| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Éamonn Ó hUallacháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born | 1948 Ballinascarthy, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Retired Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1960s-1970s 1970s-1980s |
Ballinascarthy St. Finbarr's |
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| Club Titles | |||
| Cork titles | 4 | ||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1969-1970 | Cork | 3 (1-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Teddy Holland (born 1948 in Ballinascarty, County Cork) is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local clubs Ballinascarthy and St. Finbarr's and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1969 until 1970. Holland is best known in recent times for his short-lived managerial appointment of the Cork senior football team during a period when they were on strike.
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Holland spent a brief spell as an apprentice at Manchester United in 1964. Although he was widely touted as a successor to Bobby Charlton, Hollands time at United was cut short. At the time there was some speculation that Holland and United parted company following a training ground fracas involving Holland and the fiery tempered Nobby Stiles.
However, Stiles went some way to clearing this up in his autobiography. In it he says "Ted was fantastic young player, marvellous engine and a huge heart. In many ways he reminded me of my old friend Duncan Edwards. The rumours that he was booted out by Sir Matt after he decked me in a training game were absolute poppycock. Of course there was a physical element to those games and Ted certainly wouldn't have been shy in that respect but that was never the reason he left United, no way. In truth, I suspect the lad was homesick".
By all accounts that was the end of Teddy Holland's soccer career, he returned to Ballinascarthy in early 1965 and was promptly called onto the Cork minor panel. In a 2007 interview with 96fm presenter Neil Prenderville Holland spoke about his love of soccer saying "no doubt about it soccer was my first love but I have no regrets, I have some wonderful memories and have had some fantastic achievements in Gaelic Football".
Prenderville asked Holland as to whether he could envisage himself as a soccer manager "I'm sure if the right opportunity came along, be it cross-channel or somewhere closer to home then it is something I couldn't say no to. I'm confident I would have the knowledge of the game and the leadership qualities required to make it as a soccer manager. Given my managerial experience in gaelic games I see no reason why I wouldn't take to it like water to a duck, who knows where the future lies".
Holland played his early club football with his local Ballinascarty side. He also lined out with the Carbery division in the county senior championship before moving to the famous Cork club St Finbarr's club in the early 1970s. It was with 'the Barr's' that Holland enjoyed much success. It was here that he won his first Cork Senior Football Championship medal in 1976. He won two further county medals in 1979 and in 1980. The latter victory was converted into a Munster Senior Club Football Championship title as well as an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title. Holland won a fourth county medal in 1982.
Holland's time off the field with Cork GAA began as a selector with the county senior football team in 1993. It was a great era for Cork as the team captured three successive Munster titles, however, the team failed to capture an All-Ireland crown. Holland later moved onto the Cork under-21 team where he worked as a selector again. In 1998 Holland took over as manager of the Cork minor football team. His first season in charge brought a surprise loss to Limerick. The following year saw Cork win the Munster title before going on to be defeated by Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final. Holland's team retained their provincial title in 2000 before going on to win the All-Ireland title.
He was appointed manager of the Cork football team in 2007 while the players were on strike protesting about the process for picking selectors. The players refused to play under Holland as he was appointed during the strike. The player strike lasted until February 18, 2008 when he resigned as manager as one of the conditions of resolving the strike without ever actually working with the players. He was succeeded as team manager by Conor Counihan
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| Preceded by Billy Morgan |
Cork Senior Football Manager 2007-2008 |
Succeeded by Conor Counihan |
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