Roy McDonough
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 October 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aston Villa | |||
| 1975–1976 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1978 | Birmingham City | 2 | (1) |
| 1978–1980 | Walsall | 82 | (15) |
| 1980–1981 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Colchester United | 93 | (24) |
| 1983–1984 | Southend United | 22 | (4) |
| 1984 | Exeter City | 20 | (1) |
| 1984–1985 | Cambridge United | 32 | (5) |
| 1985–1990 | Southend United | 186 | (30) |
| 1990–1994 | Colchester United | 127 | (50) |
| Total | 564 | (130) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1994 | Colchester United | ||
| 1996 | Chelmsford City | ||
| 1998 | Heybridge Swifts | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roy McDonough (born 16 October 1958) is an English former professional football player and manager in the English football league.
Roy McDonough was born in Solihull, he was one of four brothers and a twin to Gaz McDonough. He came from a sporting family, and had an uncle Fred Harris, who captained Birmingham City. His father, James, played for Bath City and owned a dress shop. His mother, Iris, ran a boutique. McDonough signed schoolboy forms with Aston Villa, along with his twin, after becoming top-scorer for the Birmingham schools and Warwickshire county school teams. However, in March 1975, at the age of 16, he was handed a six-month suspension from competitive football for throttling a referee in the final of the Birmingham School's Cup. He was not offered professional terms by manager Ron Saunders.
He used his family connections to win a trial at First Division club Birmingham City, and was signed to an 18-month apprenticeship after he scored four goals in two trial games. He went on to sign professional forms with the club, and made his debut in the Football League in a 1–0 defeat to Sunderland at Roker Park on 7 May 1977.
He went on to Colchester to make some 88 appearances, scoring 24 goals in his first spell at Layer Road before moving to local rivals Southend United in 1983. In 22 appearances for the "Shrimpers" between 1984 and 1985 he scored 4 times.
Between 1985 and 1986 Roy moved first to Exeter City(21 appearances, 1 goal) and then Cambridge United (32 appearances, 5 goals) before returning to Roots Hall and Southend. In his second spell at Southend, Roy became to some fans a cult hero. In around 186 appearances he scored 30 times, however certain sections of the crowd were not always enamoured with his playing style.
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