Bernard Donaghey (23 December 1882 – 1 July 1916), sometimes known as Barney Donaghey,[5] was an Irish professional footballer, who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Burnley and Manchester United.[1] He also played in the Scottish League for Hibernian and in his native Ireland for Derry Celtic (four spells), Ulster, Belfast Celtic and Glentoran.[4][3] Donaghey was capped by Ireland at international level and represented the Irish League.[6][7]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Donaghey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Derry, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 33)[2] | ||
| Place of death | near Beaumont-Hamel, France[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900–1902 | Derry Celtic | (3) | |
| 1902 | Ulster | ||
| Belfast Celtic | (8) | ||
| 1904 | Glentoran | 2 | |
| 1904–1905 | Hibernian | 15 | (8) |
| 1905 | Derry Celtic | ||
| 1905–1906 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) |
| 1906–1907 | Derry Celtic | ||
| 1907–1908 | Burnley | 5 | (2) |
| –1914 | Derry Celtic | (17) | |
| 1914 | Dumbarton Harp | ||
| International career | |||
| 1902–1905 | Irish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| 1902 | Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editDonaghey was a Catholic and was married.[5][8] Prior to the First World War, Donaghey was a reservist in the British Army and in early 1915, during the second year of the war, he enlisted as a private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.[3] He saw action at Gallipoli and was wounded in the head by shrapnel and evacuated to a hospital in Tanta, Egypt.[3][5] After being deployed to the Western Front in 1916, Donaghey was killed on the first day on the Somme, during his battalion's attack on German trench lines and the Y-Ravine strongpoint, south of Beaumont-Hamel.[3] His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2][9]
Honours
editDerry Celtic
- North West Senior Cup (2): 1900–01, 1901–02[4]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Glentoran | 1903–04[3] | Irish League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hibernian | 1904–05[10] | Scottish First Division | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
| Manchester United | 1905–06[3] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Burnley | 1907–08[3] | Second Division | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Career total | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 83. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Bernard Donaghey". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Barney Donaghey". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "July 1, 1916, and the Derry Catholic Dead". Derry Journal. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Bernard Donaghey at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Bernard Donaghey". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "The players we lost in war". ManUtd.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Football Remembers – The 1914 Christmas Truce Education pack" (PDF). p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Hibernian Player Bernard Donaghy Details". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
External links
edit- Profile at MUFCInfo.com
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