Liam Tuohy (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername= Liam Tuohy


dateofbirth = 27 April 1933
cityofbirth = East Wall, Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
position= Outside Left
youthyears = 194x-19xx
youthclubs = St. Mary’s, East Wall
years = 1951-60
1960-1963
1963-1969
1967
clubs= Shamrock Rovers
Newcastle United
Shamrock Rovers
→ Boston Rovers "(guest)"
caps(goals) =
x (3)
nationalyears = 195x-19xx
1957-1959
1955-1965
nationalteam = League of Ireland XI
Republic of Ireland B
Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) =
3 (0)
8 (4)
manageryears = 1964-1969
1967
1969-70
197x
1971-1973
1972-1973
1975-1981
1981-1982
1981-1986
19xx-2002
managerclubs = Shamrock Rovers
→ Boston Rovers
Dundalk
League of Ireland XI
Republic of Ireland
Shamrock Rovers
Trinity College, Dublin
Shelbourne
Republic of Ireland U-19s
Home Farm
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Liam Tuohy (born April 27 1933, East Wall, Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish footballer and manager. During the 1950s and 1960s. Tuohy played as an outside left for Shamrock Rovers, Newcastle United, Boston Roversand the Republic of Ireland. In 1959 while playing for Ireland, Tuohy scored the first ever goal in the history of the European Championship. After retiring as a player Tuohy became a coach and managed several clubs in the League of Ireland including Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and Shelbourne [ [http://planet_shels.tripod.com/history/managers/clubmanagers.html List of Shelbourne managers] ] .He also managed the Republic of Ireland. In July 1973 he also took charge of the Shamrock Rovers XI that played Brazil in a prestige friendly and during the 1980s he successfully coached the Republic of Ireland U-19s. He subsequently served as a director of football at Home Farm before retiring in 2002. In October 2007 Tuohy, along with other members, of the Shamrock Rovers team that won the FAI Cup six times in a row during the 1960s was honoured by the FAI. [ [http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2483 www.fai.ie] ]

Early years

Tuohy was born in East Wall, a working class area on the Northside of Dublin. He was the second youngest in a family of six boys. His father, Gerry, died when he was young, leaving him and his five brothers to be raised by his mother, Sadie. Tuohy played in goal at hurling for his school, St. Joseph’s, and began playing soccer for St. Mary’s, East Wall. After leaving school, Tuohy initially worked as a wheel builder for Royal Enfield, delivered groceries and assembled prams. [ [http://www.nufc.com/html/liam-tuohy.html www.nufc.com] ]

Playing career

hamrock Rovers

In 1951, at the age of 18, Tuohy signed for Shamrock Rovers. After a season with the under 21s and another with the second team, he made his first team debut in 1953. As a 21 year old, Tuohy attracted the interest of both West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa but he opted to remain with Rovers. Under player-manager Paddy Coad, he subsequently became a prominent member of the successful Rovers team nicknamed "Coad’s Colts". During this era Rovers won the League of Ireland title three times and the FAI Cup twice. They also made their debut in European competition and in 1959 Tuohy scored the first of four goals for Rovers at this level when he scored their second goal in 3-2 away defeat against OGC Nice in the European Cup [ [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/history.php Tuohy and Shamrock Rovers history] ] [ [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php European goals for Shamrock Rovers] ] .

Newcastle United

By 1960, Tuohy, now aged 27, had met and married his wife Sheila and had fathered three children. He had played part-time for Rovers for nine years and was now working for Guinness at St. James's Gate Brewery. It was at this stage that he accepted an offer from Newcastle United to play full-time in the English League. He made his debut for Newcastle on August 8 1960 and during three years with the club he made 42 appearances and scored 9 goals. [ [http://www.nufc.com/html/liam-tuohy.html www.nufc.com] ]

Irish International

Between 1955 and 1965, Tuohy made 8 appearances and scored 4 goals for the Republic of Ireland. He made his debut on October 10 1955, while at Shamrock Rovers, in a 4-1 defeat in a friendly against Yugoslavia. Tuohy won his next two caps while playing for Newcastle United. On April 5 1959 Tuohy scored his first goal for Ireland, the opening goal in a 2-0 win against Czechoslovakia at Dalymount Park. This game, a qualifier for the inaugural European Championship, was the first ever game played in the competition. As result Tuohy’s first goal for Ireland was also the first ever goal in the history of the European Championship. His remaining three goals were all scored in 1962. His second goal for Ireland came in a 3-2 defeat in a friendly against Austria. He then scored in both games against Iceland during the qualifiers for the 1964 European Championship. Tuohy played his last game for Ireland on March 24 1965 in a friendly against Belgium. [ [http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/player.php?id=482 Republic of Ireland stats] ] ["The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story" (1997): Sean Ryan [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1851589392] ]

Coaching career

hamrock Rovers

In 1963 Tuohy returned to Shamrock Rovers as a player-coach and helped the club win a League of Ireland/FAI Cup double. In 1964 he was appointed Rovers player-manager and he subsequently guided a team that included, among others, Bobby Gilbert, Johnny Fullam, Pat Dunne, Frank O'Neill, Mick Leech and Paddy Mulligan to a consecutive run of FAI Cup wins between 1964 and 1969. Tuohy also added to his tally of goals in European competition. In 1963 during a Fairs Cup game against Valencia CF he scored in a 2-2 draw. He scored again in 1965 in another Fairs Cup game against Real Zaragoza which finished 1-1. However the highlight of his European exploits came in 1966 when Rovers came close to knocking the eventual winners Bayern Munich, out of the European Cup Winners Cup. After holding Bayern to a 1-1 draw at Dalymount Park, goals from Bobby Gilbert and Tuohy saw Rovers came back from 2-0 down during the away game. Rovers were winning the tie on away goals when a late goal from Gerd Muller saw Bayern win 3-2 on the night and progress to the next round. In total he made 16 appearances scoring 4 goals for Rovers in European competition. [ [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/history.php Tuohy and Shamrock Rovers history] ] . [ [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php European goals for Shamrock Rovers] ] During the summer of 1967, Tuohy also played for and managed Rovers when they competed as Boston Rovers in the United Soccer Association league. [ [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dulyjs/strikers/nasl/bos1.html Boston Rovers] ] In June 1972 he returned to Rovers for a second spell as Rovers manager but resigned on December 20 1973.

Dundalk

In 1969 Tuohy was appointed manager of Dundalk and on September 16 they lost 10-0 to Liverpool in the Fairs Cup. They also lost the home leg 4-0 on September 30. This remains Liverpool’s biggest ever win. Tuohy remained in charge of Dundalk until 1972 and guided them to victory in the Leinster Senior Cup in 1971 won the League of Ireland Shield in 1972. [ [http://www.dundalkfc.com/History/EuroNights/Europe_69Liverpool.htm Dundalk manager] ]

Republic of Ireland

In 1971 Tuohy was appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland. His first game in charge was on October 10 1971, a 6-0 defeat away to Austria. The game, a European Championship qualifier, had been arranged for a Sunday, the day after a full league program in England. Forced to field a team of mainly League of Ireland players, Tuohy resolved that this would not happen again. He demanded that all future fixtures be played on a Wednesday and over the following months he travelled to England and began discussions with various team managers to secure the release of his star players for future internationals. On January 4 1972, in Tuohy’s second game in charge Ireland beat the visiting German Olympic XI 3-0. In June 1972, Tuohy took an Ireland squad to Brazil to compete in the Brazilian Independence Cup. While there they played four games, earning respectable wins over Iran and Ecuador.

Tuohy was also in charge of Ireland during the qualifiers for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Denied the services of Johnny Giles and Paddy Mulligan through injury and Don Givens who was not released by Queens Park Rangers, Ireland were beaten 2-1 by the USSR on October 18 1972. However a month later on November 15, Giles returned and inspired Ireland to a 2-1 win over France. On May 13 1973 a 1-0 defeat to the USSR effectively ended Ireland's chances of qualifying for the World Cup.

On May 19 1973 in the return game against France, Tuohy took charge of Ireland for the last time. After just eleven games in charge, Tuohy resigned. At the same time as managing Ireland, Tuohy was also managing Shamrock Rovers and was working as an area sales manager for HB Ice Cream. He was now the father of six children and financial pressures forced him to give up the Ireland job which only paid £500 a year. ["The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story" (1997): Sean Ryan [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1851589392] ]

Republic of Ireland U-19s

In 1981 Tuohy returned to international management after 6 years manging Trinity College and took the unpaid position as manager of the Republic of Ireland U-19 team. At this stage he was also managing Shelbounre F.C. He appointed Brian Kerr as one of his assistants and over the next five years the team qualified for three European Championships and a World Cup. During the 1984 European Championships, Tuohy guided a team that included Denis Irwin and Brian Mooney to the semi-finals where they lost to the USSR. They eventually finished fourth after losing the third place play-off to Poland. This was the best showing of any Irish team in an international competition until Kerr guided the U-19s to victory in same competition in 1998. In February 1986 Tuohy resigned as the U-19 manager after he felt undermined by Jack Charlton, the new manager of the senior team. During a half-time team talk, Charlton had allegedly took over and sidelined Tuohy. [ [http://www.iol.ie/~jnkehoe/blues/irelandU18.html Republic of Ireland U-19s] ] ["The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story" (1997): Sean Ryan [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1851589392] ]

Honours

"Player and Manager"

Shamrock Rovers

*League of Ireland
**"Winners" 1953-54, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1963-64: 4

*FAI Cup
**"Winners" 1955, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969: 8

*League of Ireland Shield
**"Winners" 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68: 8

*Leinster Senior Cup
**"Winners" 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1969: 6

"Manager"

Dundalk

*League of Ireland Shield
**"Winners" 1972: 1

*Leinster Senior Cup
**"Winners" 1971: 1

References