Edward "Eddy" Donaghy was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 association football player and coach.

Playing career

Born in Grangetown

Grangetown

Grangetown may refer to:* Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales* Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, England* Grangetown, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, England...

, Donaghy played initially for a local club before joining Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

 in 1923. He failed to make an appearance for the club's first team, however, and moved on to Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

, where he made thirteen appearances in The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. Donaghy later played for Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 and Gillingham

Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

. He left the latter club in 1928 to play in France

France

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.

Coaching career

Donaghy coached Dutch side Feyenoord between 1931 and 1935, winning two league titles.