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Eric Magee
Personal information
Full name Eric Magee[1]
Date of birth (1947-08-24) 24 August 1947 (age 77)[1]
Place of birth Lurgan, Northern Ireland[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Glenavon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1969 Oldham Athletic 45 (9)
1969–1970 Port Vale 18 (1)
Linfield
Total 63+ (10+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Magee (born 24 August 1947) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a forward for Glenavon, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, and Linfield. He helped Port Vale to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70.

Career

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Magee played for Glenavon before moving to England to play for Jimmy McIlroy's Oldham Athletic in June 1967, reportedly for a fee of £5,000. The "Latics" finished 16th in the Third Division in 1967–68, before suffering relegation into the Fourth Division under the stewardship of Jack Rowley with a last place finish in 1968–69. Magee scored nine goals in 45 league games in his two seasons at Boundary Park. In July 1969 he signed for Gordon Lee's Port Vale; the club had an unusually small squad in the 1969–70 promotion season, but Magee only had 13 starts in all competitions, instead being favoured as a substitute.[1] With just one FA Cup and one league goal from his 21 games (against Northampton Town at Vale Park and Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park) he was given a free transfer in May 1970 and moved back to his native Northern Ireland to play for Linfield.[1] He scored in the First Round of the European Cup in 1971–72, in a 3–2 defeat to Belgian side Standard Liège at Windsor Park.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 1967–68 Third Division 27 6 1 0 1 1 29 7
1968–69 Third Division 18 3 0 0 2 0 20 3
Total 45 9 1 0 3 1 49 10
Port Vale 1969–70 Fourth Division 18 1 2 1 1 0 21 2
Career total 63 10 3 1 4 1 70 12

Honours

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Port Vale

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 182. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Eric Magee at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1990). "Surviving on a Shoestring (1969–1979)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 227–257. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.