Billy Dixon (footballer)

Billy Dixon
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Dixon
Date of birth12 February 1941
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Playing positionMidfield
Youth career
1958–1960Home Farm
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1960–1962Waterford?(3)
1962–1966Drumcondra60(18)
1966—1971Shamrock Rovers85(12)
1967→ Boston Rovers (loan)11(2)
1971–1972Drogheda14(1)
National team
League of Ireland XI12(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Billy Dixon (footballer) (born 12 February 1941 in Dublin) is a former Irish football player who played as a forward.

He began his career at Home Farm F.C. and after playing for Waterford United F.C. he signed for Drumcondra F.C. where he made his debut in a 5-5 draw with Shamrock Rovers in 1963. He scored in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup wins over Danish side B 1909 of Odense (twice) and Bayern Munich. Drums became the first League of Ireland side to register an aggregate win in European competition when they knocked out the Danish side in the 1962/63 season.

He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in June 1966 and scored on his debut .

He earned one League of Ireland XI while at Milltown and 12 in total and scored 4 goals in 10 appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup one of which came against Bayern Munich again .

Dixon scored the winner in his only FAI Cup final in 1967 . It was a busy couple of days as Billy got married the day after.

He scored twice while playing for Rovers when they represented Boston as Boston Rovers in the summer of 1967 United Soccer Association.

He was placed on the transfer list in July 1971 after 5 years at Glenmalure Park .

Dixon signed for Drogheda United F.C. soon after with Joe Haverty and scored on his debut against Rovers!: .

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