Padraig Dully

Infobox Football biography
playername = Padraig Dully


fullname = Padraig Dully
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|4|20
cityofbirth = Athlone
countryofbirth = Republic of Ireland
height = convert|6|ft|2|in|m
nickname =
position = Striker
years = 1985-1990
1990-1995
1995-1996
1995-1996
1996-1997
1996-1997
1997-1999
clubs = Athlone Town
Shelbourne F.C.
Shamrock Rovers
Bohemian F.C.
Crusaders F.C.
Longford Town
Waterford United
caps(goals) = ? (?)
97 (33)
11 (3)
11 (4)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
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ntupdate =Padraig Dully (born 20 April 1965 in Athlone) was an Irish footballer during the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Dully's career began with Athlone Town and he made his debut on the 20th of October 1985 at home to Cork City. His impressive form earned him a move to Shelbourne in the close season of 1990, where he played the best football of his career. It was certainly the most rewarding period of his footballing travels. In 1992, he won the league with Shelbourne, beating Derry City in the title race, with the FAI Cup arriving a year later. Dully played a full part in the dramatic League play-offs in 1993 as well. Shels finished level on points on top of the table alongside Cork City and Bohemians. The first series of matches failed to produce a conclusive winner, but the second series did, with Cork pipping Bohs into second.

Dully's career then took a turn for the worse - a serious knee injury almost ended his playing days, in fact he was out of the game for a year. Despite making a full recovery, he was unable to get back into the Shelbourne first team.

He signed for Shamrock Rovers on 26 October 1995 for an undisclosed fee [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1995/1026/Pg017.html#Ar01704:62B8E36ED9501749861AC9A31859C01AF9D83B89B03E29C7228974274990] . He made his debut at home in a win over Derry City on the 29th but Rovers struggled and midway through the season manager Ray Treacy was sacked so after a total of 13 appearances Dully to move to Bohemians, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1996/0131/Pg019.html#Ar01907:05A07F0DE0CD0A51550D916A0BE2300E024505515509A16A] where he scored on his League debut against Dundalk. Having played 11 League matches for Rovers ,scoring 3 goals, that season, he went on to notch up 11 more with the Dalymount Park outfit.

Padraig was loaned out to Crusaders midway through the 96-97 season, where he was expected to stay, but then joined Longford Town on loan. Longford were keen to sign Dully on a permanent basis but couldn't afford to and as a result, he was snapped up by Waterford United manager Tommy Lynch.

Since retiring, Dully was assistant manager at Athlone Town to Stephen Kelly. When Kelly stepped down in July 2005, Dully resigned too.

Honours

*League of Ireland Championship: 1
** Shelbourne - 1991/92

*FAI Cup: 1
** Shelbourne - 1993

*League of Ireland representative squad