Joe Hanrahan

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Joe Hanrahan
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-03-21) 21 March 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1985 UCD 99 (11)
1985–1987 Manchester United 0 (0)
1987–1988 Shamrock Rovers 26 (5)
1988–1990 Limerick City 56 (10)
1990–1992 Derry City 50 (5)
1992–1997 Dundalk 121 (15)
1997–1998 Bohemians 7 (1)
1998–1999 Monaghan United ? (?)
International career
1984 League of Ireland XI 1 (0)
1986 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joe Hanrahan (born 21 March 1964 in Limerick) is an Irish former footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.

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He picked up many honours, including the FAI Cup in 1983–84 and was named PFAI Young Player of the Year in the same year. He played for UCD in the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup narrowly being beaten by Everton in a two-legged tie as Everton went on to win the competition, with Hanrahan nearly scoring the equaliser in the second leg.

Career

Hanrahan came from a sporting family – his father had played hurling for Limerick and three of his brothers (Peter, Gary and Dave) played in the League of Ireland. He played schoolboy football with local side Vereker Clements earning five schoolboy caps for Ireland and soon attracted interest from cross-channel in the shape of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Despite this interest from Wolves, Hanrahan decided to sign for UCD where he spent four productive years. He made his League of Ireland debut on 10 September 1981 at Dundalk F.C. The highlight of his time at Belfield was the 1983–84 season where he picked up an FAI Cup winners medal, scoring "after a mazy dribble" in the replay as UCD beat Shamrock Rovers 2–1. [2] [3] His form was noticed by his fellow professionals and he was voted PFAI Young Player of the Year. [4] He also gained Inter-League and Under-21 representative honours during that season. He captained the Ireland youth team that qualified for the 1982 European Championships in Finland, but was unavailable for the finals because of university examinations. [5]

The FAI Cup win qualified UCD for the 1985 Cup Winners' Cup. Drawn against English club Everton in the first round, The Times' match preview picked out Hanrahan as a player to watch. [6] A goalless draw at Tolka Park was followed by Everton scraping through 1–0 in the return leg at Goodison Park; Everton "went on to win the competition but they wouldn't have done had a late Joe Hanrahan shot in the second leg been a few inches lower", [7] as Peter Reid, who played for Everton in that match, remembered 23 years later: "in the last minute a lad called Joe Hanrahan had a chance and if he'd have stuck it in we'd have been out" on the away goals rule. [8]

In August 1985, after scoring five goals in four trial games he signed for Manchester United. He played in friendlies ahead of the 1986–87 season, but never made the breakthrough. Unsettled after two years without a competitive appearance, and despite speculation about a £40,000 transfer to Port Vale, [9] Hanrahan's contract was cancelled and he returned to Ireland. [10] He signed for Shamrock Rovers in 1987 and after five goals in 27 games in the clubs infamous reign at Tolka Park, he moved to his hometown club Limerick City in 1988 under the management of Billy Hamilton. They finished third in the league that season but Hamilton left during the 1989–90 season and Limerick never challenged. [11]

Hanrahan was on the move again in 1990 where Jim McLaughlin took him up north to Derry City. He won two League of Ireland Cup medals at the club, scoring in the 91 final against his old club Limerick. He played for Dundalk, [12] until they released him in summer 1997. He then joined Bohemians alongside his more talented brother Peter, a move which caused some surprise because of his age and reputation for being injury-prone although he did well, and also played for Monaghan United before retiring.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Club

UCD
Derry City
Dundalk

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ The Irish Times
  3. ↑ Cowzer, Owen (3 June 2005). "Flashback ... 1984 UCD win the FAI Cup" (reprint). The Mirror. The Free Library (Farlex). Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  4. ↑ DeLoughry, Sean (11 December 2009). "Ireland – Player of the Year and Other Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Byrne, Peter (8 May 1982). "Experienced Gorman boosts youth squad". The Irish Times. p. 3.
  6. ↑ Dunphy, Eamon (19 September 1984). "Academic interest for Everton". The Times. p. 25. Rather more relevant to the real world will be the performances of Kevin Sheedy, Everton's Republic of Ireland international, and Joe Hanrahan, the best of the Students
  7. ↑ "Drogheda click to join good company". Sunday Independent. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Beesley, Chris (19 May 2007). "We can be a Euro success". Daily Post. Liverpool. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Bassett offers £300,000 for Hodges". The Times. 23 September 1987. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Hanrahan interests Limerick City". The Irish Times. 19 September 1987. p. 13.
  11. ↑ "I told Fergie to shove his Manchester United contract and he told me to get out of his office". The 42. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  12. ↑ A one-horse race as Derry widen the gap. The Irish Times. 1 March 1997.
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