{{Short description|English footballer (1900–?)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Eddy Donaghy |image = Eddy Donaghy.jpg |caption = Donaghy around 1922 |full_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|01|08|df=y}} |birth_place = Grangetown, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|05|30|1900|01|08|df=y}} |death_place = |height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Middlesbrough |author=Vulcan |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=21 August 1922 |page=5}}</ref> |position = Left half |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Grangetown St Mary's |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1922–1923 |clubs2 = Middlesbrough |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1923–1926 |clubs3 = Bradford City |caps3 = 13 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 1926–1927 |clubs4 = Derby County |caps4 = 6 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 1927–1928 |clubs5 = Gillingham |caps5 = 4 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = |clubs6 = Cannes |caps6 = |goals6 = |totalcaps = 23 |totalgoals = 0 |manageryears1 = 1931–1935 |managerclubs1 = Feyenoord |manageryears2 = 1936–1937 |managerclubs2 = KFC (Koog aan de Zaan) |manageryears3 = 1947–1950 |managerclubs3 = Velocitas (Groningen) |manageryears4 = 1950–1952 |managerclubs4 = SV Juliana }} '''Edward Donaghy''' (8 January 1900 – 30 May 1956) was an English football player and coach.
==Playing career== Born in Grangetown, Donaghy played for local club Grangetown St Mary's before playing with Football League teams Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Derby County and Gillingham.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Joyce|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939|publisher=Soccerdata|year=2004|isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=76}}</ref><ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
Donaghy, a left half, made a total of 13 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City between May 1923 and May 1926.<ref>{{cite book|first=Terry|last=Frost|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988|publisher=Breedon Books Sport|year=1988|isbn=0-907969-38-0|page=381}}</ref><ref>Frost, p. 395</ref>
He left Gillingham in 1928 to play in France,<ref>{{cite book|first=Roger|last=Triggs|title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club|publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd|year=2001|isbn=0-7524-2243-X|page=16}}</ref> where he played for Cannes alongside fellow Englishman Stan Hillier.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.soccer-history.co.uk/frenchmenance.pdf |title=THE FRENCH MENACE; THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH PLAYERS TO FRANCE IN THE 1930s |issue=18 |publisher=Soccer History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006144515/http://www.soccer-history.co.uk/frenchmenance.pdf |archivedate=6 October 2011}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Donaghy coached Dutch side Feyenoord between 1931 and 1935, winning two league titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/story/s2/de+club+-+historie+-+wonderelixer.aspx |title=DE TRAINERS - WONDERELIXER |language=Dutch |accessdate=18 March 2013 |publisher=Feyenoord.nl |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223230633/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/story/s2/de+club+-+historie+-+wonderelixer.aspx |archivedate=23 February 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life== Eddy studied in St Mary's College, Middlesbrough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010417685:mpeg21:a0145|title=Mr. Donaghy, trainer van SV Juliana.|publisher=Limburgs Dagblad|accessdate=2 September 2017|date=14 October 1950}}</ref> His brothers John and Peter were also professional players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/elliscupfounded1889/page11.phtml |title=Past local players of note |publisher=CommuniGate |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221065726/http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/elliscupfounded1889/page11.phtml |archivedate=21 February 2014}}</ref>
Donaghy died on 30 May 1956, at the age of 56.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKNVB01:000537024:00008|title=In Engeland is 30 mei jl, overleden Edward Donaghy|publisher=Sportkroniek|language=Dutch|accessdate=22 April 2025|date=11 June 1956}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Donaghy, Eddy}} Category:1900 births Category:1956 deaths Category:Sportspeople from the City of Sunderland Category:Footballers from Tyne and Wear Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football wing halves Category:English Football League players Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Category:Derby County F.C. players Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players Category:Gillingham F.C. players Category:AS Cannes players Category:English football managers Category:Feyenoord managers Category:English expatriate men's footballers Category:English expatriate football managers Category:English expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
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