Ray Treacy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 10 April 2015 (aged 68) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1964 | Home Farm F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1968 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | (1) |
| 1967–1972 | Charlton Athletic | 149 | (44) |
| 1972–1974 | Swindon Town | 55 | (16) |
| 1973–1976 | Preston North End | 58 | (11) |
| 1974–1975 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | (6) |
| 1978 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 23 | (5) |
| 1977–1980 | Shamrock Rovers | 71 | (35) |
| 1980–1982 | Drogheda United | 26 | (11) |
| Total | 411 | (130) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1979 | League of Ireland XI | 2 | (0) |
| 1966 | Republic of Ireland U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1966–1980 | Republic of Ireland | 42 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1980–1982 | Drogheda United F.C. | ||
| 1982–1990 | Home Farm F.C. | ||
| 1992–1996 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy (18 June 1946 – 10 April 2015), was an Irish professional footballer.
He played 42 times (scoring 5 goals) for the Republic of Ireland national football team between 1966 and 1980. Treacy played 3 times scoring twice whilst at Milltown.
He made his international debut on 4 May 1966 in a 4–0 defeat against West Germany, his last was against Czechoslovakia in 1980. He played in the first ever Republic of Ireland U23 game in 1966.
As a youth Treacy played with Home Farm F.C.. He made 5 first team appearances for West Bromwich Albion, scoring one goal, before joining Charlton Athletic in February 1968. Later moving to join Swindon Town, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic (on loan). He agreed terms with Port Vale in August 1976 but didn't sign for them, instead returning to West Bromwich Albion where he finished his English career. In 290 league appearances he scored 78 goals.
He then joined the Shamrock Rovers in 1977 under Johnny Giles and in three seasons at Milltown he scored 35 league goals from the 71 games he played in. He made 3 appearances in European competitions, but was most prominently remembered by Rovers fans when his penalty against Sligo helped win the FAI Cup in 1978.
Treacy almost scored a hat trick for the Republic of Ireland national football team against Turkey in April 1978. The two goals he scored (along with the game's opening goal by Johnny Giles) represent the last occasion that a home-based player has scored for the senior Irish national team.
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