Eddie Bailham

Eddie Bailham
Personal information
Full name	Edward Bailham
Date of birth	8 May 1941
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	18 December 2016 (aged 75)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1960	Cork Hibernians
1960–1964	Shamrock Rovers
1964–1967	Cambridge City
1967	Worcester City
1967–1972	Wimbledon
1972–1973	Cambridge City
1973–1974	Bexley United
1974–1975	Chesham United
International career
1964	Republic of Ireland
1962–1964	League of Ireland XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eddie Bailham (8 May 1941 in Dublin – 18 December 2016) was an Irish football player.

After an apprenticeship at

Cork Hibernians.^[1]

He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in 1960 and as a striker was top scorer in the League of Ireland on two occasions, 1961–62 and 1963-64.^[2] On 20 August 1962 Bailham scored his only headed goal for the Hoops in a 5-5 draw against Drumcondra F.C. In February 1963 he scored four times as Rovers hammered Bohemian F.C. 7-1 at Glenmalure Park. In August 1963 he scored a hat trick of penalties in a 4-1 win over Limerick F.C.

Played 5 times in European competition for the Milltown club. Scored 49 league and 12 FAI Cup goals in the Hoops.

Eddie had a "glorious representative debut" scoring for the

English League XI in October 1963 ^[3]

He scored 4 goals in 4 total Inter-League appearances between 1962 and 1964.

He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland on 24 May 1964 in a 3-1 defeat to England at Dalymount Park.

Scored a hat-trick in his last game for the Hoops on 27 September 1964.^[4]

Emigrated to London shortly after but as he was still technically a Shamrock Rovers player he could not sign for an English league team. So he joined

Worcester F.C. and Wimbledon F.C.

He was the Southern League Premier Division top scorer in 1965-66 with 37 goals.

He died in December 2016.[5]