Seamus Heath

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Seamus Heath
Personal information
Full name Seamus Martin James Paul Heath
Date of birth (1961-12-06) 6 December 1961 (age 61)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cromac Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1982 Luton Town 0 (0)
1982 → Lincoln City (loan) 7 (0)
1983–1984 Wrexham 32 (1)
1984–1986 Tranmere Rovers 17 (0)
1986 Portadown 4 (1)
1986–? Bollklubben-46 ? (?)
1989–1990 Glentoran 11 (0)
1990 Bollklubben-46 ? (?)
1990–1992 Glentoran 28 (0)
1992–1994 Distillery 43 (0)
1994–1995 Derry City 9 (0)
1995–1996 Cliftonville 12 (0 [1] )
Managerial career
2005 Northern Ireland U19 (assistant)
2006–2007 Kilmore Recreation
2016–2017 Annagh United (youth)
2017–2018 Knockbreda (youth)
2018 Aberystwyth Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seamus Heath (born 6 December 1961) is a Northern Irish former association football midfielder and coach who was most recently manager of Welsh Premier League club Aberystwyth Town.

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Heath was an archetypal journeyman appearing for several clubs during the course of his career. He subsequently carved out a successful career in coaching.

Playing career

Heath began his career at amateur club Cromac Albion where for a time he roomed with future Northern Ireland international Mal Donaghy. [2] In April 1979 he joined Football League side Luton Town although Heath did not make any league appearances for the club and in April 1982 joined Lincoln City on loan. [3] He spent the 1983–84 season at Wrexham and then played for Tranmere Rovers before returning to Northern Ireland with Portadown in October 1986. [1]

Soon afterwards Heath moved to Finland to play for Bollklubben-46 [1] and subsequently played for a number of other clubs in the country. [4] In October 1989 he joined Glentoran although the following summer Heath returned to Bollklubben-46. [1] He rejoined Glentoran in October 1990. [1] Heath signed for Distillery in July 1992. [1] He moved to League of Ireland side Derry City in August 1994. [1] He returned to the Irish Football League with Cliftonville in August 1995. [1]

Coaching

Heath served as youth development officer at Glenavon [5] and until 2005 combined this with a wider role as one of 23 Irish Football Association (IFA) youth development officers. In this capacity he also served as assistant manager of the Northern Ireland under-19 team. [4] In January 2006 Heath was appointed manager of Kilmore Recreation. [6]

Heath would return to the IFA around 2007 as a "Grassroots Development Officer" for the Down district. [7] As of 2011 Heath remains in position with the IFA. [8] He has also turned out for the Northern Ireland over 45s in veterans matches. [9]

On 28 March 2018, Heath was announced as manager of Welsh club Aberystwyth Town due to former manager Neville Powell's pro licence expiring. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marshall Gillespie, The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook 1996/97, UTV Books, 1996, p. 190
  2. ↑ Old pals link up to Rec United dream
  3. ↑ Seamus Heath 1982/83
  4. 1 2 Doing the Busy-Ness; Heath is best man to fix up old Rec.
  5. ↑ "Mini-Soccer Centre". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Don't Mess Up!
  7. ↑ IFA Goes Stateside
  8. ↑ Heath's details at IFA
  9. ↑ Wales Veterans Football League [ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Club Announce Boost to Black and Green Management Team". Aberystwyth Town F.C. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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