Jackie Mooney

Jackie Mooney

Jackie Mooney (born 1937) was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Dublin.

Mooney played for Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town and Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland.

Club career

Jackie was spotted playing for Home Farm F.C. by Billy Behan in 1955 and joined Manchester United. After 3 years at the club however, Mooney left Old Trafford without making the breakthrough. He had short spells at Bangor City and Cork Hibernians before signing for Shamrock Rovers where he made his debut, with Pat Dunne, against Drums in Tolka Park on the 26th of August 1962. He scored for Rovers in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Valencia C.F. in the Estadio Mestalla in 1963 [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php] . He made a total of 6 appearances for the Hoops in European competition and was also the league top scorer in 1964/65 season with 16 goals [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html]

After sustaining a serious knee injury in a match against Shelbourne, Mooney was out of the game for 2 years. He returned to play for Aer Lingus in the Leinster Senior League for 2 years before Billy Young brought him back into football with Athlone Town. After a couple of seasons at Athlone, Jackie followed Young to Dalymount Park and Bohemians. He was top scorer for Bohs during the 1971/72 season. [Bohemian FC match programme, Vol. 52, no. 19] . His goalscoring record for that season showed a total of 10 goals in 23 league games.

International career

He also represented the full Irish international team during the 1960s; marking his debut with a goal against Poland at Dalymount Park on October 25 1964. In total he represented his country twice with his second cap coming against Belgium in March 1965. [http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=100]

Footballing Family

His uncle Denis Doyle was a member of the very first Shamrock Rovers side to win the League of Ireland title in 1922/23. He went on to win three League medals and one FAI Cup medal during his time at Milltown. He also played on the occasion of Ireland's first international game which was against Italy in Turin in March 1926. His younger brother, Tommy "Netler" Doyle also played for Shamrock Rovers after Dinny had left the club. He went on to win the League of Ireland Shield and the Leinster Senior Cup while at Rovers.

Honours

* FAI Cup: 2
** Shamrock Rovers 1964, 1965

Sources

* "The Hoops" by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)

References


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