Eddie McGoldrick
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward John Paul McGoldrick | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Crystal Palace (academy head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Kettering Town | 110 | (9) |
| 1984–1986 |
Nuneaton Borough | 81 | (4) |
| 1986–1988 | Northampton Town | 107 | (9) |
| 1988–1993 | Crystal Palace | 147 | (11) |
| 1993–1996 | Arsenal | 38 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Manchester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Manchester City | 34 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Stockport County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | Corby Town | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 352 | (22) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1992–1995 | Republic of Ireland | 15 | (0) |
| 1992 |
Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000 | Corby Town (player-manager) | ||
| 2003 | Bashley | ||
| 2009–2012 | Northampton Town (youth team) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Crystal Palace (youth team) | ||
| 2014– | Crystal Palace (academy) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2016 | |||
Edward John Paul McGoldrick (born 30 April 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is currently the foundation academy manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
As a player he was a
Club career
McGoldrick started out at non-league side
McGoldrick then went on to have a spell at
McGoldrick moved to Arsenal after Crystal Palace's relegation from the
He left Arsenal for
He stayed on the payroll at Manchester City until retiring as a player in 1999.
International career
McGoldrick was capped at international level for the Republic of Ireland. He was a member of Ireland's 1994 World Cup squad though he did not play in the tournament.
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, McGoldrick had short spells as manager of Corby Town in 2000 and Bashley in 2003.
Prior to becoming player-manager at Corby Town he had a brief spell as the club's commercial manager. In 2008, he was confirmed as the under-14s manager at
However, after a spell at Northampton, McGoldrick's old club Crystal Palace sought to appoint him as one of their youth team managers in 2013. However, in that year he instead established a football academy at Northampton College. Wherein the college students aged 16 – 19 years old have the opportunity of pursuing a full-time footballing scholarship along with a BTEC Sport qualification. At the start of the 2016–17 season, McGoldrick was again offered by Crystal Palace a post with the club's Academy. McGoldrick accepted and took up the position as the manager of the club's academy.
Novelty song
Josh Widdicombe fronted the 1990s football podcast Quickly Kevin, Will He Score? and released a song featuring McGoldrick's name being sung to a jaunty tune, a running joke on the podcast. The aim was to get to Xmas number one in 2019.[5] However, the single failed to break the top 40.
Honours
Northampton Town
Crystal Palace
- 1990–91
Arsenal
Manchester City
- Football League Second Division play-offs: 1999
Individual
See also
References
- ^ Eddie McGoldrick at Soccerbase
- ^ "European Football: Inspired Arsenal catch fire to raze Standard". The Independent. 4 November 1993. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Baskcomb, Julian, ed. (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98. Leicester: Polar.
- ^ "McGoldrick joins Cobblers staff". BBC Sport. 5 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Quickly Kevin; will he score? The 90s Football Show".
External links
- Crystal Palace profile
- Eddie McGoldrick at Soccerbase
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