Willo McDonagh

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Willo McDonagh
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McDonagh with Shelbourne in 2014
Personal information
Full name William McDonagh
Date of birth (1983-03-14) 14 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Centre back / Midfielder
Youth career
Bohemians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Carlisle United 63 (4)
2005 Shamrock Rovers 26 (5)
2006–2008 Glentoran 35 (4)
2008–2011 Glenavon 87 (18)
2008 → Armagh City 5 (0)
2011–2012 Monaghan United [1] 13 (1)
2012–2013 Longford Town 25 (2)
2014 Shelbourne 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Willo McDonagh (born 14 March 1983) is an Irish former footballer. The defensive midfield player played for Bohemians, Carlisle United, Shamrock Rovers, Glentoran, Monaghan United and Shelbourne.

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Biography

He made his Rovers debut on 18 March 2005 and went on to make a total of 31 appearances in all competitions scoring 6 goals.

McDonagh arrived at The Oval in January 2006 from Shamrock Rovers, and was one of former manager Roy Coyle's final signings before resigning. McDonagh scored his first goal for the club in a 3-2 success against Newry City at the Oval in March, this would be his only for the season.

2006/2007 was a mixed year for McDonagh, with consistency being the main hindrance to him becoming a favourite with the Glentoran crowd. Arguably his best performance for the Glens came in a 4–1 win over Belfast rivals Cliftonville at the Oval in December 2006, where he made surging runs from midfield and scored with a directed header, and many hoped he would have continued this great form into the annual Boxing Day derby clash with arch rivals Linfield, but McDonagh was handed a two-game suspension by the IFA. [2]

Infamous for his disciplinary record, with 11 bookings to his name this season, he has gained a reputation with officials up all over the country after his alleged two-foot stamp on Cliftonville's Ronan Scannell in December's televised CIS League Cup Final, a game which Glentoran went on to win 1-0 thanks to a 32nd minute Gary Hamilton goal. This is McDonagh's only winners medal to date. In 2007 McDonagh was placed on the transfer list.

In February 2008 he was loaned out to Armagh City for one season [3]

Following his release by the Glens, McDonagh signed for Glenavon. [4]

In August 2011, he signed for Monaghan United, again linking up with Roddy Collins. [5] [6] On 18 June 2012, the club announced their withdrawal from the League of Ireland and all of their playing staff were released by the club. [7]

He subsequently signed for Longford Town in June 2012, scoring on his debut against Mervue United, in a 5–4 win for his new club. McDonagh is currently operating in a centre back role under Longford manager Tony Cousins.

Honours

Carlisle United

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References

  1. ↑ All Monaghan United players' statistics for the 2012 season were expunged after Monaghan withdrew from the league mid-season.
  2. ↑ BBC News
  3. ↑ "January dealings done and dusted!". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "News Archive". Archived from the original on 3 September 2004.
  5. ↑ "Monaghan United 3-1 Waterford United | MonaghanUnited.com". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "GLENAVON: Club focus - Football - Belfast Newsletter". Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  7. ↑ "Monaghan United withdraw from league". extratime.ie. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bristol City 2–0 Carlisle". BBC Sport. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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