Patrick McWalter

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Pat McWalter
Personal information
Full name Patrick McWalter
Date of birth (1984-01-06) 6 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Wicklow, Ireland
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2008 UCD 144 (22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick "Padge" McWalter (born 6 January 1984), is a retired[ citation needed ] footballer who played with League of Ireland side UCD. [1] In his spell at UCD his versatility has been put to use seeing him deployed in a number of positions at left wing, right wing and up front. Though not prolific in his role as striker Pat finished as UCD's top scorer in the league in 2005. He also had the misfortune of scoring an own goal in UCD's League Cup final defeat to Derry City that year. McWalter picked up a serious cruciate knee ligament injury at the end of the 2006 season and spent most of the 2007 season recovering. He managed to stage a comeback a few months before the season's end and began the 2008 season as UCD's first choice left winger.

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McWalter left UCD at the end of the 2008 season to concentrate solely on playing Gaelic football for the Wicklow county team. He taught in Blackrock College for the year of 08/09. He taught History and Geography and left the school after 1 year. He currently teaches in Avondale Community College in Rathdrum.

Career statistics

Club performance
ClubSeason League FAI Cup League Cup Total
AppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
UCD AFC 20083322000352
20071112010141
20062543100285
20053374230409
20042973120348
20031311000141
Total144221446016426

GAA career

McWalter played an instrumental role in his club St Patrick's run to the county football final of 2008. Lining out at centre back in the final, his team were defeated but McWalter picked up the man of the match accolade. [2] As a result of these performances, he was called up to the senior panel for 2009. His impact was immediate and he played a starring role in Wicklow's championship run to the last 12 of the All-Ireland series. [3] His form continued into 2010 and while he was having a great game against Carlow in a Leinster Championship game. He suffered a serious injury to his kneecap which will see him out of action for some time. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "McWalter's season is over". Hogan Stand. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Kildare 1–16 Wicklow 2–9 matchtracker". RTÉ News. 25 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Match Report: Wicklow 3-13 Carlow 0-12 | Wicklow GAA". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
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