Paul McGee (footballer born 1954)

Football player infobox
playername = Paul McGee
fullname = Paul McGee
nickname = Ski
height =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|6|19
cityofbirth = Sligo, County Sligo
countryofbirth = Ireland
currentclub = retired
| position = Striker
years = 1970-1974 1974-1977 1977-79 1979-1982 1981-1983 1983-1984 1984 1984-85 1984-85
clubs = Finn Harps Sligo Rovers Queens Park Rangers Preston North End Burnley Dundalk Shamrock Rovers F.C. Dundalk Preston North End Galway United Waterford United Ballymena United Sligo Rovers Galway United HFC Haarlem Finn Harps Derry City Hereford United
caps(goals) =? (?) ? (?) ? (4) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 9 (2) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)|
nationalyears = 1977-1978
1978-1980
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland U21
Rep of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
16 (4)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Paul McGee (born 19 June 1954 in Sligo) is a former Irish football player. His nickname is 'Ski'.

McGee started his career with Finn Harps making his debut at 16 years of age on the 15th of November 1970. While at Harps he won the FAI Cup in 1974. He then joined his home town club Sligo Rovers winning the League of Ireland championship in 1977. After the league success he was purchased by Queens Park Rangers. In his Ireland career, he scored 4 goals in 16 matches and also won 10 youth caps and 2 U21 caps.

He had 7 different spells during his career playing for Sligo.

McGee signed for Shamrock Rovers in August 1984. He made a scoring debut with 2 goals on the 26th against Home Farm in a 4-2 win at Milltown. His last appearance was against his home town club in a 4-0 win on the 11th of November 1978. In total he played 13 times for the Hoops, including twice in the European Cup, scoring 5 goals.

While at Galway United he scored in the UEFA Cup. Whilst at Derry he played in the UEFA Cup in 1990.

He scored 143 league goals in the League of Ireland which makes him the 8th all time goalscorer.

In January 2007, McGee was appointed manager of Limerick 37 F.C.. [ [http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0201/mcgee.html McGee appointed to Limerick 37 post] ]

He was sacked in December despite an impressive 4th place position [http://www.elevenaside.com/limerick37/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=30396]

In January 2008 he was appointed assistant manager to Alan Mathews at Cork City FC. In August 2008 he lost his job as Cork went into examinership [http://www.eleven-a-side.com/corkcity/news.asp?n=33767] .

References

See also

*Sligo Rovers F.C.
*Football League of Ireland
*Galway United F.C.