Tony O'Doherty
Anthony O'Doherty (born 23 April 1947) is a Northern Irish former footballer and football manager.
A native of Creggan, Derry, O'Doherty played for Coleraine FC, Derry City FC, Finn Harps, Dundalk FC and briefly for Ballymena United and also internationally for Northern Ireland in the British Home Championship against England in front of a crowd of 100,000 at the old Wembley Stadium on 21 April 1970.[1] In total, he won two international caps.[2]
From 1993 to 1994, O'Doherty managed his old club, Derry City.[citation needed]
Other
[edit | edit source]According to Eamonn McCann, O'Doherty headed the Free Derry Police for a time in the early 1970s.[3]
O'Doherty now writes an opinion-based column, the "Doc's Prescription", in the sports section one of the Derry Journal.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Blaxnit Cup
- Coleraine F.C. 1969
- FAI Cup
- Finn Harps 1974
- Dundalk 1981
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Match Statistics, The FA.
- ^ "Northern Ireland all-time cap list Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine" (PDF), hnisc.co.uk; accessed 15 February 2021.
- ^ McCann, Eamonn, War and an Irish Town, 2nd edition, Pluto Press, London, 1980; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 100
External links
[edit | edit source]- Tony O'Doherty at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from Derry (city)
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- League of Ireland players
- League of Ireland managers
- Derry City F.C. managers
- Derry City F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Coleraine F.C. players
- Northern Ireland men's international footballers
- Finn Harps F.C. players
- Ballymena United F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Association football managers from Northern Ireland