Back in Time with T-P
By Danny17 October 3 2008
This new feature will look at ex Blackpool players and how they are doing after leaving the seaside. For our first article we will look at a player who left Blackpool in 2006. He is a midfielder who goes by the name of John Doolan. Enjoy the article.
This new feature will look at ex Blackpool players and how they are doing after leaving the seaside. For our first article we will look at a player who left Blackpool in 2006. He is a midfielder who goes by the name of John Doolan. Enjoy the article.
This new feature will look at ex Blackpool players and how they are doing after leaving the seaside. For our first article we will look at a player who left Blackpool in 2006. He is a midfielder who goes by the name of John Doolan.
John, who is currently 34 years old, started out as a trainee at Everton but was soon released by the big club in 1994 after spending a good two years there. It didn’t take him long to find a new club as he was snapped up by Mansfield Town in September of 1994 where he went on to make 151 appearances in all competitions scoring a cracking 14 goals for, then, the third division side. After spending a long 4 seasons at Mansfield he moved on to Barnet for a fee of £60,000 in 1998, where he managed a staggering 199 appearances in all competitions scoring 13 goals in the 5 seasons he spent at the club
Barnet were relegated that year to the conference in which Doncaster Rovers brought Doolan in 2003. Doolan made 8 appearances in the remainder of the season in which Doncaster were promoted to the Football League. He soon became a regular in the team making 41 appearances and scoring 3 goals. He signed a new contract to keep him at Doncaster till 2005 where he made 41 appearances scoring 3 goals in all competitions in the 2004/2005 season.
Doolan’s contract soon ran out and was given a one-year contract by Blackpool. He made 24 appearances in all competitions before leaving on loan to Rochdale, which later became permanent. Doolan spent 2 seasons at Rochdale making 83 apps and 3 goals in which he was a extra-time sub in the playoff semi-final victory against Darlington. He left in May 2008 to become a player-coach at Conference North Side Southport.
JOIN US NEXT WEEK WHERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT A RECENT DEPARTEE MICHAEL FLYNN.
John, who is currently 34 years old, started out as a trainee at Everton but was soon released by the big club in 1994 after spending a good two years there. It didn’t take him long to find a new club as he was snapped up by Mansfield Town in September of 1994 where he went on to make 151 appearances in all competitions scoring a cracking 14 goals for, then, the third division side. After spending a long 4 seasons at Mansfield he moved on to Barnet for a fee of £60,000 in 1998, where he managed a staggering 199 appearances in all competitions scoring 13 goals in the 5 seasons he spent at the club
Barnet were relegated that year to the conference in which Doncaster Rovers brought Doolan in 2003. Doolan made 8 appearances in the remainder of the season in which Doncaster were promoted to the Football League. He soon became a regular in the team making 41 appearances and scoring 3 goals. He signed a new contract to keep him at Doncaster till 2005 where he made 41 appearances scoring 3 goals in all competitions in the 2004/2005 season.
Doolan’s contract soon ran out and was given a one-year contract by Blackpool. He made 24 appearances in all competitions before leaving on loan to Rochdale, which later became permanent. Doolan spent 2 seasons at Rochdale making 83 apps and 3 goals in which he was a extra-time sub in the playoff semi-final victory against Darlington. He left in May 2008 to become a player-coach at Conference North Side Southport.
JOIN US NEXT WEEK WHERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT A RECENT DEPARTEE MICHAEL FLYNN.
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