Tim Cuneen (1 February 1924 – 31 March 2011) was an Irish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He made his only appearance for the Republic of Ireland national team on 16 November 1952, in a 3–2 win over Norway at the

Ullevaal Stadion Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of FK ...

in Oslo. He was substituted before half time with injury in the game and his replacement

Paddy Coad Paddy Coad (14 April 1920 – 8 March 1992) was an Irish football player and manager. He played as a forward for Waterford, Glenavon, Shamrock Rovers and Ireland. Although known, primarily, as a maker of goals, Coad scored 126 goals in the ...

scored, becoming the first ever substitute to score for Ireland. Before he had celebrated his 15th birthday, Cuneen had turned out for his local

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club

Limerick F.C. Limerick Football Club ( ga, Club Peile Luimnigh) was an association football club based in Limerick, Ireland who played in the League of Ireland and currently have teams competing in the underage National League of Ireland. The first Limerick ...

He joined

Coleraine F.C. Coleraine Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club, playing in the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of the Irish League. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches ...

during the 1950–51 season but returned to his home town within weeks and played for both Pike Rovers and

His display for the

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against the

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in April 1951 contributed to his winning full international honours."Ireland's Greatest", Dean Hayes, Appletree Press, 2006,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuneen, Tim 1924 births 2011 deaths Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football midfielders Republic of Ireland men's international footballers Ireland (FAI) men's international footballers Limerick F.C. players League of Ireland players Coleraine F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Association footballers from County Limerick League of Ireland XI players