Anthony "Tony" O'Doherty (born 23 April 1947) is a Northern 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 ...

and football manager. A native of

Creggan, Derry Creggan ( ga, An Creagán; meaning ''stony place'') is a large housing estate in Derry, Northern Ireland, on a hill not far from the river Foyle. The estate is very close to the border with County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. History ...

, O'Doherty played for

Coleraine FC 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 matche ...

, Derry City FC,

Finn Harps Finn Harps Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Chláirsigh na Finne) are an Irish football club that play in the First Division of the League of Ireland, as of 2023. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. However, it was te ...

Dundalk FC Dundalk Football Club ( ; ga, Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan) is a professional association football club that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of football in the Republic of Ireland. The club is based in Dundalk ...

and briefly for

Ballymena United Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the NIFL Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds which is owned by the ...

and also internationally for

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in the British Home Championship against

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in front of a crowd of 100,000 at the old

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on 21 April 1970. In total, he won two international caps. From 1993-94, O'Doherty managed his old club, Derry City.

Other

According to

Eamonn McCann Eamonn McCann (born 10 March 1943) is an Irish politician, journalist, political activist, and former councillor from Derry, Northern Ireland. McCann was a People Before Profit (PBP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 201 ...

, O'Doherty headed the Free Derry Police for a time in the early 1970s.McCann, Eamonn, ''War and an Irish Town'', 2nd edition, Pluto Press, London, 1980; , p. 100 O'Doherty now writes an opinion-based column, the "Doc's Prescription", in the sports section one of the ''

Derry Journal The ''Derry Journal'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is publis ...

''.

Honours

Blaxnit Cup The Blaxnit Cup, is a defunct club football competition which featured teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland, in a similar format to the later Setanta Cup. It was inaugurated in 1967 as a cross-border competition between c ...

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 ...

1969 * FAI Cup **

1974 **

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...

1981

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Odoherty, Tony 1946 births Living people Association footballers from Northern Ireland League of Ireland players League of Ireland managers Derry City F.C. managers Derry City F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Coleraine F.C. players Northern Ireland international footballers Finn Harps F.C. players Ballymena United F.C. players Association football midfielders Football managers from Northern Ireland