Jackie Jameson

Last updated

Jackie Jameson
Personal information
Full name Jackie Jameson
Date of birth 27 March 1957
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 28 October 2002(2002-10-28) (aged 45)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1975 Lourdes Celtic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1978 Shamrock Rovers 5 (0)
1978–1981 St. Patrick's Athletic 68 (17)
1981–1990 Bohemians 205 (70)
International career
1984 League of Ireland XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jackie Jameson was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s.

Contents

Career

Jameson represented Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk (loan), St. Patrick's Athletic and Bohemians during his career. He is known around Dalymount Park as "The Great Man". He was inducted into the Bohemian F.C. Hall of Fame in November 2007. [1]

Jameson played his schoolboy football at Lourdes Celtic and Cherry Orchard before moving into League of Ireland football with Shamrock Rovers in 1975.

He made a scoring debut on 21 October 1975 in a FAI League Cup tie while in the previous month on 11 September he scored against Japan in a 3-2 win in Tokyo. He struggled, however, to gain regular first team football under John Giles and after only 5 appearances he moved to St Patrick's Athletic in 1978 where he began to establish himself as a player of some class. He spent 3 seasons at Pats, reaching a FAI Cup Final in 1980 (losing to Waterford) before he joined Billy Young's Bohemians in 1981. He scored on his league debut on 13 September against Sligo, the same day Paul Doolin, who also scored, made his debut.

He spent 9 years at Dalymount Park until his retirement in 1990. Jackie would end up as Bohemian's top league scorer in 5 of those seasons. He was runner up in the FAI Cup in 1982 and 1983 and runner up in the League of Ireland in 1984 and 1985. He was never capped at full international level either. However, he was on the League of Ireland XI and played in Olympic qualifiers. He played 303 competitive matches for Bohs after making his debut against Shelbourne on 30 August 1981 with his last game on 28 January 1990 against UCD. Scored once in six European appearances.

Death and legacy

Jackie Jameson died in 2002. [2] He is still a legend amongst the Bohs fans and many songs and flags have been created in honour of him.

A Facebook tribute page was set up in 2012. It can be found under the name Jackie Jameson Irish Football Legend.

One of the three function rooms in Dalymount Park is named The Jackie Jameson Bar.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bohemian F.C.</span> Irish football club

Bohemian Football Club, more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, is an Irish professional football club based in Dublin. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland, and are the oldest League of Ireland club in continuous existence. Bohs are the fourth most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11 times, the FAI Cup 7 times, the League of Ireland Shield 6 times and the League of Ireland Cup 3 times. Prior to the establishment of the Football Association of Ireland and League of Ireland, Bohemians competed in the Irish Football League and Irish Cup, which were at the time all-Ireland competitions. During that period they won the Irish Cup once and finished runners up 5 times. They hold the record for Leinster Senior Cup wins with 33 cups claimed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dalymount Park</span> Football stadium in Dublin, Ireland

Dalymount Park is a football stadium in Phibsborough on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Quigley</span> Irish footballer

Mark Quigley is an Irish former professional footballer who played for Millwall, Shamrock Rovers, St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians, Dundalk, Sligo Rovers and Derry City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Killian Brennan</span> Irish retired footballer

Killian Brennan is an Irish retired footballer who played as a midfielder in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barry Murphy (footballer, born 1985)</span> Irish association footballer, born 1985

Barry Murphy is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the League of Ireland Premier Division for Shamrock Rovers over 2 spells, Bohemians and St Patrick's Athletic over 3 spells.

Terry Eviston was a footballer who played for Home Farm, Bohemians, Athlone Town A.F.C., Dundalk F.C. and two spells with Shamrock Rovers. He is the current manager of Raheny United in the Women's National League (Ireland).

Jason McGuinness is an Irish footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Conor Powell</span> Irish footballer

Conor Powell is an Irish former footballer who played as a left back.

Brian Shelley is an Irish football player-coach for Waitakere United. Besides the Republic of Ireland, he has played in New Zealand.

Eamonn Gregg was an Irish football player during the 1970s and 1980s.

Joe Lawless is an Irish soccer player who was active during the 1980s and 1990s.

Tony O'Connor is an Irish former soccer player during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and is currently reserve team manager at Bohemians. He was born in Dublin and is known as "Toccy".

John Rowan "Johnny" Fullam was an Irish association footballer.

Tommy Kelly was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Seán Thomas was an Irish football manager.

David Martin Campbell is an Irish football coach and former player. He is opposition analyst and head of recruitment at Sligo Rovers.

Anthony O'Connell is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Jackie Mooney was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s and 1970s.

James "Maxie" McCann is a former soccer player from Dublin, Ireland.

The 2019 League of Ireland season was Bohemian Football Club's 129th year in their history and their 35th consecutive season in the League of Ireland Premier Division since it became the top tier of Irish football. Bohemians participated in various domestic cups this season, including the FAI Cup, EA Sports Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. Bohemians also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Bohemian FC of Dublin Official Website - Gala honour for Murphy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  2. ↑ "By using a variety of video search engine optimization tactics, you can position your video content for your target audience".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.