Patrick Joseph Morrissey (23 February 1948 – 19 February 2005) was an Irish professional

association footballer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, who played as a striker. Morrissey was born in

Enniscorthy Enniscorthy () is the second-largest town in County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is located on the picturesque River Slaney and in close proximity to the Blackstairs Mountains and Ireland's longest beach, Curracloe. The Plac ...

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

, but moved to England as a young child, and played schoolboy football at county level. In a career spanning 25 years, Morrissey played for Coventry City, Torquay United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester, Watford, Aldershot (who signed him in exchange for Roger Joslyn),

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club ( ; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Swansea have played their home matches at ...

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames Estuary, is Thurrock in ...

, Hayes, Slough Town, Carshalton Athletic,

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has ...

, Chesham United, Dunstable Town and

Southall Southall () is a large suburban town in West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...

. He also played for the

Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team The Republic of Ireland's national under-23 football team is the national under-23 football team of the Republic of Ireland. The Football Association of Ireland organises it. The current Republic of Ireland Under-23 team is restricted to home-b ...

. Morrissey's first managerial role was as a player manager at Chesham United. He fulfilled the same roles at Dunstable Town and

, and also managed Buckingham Town and

Colney Heath Colney Heath is a large village in Hertfordshire, England. The village became a civil parish in 1947 when the St. Peter Rural parish was split to form Colney Heath and London Colney. There is a converted windmill in the village. The civil pari ...

. He died in 2005. He had two sons, both of whom have played for Colney Heath.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrissey, Pat Republic of Ireland men's under-23 international footballers Coventry City F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Watford F.C. players Aldershot F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Dartford F.C. players Hayes F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Hendon F.C. players Chesham United F.C. players Dunstable Town F.C. players English Football League players Southall F.C. players Chesham United F.C. managers Dunstable Town F.C. managers Southall F.C. managers Buckingham Town F.C. managers Colney Heath F.C. managers 1948 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Enniscorthy Association footballers from County Wexford Men's association football forwards Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Republic of Ireland association football managers 20th-century Irish sportsmen