John Doolan

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John Doolan
Personal information
Full name John Doolan
Date of birth 7 May 1974 (1974-05-07) (age 34)
Place of birth    Liverpool, England
Playing position Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club Southport
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992–1994
1994–1998
1998–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–		 Everton
Mansfield Town
Barnet
Doncaster Rovers
Blackpool
Rochdale
Southport		 000 0(0)
131 (10)
182 (12)
084 0(2)
019 0(0)
083 0(3)
000 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Doolan (born 7 May 1974 in Liverpool) is an English footballer, currently playing for Southport, as well as fulfilling the assistant manager's role. He is a midfielder.

[edit] Club career

Doolan began his career as a trainee with Everton in 1992.[1] He was released by Everton and joined Football League Third Division side Mansfield Town on a free transfer in September 1994.[1] He made 151 appearances in all competitions for Mansfield in four seasons, scoring 14 goals, before joining Barnet, also in the Football League Third Division, for a fee of £60,000 in January 1998.[1] He made 199 appearances in all competitions for Barnet, scoring 13 goals, in five seasons during which Barnet were relegated to the Football Conference in May 2001.[2]

Doolan joined Football Conference side Doncaster Rovers for a nominal fee in March 2003.[3][4] He made eight appearances in the remainder of the 2002–03 season as Doncaster went on to win the Conference play-off final and promotion to the Football League Third Division in May 2003.[5] He became a regular in the first team in the 2003–04 season, making 41 league and cup appearances, scoring three goals,[1] as Doncaster won promotion for the second successive year as Football League Third Division champions.[6] He signed a new contract in December 2003, keeping him at Doncaster until 2005.[7] He made 41 appearances, scoring three goals, in all competitions in the 2004-05 season as Doncaster finished in mid-table in Football League Two.[1]

Doolan joined Football League One club, Blackpool, on a one-year contract, when his contract with Doncaster expired in June 2005.[8] He made 24 appearances for Blackpool in all competitions in the 2005–06 season,[1] but was allowed to leave in January 2006 to join Football League Two side, Rochdale, on loan before signing a permanent contract with them ten days later.[9][10] He made 18 appearances in the remainder of the 2005–06 season as Rochdale finished in mid-table.[1] He made 44 league and cup appearances in the 2006–07 season.[1] In the 2007–08 season he made 28 appearances as Rochdale made the play-offs, including coming on an extra-time substitute in their 2–1 play-off semi-final victory over Darlington.[1]

In May 2008 he left Rochdale to take up a player-coach role at Conference North side Southport.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i John Doolan. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
  2. ^ "Barnet suffer relegation heartache", BBC Sport, 2001-05-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  3. ^ "Doolan close to Rovers move", BBC Sport, 2003-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  4. ^ "Telford miss out on Doolan", BBC Sport, 2003-03-27. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  5. ^ "Doncaster seal League return", BBC Sport, 2003-05-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  6. ^ "Doncaster 1-0 Carlisle", BBC Sport, 2004-05-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  7. ^ "Doolan commits to Doncaster", BBC Sport, 2003-12-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  8. ^ "Penney seeks Doolan replacement", BBC Sport, 2006-06-11. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  9. ^ "Blackpool boss signs midfield duo", BBC Sport, 2006-01-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 
  10. ^ "Rochdale sign Kidderminster pair", BBC Sport, 2006-01-31. Retrieved on 2008-02-29. 
  11. ^ "Veteran Doolan departs Rochdale", BBC Sport, 2008-05-29. Retrieved on 2008-05-29. 

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Persondata
NAME John Doolan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 7 May 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH