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Eddie Gormley (born October 23, 1968 in Dublin) is a former Irish football player. Gormley was a midfielder and played league football in England, Scotland and Ireland. He achieved most success with St Patrick's Athletic. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ...
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Early career
Educated at Cabinteely Community School where he played for the School Junior & Senior teams, and also playing schoolboy football with St Joseph’s Boys, Gormley joined League of Ireland side Bray Wanderers in the summer of 1987. After only a handful of appearances Gormley impressed in a trial at Tottenham Hotspur and was signed on a three year contract in November 1987. During his time at Tottenham, Gormley would earn Republic of Ireland under 21 caps. He would however not play for Tottenham’s frst team, outside of friendlies and testimonials. Tottenham loaned out Gormley to Chesterfield, Motherwell and Shrewsbury Town F.C. to get some first team experience. The Football League of Ireland, usually known simply as the League of Ireland or the Eircom League (from the leagues sponsorship by Irish telcom Eircom), is a league of football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. ...
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Doncaster Rovers At the end of the 1989/90 season Gormley was released by Tottenham and signed by Billy Bremner for Doncaster Rovers. Gormley inspired Doncaster to ten point lead in the league before financial circumstances saw a number of crucial players sold off, resulting in Doncastor missing out on promotion. The following two year saw Doncaster struggle as a side without any real chance of promotion. Gormley, however, flourished and was voted the club’s player of the year in both 1991/92 and 1992/93 seasons. [1] After three seasons at Doncastor, Gormley decided to return to Ireland and initially joined Drogheda United on loan at the start of the 1993/94 season. Billy Bremner (born Stirling, Scotland, 9 December 1942; died Doncaster, England, 7 December 1997) was the inspirational captain of the legendary Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s. ...
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St Patrick’s Athletic After securing his release from Doncaster, Gormley was signed by St Patrick’s Athletic manager Brian Kerr in December 1993. His debut game went relatively unnoticed as it happened to be St. Pats first home game on return to their natural home of Richmond Park after a four and half year absence. He played on the left wing during his first season. The following season saw Gormley move into central midfield and his performances there saw him selected on the League’s All Star team. In 1995/96 Gormley won the PFAI Player of the Year award as he drove St Pats to the league title. Unfortunately for Gormley and St Pats he missed a penalty in the FAI Cup final replay as Shelbourne stopped the Saints winning the double. After finishing 5th in 1996/97, Gormley captained the Saints to further league titles in 1997/98 and 1998/99. A hugely creative player with an eye for spectacular goals (Irish Times journalist Gerry Thornley called him Hagi such were the playing similarities with the Romanian footballer), his all round play made him a firm fans favourite in Inchicore. He was captain of the League of Ireland representative side between 1996 and 2000. When he left in 2000 after an argument with manager Pat Dolan Pats’ fans were furious. He was cheered on and off the field by them every time he played against St Pats after his very succesful spell there. St Patricks Athletic Football Club is an Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland. ...
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End of Playing career and on Having decided to leave St Pats, Gormley re-joined his first club, Bray Wanderers. He played for three seasons and performed admirably. He was unable, however to help Bray reach the heights he reached with St Pats and in 2003, Gormley retired from professional football. After a spell as coach, in September 2006 Gormley was appointed manager of Bray Wanderers. [2]
Honours League of Ireland Championship
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- St. Patrick's Athletic - 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99
PFAI Player of the Year
External links - Gormley interview from braywanderers.com, July 2002
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