Maurice Doyle

Maurice Doyle
Personal information
Date of birth	17 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Ellesmere Port, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1989	Crewe Alexandra
1989–1995	Queens Park Rangers
1990	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
1991	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
1995–1998	Millwall
1998–2000	Telford United
2000–2001	TNS
2001–2004	Oswestry Town
2004–20??	Castrol Social
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Doyle (born 17 October 1969) is an English former footballer.

Career

Doyle began playing football at the age of 9, began playing football for Polygon and then Princess Villa in the Ellesmere Port League. He was given a trial at Crewe Alexandra, where he began his professional career as a trainee, along with Rob Jones and Craig Hignett. He made his senior debut in 1988. He signed for Queens Park Rangers for £80,000 in 1989, where he spent six seasons but failed to become a first-team regular, playing only six times in the league for Rangers. He made his most first team appearances at his next club, Millwall, after a £25,000 move.

After being released by Millwall at the end of the 1997-98 season, he had a trial at Shrewsbury Town but was only offered a month-long contract. Instead, he dropped into non-league with Telford United, where he played until 2000.

Doyle later played for several clubs since in the Welsh Premier League and English non-league. He was later player-manager of Cheshire-based amateur club Castrol Social, winning the Pyke Cup in 2008. Doyle can now be often found playing for Queens Park Rangers in the Football Masters.

References

Maurice Doyle at Soccerbase