Pat Lally (footballer)

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Pat Lally
Personal information
Full name Patrick Anthony Lally [1]
Date of birth (1952-01-11) 11 January 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Paddington, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
?–1970 Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1971 Millwall 1 (0)
1971–1973 York City 71 (5)
1973–1978 Swansea City 161 (10)
1975Aldershot (loan) 3 (0)
1978–1982 Doncaster Rovers 122 (0)
1982–1983 Burton Albion 51 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Anthony Lally (born 11 January 1952) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Paddington, London, Lally started his career with Millwall after signing as a professional in January 1970 and made one appearance in the Football League before signing for York City on a two-month trial in July 1971. [2] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Oldham Athletic on 31 August 1971 and he finished the 1971–72 season with 43 appearances and two goals. [2] [3] He made 38 appearances and scored three goals during the 1972–73 season, [4] and he became known for "driving runs from midfield" during his time at York. [2] He was signed by Swansea City for a fee of £7,000 in August 1973 and he made 161 league appearances and scored 10 goals for the club. [1] [2] While at Swansea, he had a loan with Aldershot, who he joined in October 1975, and made three league appearances. [1] He left Swansea in September 1978 when he joined Doncaster Rovers, where he made 122 league appearances, before leaving at the end of the 1981–82 season. [1] In 1982 he went on to have a spell with non-League side Burton Albion playing 51 games and scoring 5 goals, before his playing career was cruelly ended with a broken leg during a match in November 1983. [5] Later he became an education officer for the Professional Footballers' Association, [2] and he now works as the regional League Football education officer for the North. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 357. ISBN   1-85291-665-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). "Football League Players". Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922-1997. Citizen Publications. p. 59. ISBN   0-9531005-0-2.
  3. Batters, Dave (2008). "Season Statistics". York City The Complete Record. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. pp. 336–337. ISBN   978-1-85983-633-0.
  4. Batters. York City The Complete Record. pp. 338–339.
  5. Page, Rex (1990). Wellington Street to Wembley, Burton Albion, the Complete History, 1950-1990. pp. 52–55.
  6. Flett, Dave (2 June 2009). "Pat Lally in plea not to ditch York City's youth team". The Press. Retrieved 2 June 2009.