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Frank McAvennie of Celtic and West Ham: the Mavericks of Scottish Football

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West Ham by day and at Stringfellow’s at night.In his debut season in 1985-86, the striker scored 26 league goals which would have been enough to win the Golden Boot were it not for Gary Lineker scoring more for Everton.“Lineker beat me for league goals by one — but he scored 13 penalties,” he recalls.“I never took a penalty but for that, I might have had a crisp packet named after me instead.”In between the two spells for the Hammers, he returned home to play for his boyhood heroes, Celtic, helped Scotland qualify for the World Cup in 1986 and made two of his five appearances for his country at that tournament in Mexico.Two years later, his two late goals in the Scottish Cup Final saw off Dundee United and secured a dream double for Celtic.

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