| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Doolan | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1994 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Mansfield Town | 131 | (10) |
| 1998–2003 | Barnet | 182 | (12) |
| 2003–2005 | Doncaster Rovers | 84 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Blackpool | 19 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Rochdale | 83 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Southport | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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John Doolan (born 7 May 1974 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who most recently played for Southport, as well as fulfilling the assistant manager's role. He is a midfielder.
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 One.[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 Doolan left Rochdale to take up a player-coach role at Conference North side Southport.[11] He left Southport in February 2009 after an agreement with the manager Liam Watson.[12]
He is currently a youth coach at Everton F.C..