Pat Jennings Jr.

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Pat Jennings
Personal information
Full name Patrick Jennings
Date of birth (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Hertfordshire, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 UCD 43 (0)
2004–2010 Derry City 50 (0)
2008 → Sligo Rovers (loan) 3 (0)
2010 Shamrock Rovers 0 (0)
2011 Glenavon 5 (0)
2012
Athlone Town
 26 (0)
2013–2018 St Patrick's Athletic 1 (0)
Total 128 (0)
Managerial career
2013– St Patrick's Athletic (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Jennings (born 24 September 1979), commonly known as Pat Jennings Jr., is an English former professional football goalkeeper who is goalkeeping coach of League of Ireland club St Patrick's Athletic. He is the son of Northern Ireland international, Pat Jennings.

Early life

Jennings attended

Tottenham Hotspur players Chris Hughton, Osvaldo Ardiles and his father's goalkeeping contemporary Ray Clemence
.

Career

Jennings started his career at Tottenham Hotspur before joining UCD in January 2001 on a Sports Management Soccer Scholarship. He moved north to Derry City after several seasons at Belfield Park.

At Derry, Jennings unsuccessfully tried to displace first-choice keeper

went to penalties with Jennings saving all of Shelbourne's attempts.[1]

With the departure of Forde to Cardiff City at the end of the 2006 season, Jennings began the 2007 season as Derry coach Pat Fenlon's first-choice goalkeeper despite the signing of Ola Tidman.

Jennings joined Sligo on loan for the 2008 season.

Jennings signed for Shamrock Rovers in July 2010[2] but never played competitively.

In March 2011 he signed for Glenavon until the end of the 2010–11 season.[3] On his debut he scored an own goal.[4]

In March 2012 he joined

Athlone Town.[5]

Jennings signed for

2014 Leinster Senior Cup Final on 9 September 2014, as Pats beat Longford Town 2–1 to become champions. His next appearance came on 22 September 2015 in the 2015 Leinster Senior Cup Semi-final vs. Dundalk. With first choice keeper Brendan Clarke out for the season with a broken finger, manager Liam Buckley opted not to risk young stand-in keeper Conor O'Malley in the competition of least importance to the club and played Jennings, two days before his 36th birthday, as Pats lost 1–0, despite Jennings saving a John Mountney
penalty in the 59th minute.

Personal life

Jennings married former Miss Ireland, Sarah Morrissey at a ceremony in Tuscany in 2014.[8]

Honours

Derry City

St Patrick's Athletic

References

  1. ^ "Eircom League of Ireland Cup 2006". fai.ie. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Transfer News". shamrockrovers.ie. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Glenavon sign keeper Jennings". BBC Sport. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Glenavon 1–2 Dungannon Swifts". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Jennings clearance comes through in time for 'El Classico'". Athlone Town. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Saints Announce New Signings".
  7. ^ "LSC – Athlone Town 2 St Patricks Athletic 3 AET | Athlone Town FC – 2013 First Division Champions". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014.
  8. ^ Calnan, Denise (15 June 2014). "Romantic Italy the setting for top Irish model Sarah Morrissey and footballer Jennings' big day". Irish Independet. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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