Complex sentence: Everton manager Harry Catterick paid £75,000 to sign Connolly for the Goodison Park club in March 1972 and such was Catterick's determination to conclude the signing that he forced himself from his sick bed.
Split into simpler sentences: Everton manager Harry Catterick paid £75,000 to take Connolly to Goodison Park in March 1972. Such was Catterick's determination to conclude the signing that he forced himself off his sick bed.