Patsy Corcoran

Patrick Corcoran (16 June 1893 – after 1927), known as Paddy, Pat or Patsy Corcoran, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right for Clyde, Celtic and Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Football League, and for Plymouth Argyle in the English Football League.[1][2][3]

Patsy Corcoran
Personal information
Full name Patrick Corcoran
Date of birth (1893-06-16)16 June 1893
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Bellshill Athletic
– Mossend Celtic  
1912–1919 Clyde  37 (2)
1913 → Shelbourne (loan)  
1915 → Shelbourne (loan)  
1915–1916 → Royal Albert (loan)  
1916–1917 → Hamilton Academical (loan)  23 (5)
1917 → Renton (loan)  
1917–1918 → Albion Rovers (loan)  
1918 → Celtic (loan) 3 (0)
1919 → Royal Albert (loan)
1919–1920 Hamilton Academical 17 (2)
1920 → Bathgate (loan)
1920–1926 Plymouth Argyle 188 (26)
1926 Torquay United 0 (0)
1926 Luton Town 0 (0)
1926 Bathgate 4 (1)
1926–1927 East Stirlingshire 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Corcoran was born in Glasgow. He was on the books of Clyde for several years[4] and won a Glasgow Cup with the Billy Wee in 1914[5] but played on on loan with various clubs including Celtic[1] and Hamilton Academical, where he then had a permanent (though still fairly brief) spell.[2][6]

He moved to England in late 1920 to play for Plymouth Argyle. He made 198 appearances for the club in all competitions over six seasons, the last of which came in December 1925; he remained with the club til the following summer but was recovering from appendicitis.[3] In 1923 he was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match[7] alongside Plymouth teammate Fred Craig (with whom he had also played at Hamilton), though neither would gain a full cap.

He then spent a short period at Torquay United, then still a Southern League club, before joining Luton Town,[3] but is believed not to have played for either in competitive fixtures.[2] He returned to Scotland for additional fleeting spells at Bathgate and East Stirlingshire.[4]

References
  1. "Corcoran, Patrick". TheCelticWiki. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 149. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. "Patsy Corcoran". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  4. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Association Football. | Still Undecided., The Glasgow Herald, 12 October 1914
  6. Corcoran, Paddy (1916), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  7. Football | International Trial Match, The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1923
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