Roy O'Brien (born 27 November 1974) is an
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
footballer
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.
He started his career at
Arsenal, before moving on to
Wigan Athletic
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Founded in 1932, ...
, although he made no first team appearances for either side. Having then made one appearance for
AFC Bournemouth, he joined
Dorchester and became a regular in their defence. In 2000, he signed for
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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where he went on to play for five years, mainly at right-back, winning two promotions from the
Conference National to
League One
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.
He joined
Weymouth halfway through the
2004-05 season, after impressing while on loan from Yeovil, where he stayed until the end of season
2006-07, spending the last 5 months of his tenure at the
Wessex Stadium as player-coach.
In June 2007 O'Brien rejoined Dorchester
and following Shaun Brooks' resignation, he was appointed player-manager on 5 March 2009.
On 22 November 2009, after just eight months in charge of Dorchester Town, Roy was relieved from his duties as a manager, due to the clubs poor showing in cup competitions.
On 28 June 2010, he was appointed manager of
Yeovil Town Ladies and will manage them in their first ever season in the FA Women's Premier League, before becoming the club's first team coach and subsequently working with the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust.
Managerial Stats
''As of 22 November 2009''
Honours
Yeovil Town
*
FA Trophy:
2001–02
References
External links
*
Roy O'Brien's profile from the Weymouth website
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1974 births
Living people
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Republic of Ireland football managers
Association football defenders
Arsenal F.C. players
Wigan Athletic F.C. players
AFC Bournemouth players
Yeovil Town F.C. players
Weymouth F.C. players
Dorchester Town F.C. players
Sportspeople from Cork (city)
English Football League players
Republic of Ireland expatriate football managers
Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
Dorchester Town F.C. managers