Patrick Cregg

Patrick Cregg

Cregg playing for St Mirren
Personal information
Full name Patrick Anthony Cregg[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-21) 21 February 1986
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Free agent
Youth career
Manchester United
2002–2004 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Arsenal 0 (0)
2006–2009 Falkirk 107 (8)
2009–2010 Hibernian 15 (1)
2010 Greenock Morton 1 (0)
2010–2011 St Mirren 22 (0)
2011–2012 Bury 7 (0)
2012–2014 St Johnstone 44 (1)
2014–2016 Shamrock Rovers 65 (1)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 15 (0)
National team
Republic of Ireland U14
Republic of Ireland U15
Republic of Ireland U16
2002 Republic of Ireland U17 3 (0)
2003–2005 Republic of Ireland U19 12 (1)
2005–2007 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:55, 5 July 2017 (UTC).

Patrick Anthony Cregg (born 21 February 1986) is an Irish footballer who last played for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Cregg is a midfielder and has previously played for Arsenal, Falkirk, Hibernian, Greenock Morton, St Mirren, Bury, St Johnstone, Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic. He also represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international levels.

Career

Having come through the youth academies at Manchester United and Arsenal,[2] Cregg started his senior career at Arsenal; his first senior appearance was in a 3-1 victory against Everton in the League Cup on 9 November 2004, as an 89th-minute substitute for Arturo Lupoli.[3] In all he made three appearances, all of them being in the League Cup.[4]

Cregg joined Scottish Premier League club Falkirk in January 2006 and made over 100 Scottish Premier League appearances for the club. He was released in the summer of 2009, having made his last appearance for the club in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final.[5]

After his release by Falkirk, Cregg signed for Hibernian.[4][5] Cregg followed manager John Hughes in making that move.[4][5] Cregg left Hibs at the end of the season.[6]

Cregg then played in a reserve team friendly match for Shamrock Rovers against Manchester United.[7] Cregg then played as a trialist for Greenock Morton in a Scottish First Division match against Ross County on 25 September 2010.[8] The Greenock Telegraph reported on 1 October 2010 that Cregg had turned down a contract offer from Morton to sign for their Renfrewshire derby rivals St Mirren.[9] Cregg signed for the Paisley club, agreeing a contract until January 2011.[10]

Cregg signed a one-year contract with Bury in August 2011.[11] In May 2012, Cregg was released by the club after being deemed surplus to requirements.[12]

Cregg played for St Johnstone as a trialist in July 2012 and then agreed a one-year contract with the club.[13]

In August 2014 Cregg signed a contract until the end of the season with League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers.[14] After two and a half seasons with Rovers, Cregg signed for Dublin rivals St Patrick's Athletic on 22 November 2016 on a one-year deal.[15][16] On the 31st January 2017 Cregg made his Pats debut in a 4–0 Leinster Senior Cup win over Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.[17] After half a season with Pats' in which he was in and out of the team, Cregg requested to leave and came to a mutual agreement with the club to cancel his contract on the 4th July 2017.

International

While he was at Arsenal, Cregg became a regular in the Republic of Ireland under-19 team. He later represented the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club

Correct as of 8 July 2017. 'Europe' refers to UEFA Europa League, 'Other' refers to Football League Trophy and Leinster Senior Cup.[18][19]

Season Club League League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2004–05 Arsenal Premier League 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005–06 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Arsenal Total 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2005–06 Falkirk Scottish Premier League 16 1 4 0 0 0 – – – – 20 1
2006–07 32 3 2 0 4 0 – – – – 28 3
2007–08 36 4 1 0 2 0 – – – – 39 4
2008–09 23 0 4 0 4 0 – – – – 31 0
Falkirk Total 107 8 11 0 10 0 – – – – 118 8
2009–10 Hibernian Scottish Premier League 15 1 1 0 0 0 – – – – 16 1
2010–11 Greenock Morton Scottish First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 1 0
2010–11 St Mirren Scottish Premier League 22 0 2 0 0 0 – – – – 24 0
2011–12 Bury Football League One 7 0 0 0 0 0 – – 1 0 8 0
2012–13 St Johnstone Scottish Premier League 24 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 – – 28 1
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 20 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 – – 28 0
St Johnstone Total 44 1 4 0 2 0 6 0 – – 56 1
2014 Shamrock Rovers League of Ireland Premier Division 7 0 5 1 1 0 – – 0 0 12 1
2015 29 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 1
2016 29 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 34 1
Shamrock Rovers Total 65 1 7 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 81 3
2017 St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland Premier Division 15 0 0 0 1 0 – – 1 0 17 0
Career Total 276 11 25 2 19 0 12 0 2 0 324 13

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Cregg". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/161/patrick-cregg
  3. ↑ "results/fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hughes makes Cregg his first signing". STV. 29 June 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 "Cregg follows Hughes to Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Benjelloun among three Hibs players shown the door". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  7. ↑ "Rovers XI 0-3 Man Utd reserves". Shamrock Rovers. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "Morton 0–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  9. ↑ Tait, Chris (1 October 2010). "Cregg to snub Ton for Saints". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Patrick Cregg rejects Morton for St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Cregg earns Shakers deal". Eurosport. Yahoo!. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Grella survives squad shake up". Sky Sports. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  13. ↑ "St Johnstone boss confident Patrick Cregg can be a real asset this season". STV. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/3713-cregg-signs
  15. ↑ http://stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=7390
  16. ↑ http://www.the42.ie/st-pats-sign-partrick-cregg-3095545-Nov2016/
  17. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30504/2/
  18. ↑ http://ie.soccerway.com/players/patrick-cregg/959/
  19. ↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39953
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