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Roy McDonough (born 16 October 1958) is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as ''Roy McDonagh''. ==Playing career== McDonough, a native of Solihull, England, was dubbed ''Donut'' or ''Big Roy'' by his fans. He clocked up some 150 goals in over 650 appearances in the professional and semi-professional (or "non-league") competitions in England. While he turned out for a handful of national clubs, he spent the majority of his career in the county of Essex. A tall, imposing forward (though he played as an orthodox centre-half on a number of occasions) he had a reputation as one of football's "hard men" and rarely shied away from the physical aspects of the game. As a result, he is the record holder for the most dismissals in a career, 22, and for red cards in the Football League, 13, an unenviable mark that he holds jointly with Steve Walsh〔(''The Guardian'' 'The Knowledge' April 20, 2005 )〕〔("Away penalties at Old Trafford" ), Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning and Matt Cunningham, The Guardian, 26 June 2003〕〔("Football League Records: Disciplinary" ), The Football League, ''accessed 4 December 2007''〕 He began his career at Birmingham City in 1977 making 2 appearances. Roy went on to Colchester to make some 88 appearances, scoring 24 goals in his first spell at Layer Road before moving to local rivals Southend United in 1983. In 22 appearances for the "Shrimpers" between 1984 and 1985 he scored 4 times. Between 1985 and 1986 Roy moved first to Exeter City(21 appearances, 1 goal) and then Cambridge United (32 appearances, 5 goals) before returning to Roots Hall and Southend. In his second spell at Southend, Roy became to some fans a cult hero.〔(BBC Sport Cult Hero Nominees – Southend United )〕 In around 186 appearances he scored 30 times, however certain sections of the crowd were not always enamoured with his playing style.〔(Southend Supporters site – SUFC Hard Men )〕 In September 1990 he returned to Colchester United, who had been relegated to the GM Vauxhall Conference, as a player. In his second season, he top scored with 29 goals in a Conference and FA Trophy Double-winning campaign as player-manager (''see below''), before making another 63 Football League appearances and scoring 16 times. He was sacked as manager in 1994 and joined Dagenham & Redbridge, moving on to Chelmsford City amongst others.〔http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/archive/1998/10/01/Essex+Archive/5539048.Soccer__Swifts_sack_McDonough/〕 Daily Mirror and Sunday People sports journalist Bernie Friend has worked with Roy on his autobiography, ''Red Card Roy'' (in reference to his unenviable record of getting red cards), which was published on 20 August 2012, by Vision Sports Publishing. McDonough was inducted into the Colchester United Hall of Fame in 2012, owing to his success as a player in two stints with the club, and being the first U's boss to lead out a Colchester team at Wembley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/roy_mcdonough_inducted_into_u_s_hall_of_fame_1_1376050 )〕 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「Roy McDonough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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