Hugh McAuley (footballer, born 1953)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Bootle, Merseyside, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1974 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 1974–1976 | Plymouth Argyle | 77 | (7) |
| 1976–1978 | Charlton Athletic | 55 | (9) |
| 1978–1979 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Carlisle United | 17 | (1) |
| Formby | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugh McAuley (born 8 January 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He made 205 appearances in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Plymouth Argyle, Charlton Athletic and Carlisle United.
Career
[edit]McAuley began his career at Liverpool, but made his senior debut on loan at Tranmere Rovers.[1] He joined Plymouth Argyle for £12,000 in 1974 and won promotion to the Second Division in his first season with the club.[2] He moved to Charlton Athletic in 1976, where he played for two seasons, and then returned to Tranmere.[2] McAuley joined Carlisle United the following year and spent two seasons with the club, but did not play regularly.[1] He finished his playing career in non-league football with Formby.[2]
He returned to Liverpool in 1988 as a coach, having worked with the Merseyside Youth Association from 1982.[3] He was responsible for the club's centre of excellence programme and was involved in the youth team that won the FA Youth Cup for the first time in 1996.[3] He then worked in the club's new youth academy and managed the reserve team before leaving Liverpool in 2009.[3][4] Robbie Fowler, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard were among those who came through the academy during McAuley's time at Liverpool.[5] McAuley's son, Hugh, made 100 appearances in the Football League for Cheltenham Town.[2][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hugh McAuley". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Hugh McAuley". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ a b c "About Us". Hugh McAuley Football Academy. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Doyle, Ian (28 May 2009). "Rafael Benitez reassesses set-up with Gary Ablett leading out four staff". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ Reade, Phil (7 November 2012). "McAuley: I knew he was a leader". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Hugh McAuley". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bootle
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- English Football League players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Formby F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff