Career
He made appearances in The Football League for Blackburn Rovers and As a youngster growing up in Skelmersdale, Donnelly joined Blackburn and received press coverage in 1986 after being named best pupil during a course for the Lancashire Schoolboys team Donnelly made two league appearances for Blackburn in 1990-1991 in the Football League Second Division, before moving to Chester in the summer of 1993 along with fellow Rovers youngsters Ian Berry and Lee Moss.
He did not play professionally again, moving to Holywell Town in the League of Wales.