Jody Gormley

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**Jody Gormley**
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Place of birth	Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Height	6'00"
Club information
Club	Trillick
Position	Midfield
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Trillick Bredagh	? -?
Inter County
County	Tyrone
Position	Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Tyrone London Tyrone	2002- ? 1999-2001 1995-1998
Inter County Titles
Ulster Titles	2
All-Ireland	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Jody Gormley is a former Gaelic Footballer for Tyrone, and London. He also played a coaching role for Down following his retirement from Inter-County playing, and has now assumed the role of Antrim football manager.

1 Playing career
2 Management
3 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Tyrone

His career peak was probably in 1995, when Tyrone won the Ulster Championship, and went on end up runner-up in the All-Ireland Final. For Gormley, who was an ever-present throughout the Championship, memorable moments include scoring the winning point in a scorching Ulster Semi-Final against neighbouring rivals, Derry. This win was notable because the Tyrone team had two players sent off, and were 0-8 to 0-5 down at half time.
In the All-Ireland Final of 1995, Tyrone lost to Dublin by a point (Dublin 1-10, Tyrone 0-12). Gormley was only Tyrone player to score in that match, apart from an 11-point masterclass by Peter Canavan.^[1]

The following year, Tyrone again won the Ulster Championship, but were beaten in All-Ireland Semi Final by Meath. Gormley was one of several Tyrone players injured in that match, which many Tyrone fans attributed to Meath's heavy-handed tactics.^[2]

[edit] London

Tyrone's fortunes faded following this, and Gormley's job brought him to London. There he joined the London intercounty team, but they rarely performed well in the Championship.^[3]

[edit] Clubs

In 2006, Jody played midfield on the Bredagh Senior team that won the Co. Down Junior Championship Final, defeating Teconnnaught 1-8 to 0-5 in Downpatrick. They proceeded to hammer Drum of Derry in the Quarter Final Of The Ulster Junior Championship in Newcastle, County Down but lost to Noamh Brid of Donegal in the Semi at Breffni Park, Cavan.

[edit] Management

Gormley started his intercounty management career with Down. After a promising start to the 2006 National League, Down's challenge tailed off, and they were disappointing in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship, and were knocked out of the qualifiers by Sligo, after which, Gormley stepped down.[1]

Now plying his trade as a teacher, Gormley coached Abbey CBS, Newry to their first MacRory Cup final in nineteen years, which they won.^[4] The team also went on to win the All-Ireland colleges championship, the Hogan Cup.

He has sucessfully applied to take over the Antrim management for the 2007 Gaelic Football Championship.^[5]

	Tyrone Panel: All-Ireland Final 1995
1 Finbar McConnell \| 2 Paul Devlin \| 3 Chris Lawn \| 4 Fay Devlin \| 5 Ronan McGarrity \| 6 Seamus McCallen \| 7 Seán McLaughlin \| 8 Fergal Logan \| 9 Jody Gormley \| 10 Cairan Corr (Cap.) \| 11 Pascal Canavan \| 12 Cairan Loughran \| 13 Cairan McBride \| 14 Peter Canavan \| 15 Stephen Lawn \| Subs: 16 ?, 17 ?, 18 Brian Gormley, 19 ?, 20 ?, 21 Paul Donnelly, 22 Matt McGleenan, 23 Adrian Cush, 24 ?, 25 Damien Gormley, Manager: Art McRory, Eugene McKenna (Team as of September 1995 versus Dublin)