dedicated a goodly chunk of his life to the club.
RIP fella.

[NaeMairNeeps]

Ach ... saddened tae hear this news ... decent player - often questioned regardin his 'habit' o' hesitatin' on the ball ... for what sometimes seemed an age ... whilst decidin where to put the ball. However, never questioned regarding where he sent it. Perhaps there's a lesson there

RIP Chic, and thanks for the good times.

[57vintage]

Affa sorry to hear this. I did my coaching qualifications with him and Drew Jarvie in the Pittodrie car park back in the 1990s.

The goal he scored in Europe was against Fortuna Dusseldorf, where we nearly pegged back their 3-0 lead from the first leg. He never failed to remind us of it, and I think he added five yards to the distance every time he mentioned it.

http://afcheritage.org/matches/fixtu...9&squad=Senior

He wisna in a good way mentally when he was onstage with the team at the 40th anniversary dinner of the 76 League Cup winning squad in 2016, although Billy Williamson played at LB in the final.

As a community coach, the kids and their parents thought the world of him, and although there was a dearth of talent came through at the time, Chic could only work with the material scouted for him.

Poor loon. Rest easy, Chic.

[donsdaft]

Chic?

Gave something away?

Well I would have liked to have seem that.

I sold him a pair of specs once, I had to buy in especially cheap and s’hitey stuff just to meet the price he was prepared to pay, and even then I doubt I broke even.

A fine loon though nonetheless.

[57vintage]

A deserved dignified and respectful tribute from the club.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/12/27/in-...hic-mclelland/

[sonofrgmsdad]

Always remember that left arm raised as he crossed the ball. Always a decent player. So many lost, my hero's as a youngster, making me feel old. Goodbye all, you gave this boy (then)a great deal of pleasure.

[pieandbovrilman]

Billy’s hat trick was in 75 v the wanchors, and I recall girning whingeing greeting and splenetic letters, poorly punctuated too, full of split infinitives and ill-judged gerunds, in the Green Final complaining that we should have won by about 40 more goals, and that that left half Willie Miller wouldn’t ever amount to anything.

Thank goodness our supporters are more appreciative nowadays.

http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/f...5&squad=Senior

A deserved dignified and respectful tribute from the club.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2020/12/27/in-...hic-mclelland/

Was he only 63?
Seems that Afc and Wikipedia have posted conflicting ages , club says 63 and wiki says 67 .........