- Martin O'Connor (footballer)
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Martin O'Connor Personal information Full name Martin O'Connor Date of birth 12 October 1967 Place of birth Walsall, England Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Playing position Midfielder Youth career 1991–1992 Bromsgrove Rovers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1994 Crystal Palace 2 (0) 1993 → Walsall (loan) 10 (1) 1994–1996 Walsall 94 (21) 1996 Peterborough United 18 (3) 1996–2002 Birmingham City 186 (16) 2002–2003 Walsall 48 (2) 2003–2005 Shrewsbury Town 56 (2) 2005–2006 Kidderminster Harriers 12 (0) Total 426 (45) National team 2000 Cayman Islands 2 (0) Teams managed 2009–2011 Walsall (assistant manager) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Martin O'Connor (born 12 October 1967) is a retired football player and former assistant manager of League One side Walsall.
Born in Walsall in 1967, O'Connor started his career at Bromsgrove Rovers in the early 1990s before moving to Crystal Palace. He then spent the first of three spells at Walsall, joining on loan in March 1993 before signing permanently the following year. His most prominent role at the Saddlers was winning promotion to Division Two in 1995.
He then joined Peterborough United, followed by Birmingham City, whom O'Connor represented in the 2001 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool, which Birmingham lost in a penalty shootout.
O'Connor re-joined Walsall in 2002, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2002–03 season.[1] He then signed for Shrewsbury Town in July 2003,[2] before ending his playing career with Kidderminster Harriers.
O'Connor was also called up to the Cayman Islands national football team in 2000,[3] but FIFA soon ruled that he could not play for them.[4] The Cayman Islands had been attempting to exploit their status as a British Overseas Territory by picking British passport holders who would not ordinarily be eligible to play for them.
On 20 January 2009, he was named assistant manager to Chris Hutchings at Walsall, but the pair were sacked on 3 January 2011 after a series of poor results left Walsall bottom of Football League One.
References
- ^ "Walsall let pair leave". BBC Sport. 2003-06-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/2975664.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ^ "O'Connor signs for Shrews". BBC Sport. 2003-07-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/3082067.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ^ "Soccer: Sunshine ahead for O'Connor". Sunday Telegraph. 6 February 2000. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19201162.html. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ Hickman, Leon (6 March 2000). "O'Connor booster for Blues; Cayman Islands trip was a waste of time". Birmingham Evening Mail. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60888108.html. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
External links
- Martin O'Connor, Neil Brown
- Martin O'Connor career stats at Soccerbase
1994–95 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Gary Kelly · DF: Duncan Jupp · DF: Dean Walling · DF: Russ Wilcox · DF: Tony Gallimore · MF: Martin O'Connor · MF: Paul Holland · MF: Wayne Bullimore · FW: Dave Reeves · FW: Dougie Freedman · FW: Kyle Lightbourne1995–96 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year GK: Darren Ward · DF: Chris Wilder · DF: Shaun Taylor · DF: Ian Culverhouse · DF: Paul Bodin · MF: Martin O'Connor · MF: Neil Lennon · MF: Micky Mellon · MF: Karl Connolly · FW: Marcus Stewart · FW: Kurt NoganCategories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Walsall
- Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- Caymanian footballers
- Cayman Islands international footballers
- Caribbean football (soccer) biography stubs
- Cayman Islands stubs
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