Amby Fogarty

Amby Fogarty

Personal information
Full name	Ambrose Gerald Fogarty
Date of birth	(1933-09-11)11 September 1933
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	3 January 2016(2016-01-03) (aged 82)
Place of death	Limerick, Ireland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1955	Bohemians	29	(8)
1955–1957	Glentoran	40	(10)
1957–1963	Sunderland	152	(37)
1963–1966	Hartlepool United	127	(22)
1966–1969	Cork Hibernians	40	(3)
1969–1971	Cork Celtic	29	(3)
1971–1972	Drumcondra	15	(4)
1972–1973	Limerick	20	(0)
1973–1974	Bray Wanderers	?	(?)
1974–1976	Athlone Town	1	(0)
1976–1978	Galway Rovers	6	(0)
International career
1960–1964	Republic of Ireland	11	(3)
Managerial career
1966–1969	Cork Hibernians
1969–1971	Cork Celtic
1971–1972	Drumcondra
1972–1974	Bray Wanderers
1974–1976	Athlone Town
1976–1978	Galway Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

The Republic of Ireland national football team had a match in Sweden against the Sweden national team in May 1960 – players of the team from left to right, standing; Seamus Dunne, Noel Dwyer, Charlie Hurley. Michael McGrath, Pat Saward; crouched: Joe Haverty, George Cummins, Dermot Curtis, Ronnie Nolan, Ambrose "Amby" Fogarty and Fionan "Paddy" Fagan.

Ambrose Gerald Fogarty (11 September 1933 – 4 January 2016[1]), known as Amby Fogarty, was an Irish professional football player.[2] He played at club level for Bohemians, Glentoran, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Cork Celtic and Cork Hibernian.

At Roker Park he scored on his home debut against Chelsea and played alongside Charlie Hurley and Brian Clough during the 1961–62 and 1962–63 seasons.

In 1964, he became the first Hartlepool player to make an international appearance when he won the last of his 11 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team against Spain.[3] Fogarty played under Brian Clough now as manager during the 1965–66 season.

His full international debut for Ireland was on 11 May 1960 when he played in a 1-0 friendly win over West Germany in Düsseldorf.[4]

Fogarty signed as player/manager of Drumcondra F.C. in March 1971.[5]

After his football career ended, he was manager of Cork Hibernians, Cork Celtic, Drumcondra, Limerick, and Athlone Town who he managed in a famous 0–0 draw against A.C. Milan in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup.[6] He was the first manager of Galway Rovers in 1977.

References

1. Ponting, Ivan (26 January 2016). "Amby Fogarty: Footballer who played with Brian Clough at Sunderland before leading Athlone to an historic draw against Milan". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
2. "Former Hartlepool United player who broke transfer record dies aged 82". Hartlepoolmail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
3. "Football Association of Ireland". Fai.ie. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
4. "Statistics: Republic of Ireland [Powered by tplSoccerStats]". Soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
5. "Archive". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016. (subscription required)
6. "124 Years in Brief". Athlone Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2020.