John Doolan
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| John Doolan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Doolan | |
| Date of birth | 7 May 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1994 1994–1998 1998–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 |
Everton Mansfield Town Barnet Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Rochdale Southport |
0 (0) 131 (10) 182 (12) 84 (2) 19 (0) 83 (3) 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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John Doolan (born 7 May 1974 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who most recently played for Southport, as well as fulfilling the assistant manager's role. He is a midfielder.
[edit] Club career
Doolan began his career as a trainee with Everton in 1992.[1] He was released by Everton and joined Football League Third Division side Mansfield Town on a free transfer in September 1994.[1] He made 151 appearances in all competitions for Mansfield in four seasons, scoring 14 goals, before joining Barnet, also in the Football League Third Division, for a fee of £60,000 in January 1998.[1] He made 199 appearances in all competitions for Barnet, scoring 13 goals, in five seasons during which Barnet were relegated to the Football Conference in May 2001.[2]
Doolan joined Football Conference side Doncaster Rovers for a nominal fee in March 2003.[3][4] He made eight appearances in the remainder of the 2002–03 season as Doncaster went on to win the Conference play-off final and promotion to the Football League Third Division in May 2003.[5] He became a regular in the first team in the 2003–04 season, making 41 league and cup appearances, scoring three goals,[1] as Doncaster won promotion for the second successive year as Football League Third Division champions.[6] He signed a new contract in December 2003, keeping him at Doncaster until 2005.[7] He made 41 appearances, scoring three goals, in all competitions in the 2004-05 season as Doncaster finished in mid-table in Football League One.[1]
Doolan joined Football League One club, Blackpool, on a one-year contract, when his contract with Doncaster expired in June 2005.[8] He made 24 appearances for Blackpool in all competitions in the 2005–06 season,[1] but was allowed to leave in January 2006 to join Football League Two side, Rochdale, on loan before signing a permanent contract with them ten days later.[9][10] He made 18 appearances in the remainder of the 2005–06 season as Rochdale finished in mid-table.[1] He made 44 league and cup appearances in the 2006–07 season.[1] In the 2007–08 season he made 28 appearances as Rochdale made the play-offs, including coming on an extra-time substitute in their 2–1 play-off semi-final victory over Darlington.[1]
In May 2008 Doolan left Rochdale to take up a player-coach role at Conference North side Southport.[11] He left Southport in February 2009 after an agreement with the manager Liam Watson.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "John Doolan". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=2128. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Barnet suffer relegation heartache". BBC Sport. 2001-05-05. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1310555.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Doolan close to Rovers move". BBC Sport. 2003-03-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/2865541.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Telford miss out on Doolan". BBC Sport. 2003-03-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/telford/2892639.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Doncaster seal League return". BBC Sport. 2003-05-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/3014141.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Doncaster 1-0 Carlisle". BBC Sport. 2004-05-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/3655275.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Doolan commits to Doncaster". BBC Sport. 2003-12-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/3252738.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Penney seeks Doolan replacement". BBC Sport. 2006-06-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/4083488.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Blackpool boss signs midfield duo". BBC Sport. 2006-01-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/4631046.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ "Rochdale sign Kidderminster pair". BBC Sport. 2006-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/4668010.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ "Veteran Doolan departs Rochdale". BBC Sport. 2008-05-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/7425576.stm. Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
- ^ "Port part company with player-coach". Non League Daily. 10 February 2009. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=55518. Retrieved on 2009-02-18.
