Johnny Walsh (footballer)

Johnny "Jabber" Walsh (born 8 November 1957 in Limerick) is an Irish former soccer player.

For other people named John Walsh, see John Walsh (disambiguation).

He made his one and only appearance for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 30 May 1982 in a 2–1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. Walsh scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win for the League of Ireland XI against the Scottish Football League XI on St Patrick's Day 1980.[1]

At club level, he was a midfielder who played for many years on the successful Limerick F.C. teams of the 1980s.[2] Walsh made his League of Ireland debut on 3 October 1976. He won a league title with the club in 1980 and an FAI Cup medal in 1982.

Honours

Limerick United

References
  1. Malone, Emmet. "A comedy of errors: Ireland's ill-fated South American tour". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. Friday; June 05; 2015 (2015-06-05). "After 31 years, Limerick soccer returns to its spiritual home at Markets Field". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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