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Eddy Donaghy

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Eddy Donaghy
Donaghy around 1922
Personal information
Full name Edward Donaghy
Date of birth 8 January 1900
Place of birth Grangetown, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Grangetown St Mary's
1922–1923 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
1923–1926 Bradford City 13 (0)
1926–1927 Derby County 6 (0)
1927–1928 Gillingham 4 (0)
Cannes
Total 23 (0)
Managerial career
1931–1935 Feyenoord
1936–1937 KFC (Koog aan de Zaan)
1947–1950 Velocitas (Groningen)
1950–1952 SV Juliana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Donaghy, known as Eddy Donaghy or Ted Donaghy (born 8 January 1900) was an English football player and coach.

Playing career

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Born in Grangetown, Donaghy played for local club Grangetown St Mary's before playing with Football League teams Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Derby County and Gillingham.[2][3]

Donaghy, a left half, made a total of 13 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City between May 1923 and May 1926.[4][5]

He left Gillingham in 1928 to play in France,[6] where he played for Cannes alongside fellow Englishman Stan Hillier.[7]

Coaching career

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Donaghy coached Dutch side Feyenoord between 1931 and 1935, winning two league titles.[8]

Personal life

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Eddy studied in St Mary's College.[9] His brothers John and Peter were also professional players.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Vulcan (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Middlesbrough". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Soccerdata. p. 76. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ Eddy Donaghy at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 381. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  5. ^ Frost, p. 395
  6. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  7. ^ "THE FRENCH MENACE; THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH PLAYERS TO FRANCE IN THE 1930s" (PDF) (18). Soccer History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "DE TRAINERS - WONDERELIXER" (in Dutch). Feyenoord.nl. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Mr. Donaghy, trainer van SV Juliana". Limburgs Dagblad. 14 October 1950. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Past local players of note". CommuniGate. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.