Francis Gerard McMahon (born 4 January 1950) is a former footballer from Northern Ireland who made 85 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Darlington and Hartlepool. He played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francis Gerard McMahon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1950[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Distillery | ||
| – | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
| 19??–1971 | Waterford | ||
| 1971–1973 | Lincoln City | 55 | (2) |
| 1973–1974 | Darlington | 23 | (1) |
| 1973 | → Hartlepool (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1974–1978 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1978–1979 | Bath City | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–198? | Taunton Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
editMcMahon was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] He began his football career with his home-town club, Distillery, before moving to England to join Coventry City. Having failed to break through to the first team, he signed for League of Ireland club Waterford.[2] In 1971, he returned to England, where he joined Lincoln City, for whom he played 63 times, scoring twice, in senior first-team competition.[1] In March 1973, McMahon and £7,000 went to Darlington in part-exchange for Alan Harding.[3] He remained with Darlington for the 1973–74 season, a period that included a month's loan at Hartlepool.[4] and then moved on to Southern League club Yeovil Town.[5]
He remained with Yeovil until March 1978,[6] and then joined Southern League Bath City, but a knee injury sustained within minutes of making his debut effectively ended his playing career. After an unsuccessful attempted comeback in the 1979–80 season, he took up the post of youth team manager with Bath in 1980,[7] and was appointed manager of Taunton Town, also a member of the Southern League, in 1980.[8]
McMahon later moved to the United States where he ran a bar and coached at a soccer school in New Jersey.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Frank McMahon". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Lincoln City: 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2010/11". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Alan Harding". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Frank McMahon's Appearances". PoolStats. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Season 1974–75: Cec Irwin's contract not renewed". Ciderspace. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Season 1977–78". Ciderspace. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Past players: M". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ a b "September 2004 News Archive". Southern Football League. 4 September 2004. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Professional Coaching Staff – McLoughlin Soccer". McLoughlin Soccer. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.