Vinny Arkins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vincent Thomas Arkins | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1986 | Stella Maris | ||
| 1986–1987 | Home Farm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Shamrock Rovers | 67 | (28) |
| 1991–1993 | St Johnstone | 48 | (11) |
| 1993–1995 | Shelbourne | 54 | (21) |
| 1995–1997 | Notts County | 38 | (8) |
| 1997–2006 | Portadown | 279 | (179) |
| 2006 | Bohemians | 16 | (2) |
| 2007 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 502 | (249) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | League of Ireland XI | 3 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1992 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | Irish League representative team | 1 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2013 | Balydoyle United | ||
| 2013– | Malahide United (First Team Coach) | ||
| 2016 | Portadown (Interim Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Vincent Thomas Arkins (born 18 September 1970) is a retired Irish footballer. After retiring, he moved into management with Baldoyle United of the Athletic Union League and in 2016,he combined the two roles and came to help Ports Interim manager Pat McGibbon along with his current job at Malihide United Fc, as coach for the under 21 football club.
Arkins scored 15 goals as Dundee United's youth team made it to the Scottish Youth Cup Final in 1989. After signing for Noel King for £12,000 he made his League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers against Bohemians on 15 October 1989 in a 3–1 win. Arkins went on to score 35 goals in 86 total appearances for The Hoops.
He won the Player of the Year award in his first season as well as sharing the PFAI Young Player of the Year award and was top club goalscorer that season and in 1990–91. He was also the first player to score at Rovers rented ground, the RDS Arena, on 14 October 1990.
Despite agreeing personal terms with Liam Brady to join Glasgow Celtic in November 1991 the deal fell through as it was conditional on Celtic offloading some of their seven strikers. This deal would have been worth £80,000 to Rovers with the bonus of home and away friendlies between the clubs.
In his last game for Rovers he scored against Galway at the RDS Arena
Arkins joined St Johnstone for a reputed transfer fee of £40,000 with additional bonuses based on appearances in November 1991 Under the terms of the transfer fee to Rovers in 1989 Dundee United were entitled to half of this transfer fee. He scored his first goal at Ibrox Stadium in December in a 3–1 defeat.
He returned home to sign for Shelbourne in 1993 and made his European bow in the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup at FC Karpaty Lviv. Arkins was named on the best league XI for the 1994–95 League of Ireland Premier Division season after scoring 13 league goals. He played in the 1995 FAI Cup final loss to Derry City.
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