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Patrick Joseph "Pat" Scully (born 23 June 1970 in Dublin) is an Irish football manager. An accomplished central defender during his playing days, Scully started his career in England, gaining one international cap, two B caps, one U23 cap and nine U21 caps for the Republic of Ireland during this spell before returning to Ireland. ==Playing career== As a player, he started his career at Arsenal, where he was part of the youth team that won the 1988 FA Youth Cup. However, he played many games for Arsenal's first team, and after loan spells at Preston North End and Northampton Town he slotted into the back four in place of Tony Adams who was unable to fulfill his duties on many occasions due to excessive alcohol consumption. Scully however felt that his career would be better served shoring up the defence at Southend United and duly completed a move to the Essex outfit in 1988 after thrashing out terms behind closed doors with the top brass. He was a regular there for three years playing for a time with Stan Collymore, before moving to Huddersfield Town in March 1994. A month after joining he was a member of the Huddersfield side beaten in a penalty shoot-out in the final of the Autoglass Trophy at Wembley Stadium. He went on to become a key figure at the heart of defence in Neil Warnock's side and helped the Terriers to promotion in the 1994–95 season. In 1996 he moved back to Ireland to join Shelbourne. Under his captaincy, as well as his defensive abilities, Scully was a constant threat from set pieces and would often score crucial goals for Shelbourne. Scoring 11 league goals the following season he was the Player of the Month in September 1997 and ended the season as the PFAI Player of the Year in 1997–98.〔PFAI#PFAI Player of the Year Winners〕 He signed for Shamrock Rovers in June 2001. He made his debut at Bray on 12 August and scored his first goal against Dundalk on 18 January 2002.〔http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vdundalk180102.htm 〕 Scully captained Rovers during that season, when the club played in Richmond Park. He formed a partnership in defence with Terry Palmer, the Rovers central defender who would later captain the club. Scully led Rovers to the FAI Cup final that season, although he could not prevent Derry City winning the competition with a 1–0 win. He was then placed on the transfer list after a difference of opinion with manager Liam Buckley. His last game was in Longford on 23 November. He made two appearances in European competition for the Hoops. After two goals in 55 total appearances Scully moved to Drogheda United. He made his debut against Rovers on 11 April 2003 and played for one season before retiring. He was Player of the Year at Southend, Huddersfield and at Shelbourne. Pat Scully has now moved into driving taxi cabs around Dublin town since hanging up his managerial boots. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Scully」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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