Patrick Martin "Paddy" Mulligan (born 17 March 1945 in Dublin) is a retired Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 footballer

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 who played mainly as a right-back.

Mulligan started his senior career playing for Bohemians

Bohemian F.C.

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 in 1963. However after only two games he signed for Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

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 in December 1963 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/1212/Pg003.html#Ar00301:3C23803E73CD3E538046D3CD4534074A341E4524254A443F4A14C84D24DB45163748164A3ED89A41E8AF3D340744241E. He made his competitive debut in a 7-1 win over Bohemians on the 26th of January 1964 and scored his first goal for the Hoops on the 23rd of August 1964 in a 4-0 League of Ireland Shield

League of Ireland Shield

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 win over his old club http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1964/0824/Pg004.html#Ar00404:0D51D71251F10733910AB3AB0475AF0825C905588D0648A006588D0918A0.

He won the FAI Cup

FAI Cup

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 in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1969. During the 1963-64 season he was part of the side which won seven trophies. He represented Rovers in European competition 10 times. In the summer of 1967 he was part of the Rovers team that represented Boston

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 in the United Soccer Association

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 league. In 1968, they sent him on loan to the Boston Beacons

Boston Beacons

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 of the North American Soccer League

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On 22 October 1969, Mulligan signed for English

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 club Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

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 for £17,500. He featured in Chelsea's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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 success in 1971

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970-71

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, making a late substitute appearance in the first final against Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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 in Athens

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. He also played in Chelsea's League Cup

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 final against Stoke City

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 a year later, though they lost 2–1 at Wembley.

Mulligan left Chelsea in 1972 for Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

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. He stayed with the South London

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 club for three years, after which he signed for West Brom

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

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. Mulligan re-joined Shamrock Rovers in 1979, making his final appearance on 24 February 1980. Has his testimonial in August 1980 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1980/0806/Pg003.html#Ar00301:40936643137C2532CD31731743D36647A37B3043CC3233E13253CC33B3E145346647347947446548947A49449C4BB4AA. He then joined Panathinaikos as assistant manager before retiring from the game in 1982.

During his time at Rovers he won 10 caps

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 for the Irish national team

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, including three as captain, one under-23 cap and six Inter league caps. Overall he won 50 caps for his country.

Mulligan managed League of Ireland

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 sides Galway United (during the 1983–84 season) and Shelbourne

Shelbourne F.C.

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 during the first half of the 1985–86 season. He also applied to manage the Irish national team, but lost out to Eoin Hand

Eoin Hand

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Mulligan occasionally appears as a soccer analyst on Irish television channel TV3

TV3 Ireland

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Honours

• FAI Cup
  FAI Cup
  The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
  
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  • Shamrock Rovers 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969

• Top Four Cup
  Top Four Cup
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  • Shamrock Rovers 1966

• Dublin City Cup
  Dublin City Cup
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  • Shamrock Rovers 1966/67

• Leinster Senior Cup
  Leinster Senior Cup (football)
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  • Shamrock Rovers - 1968/69

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
  
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  • Chelsea
    Chelsea F.C.
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     - 1970-71

Sources

• The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)