Seamus Heath
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seamus Martin James Paul Heath | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cromac Albion | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1982 | →Lincoln City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Wrexham | 32 | (1) |
| 1984–1986 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | (0) |
| 1986 | Portadown | 4 | (1) |
| 1986–? | Bollklubben-46 | ? | (?) |
| 1989–1990 | Glentoran | 11 | (0) |
| 1990 | Bollklubben-46 | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1992 | Glentoran | 28 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Distillery | 43 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Derry City | 9 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Cliftonville | 12 | (0[1]) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–? | Kilmore Recreation | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Seamus Heath (born 6 December 1961 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former association football midfielder. Heath was an archetypal journeyman appearing for several clubs during the course of his career. He subsequently carved out a successful career in coaching.
Playing career
Heath began his career at amateur club Cromac Albion where for a time he roomed with future Northern Ireland international Mal Donaghy.[2] In April 1979 he joined Football League side Luton Town although Heath did not make any league appearances for the club and in April 1982 joined Lincoln City on loan.[3] He spent the 1983–84 season at Wrexham and then played for Tranmere Rovers before returning to Northern Ireland with Portadown in October 1986.[1]
Soon afterwards Heath moved to Finland to play for Bollklubben-46[1] and subsequently played for a number of other clubs in the country.[4] In October 1989 he joined Glentoran although the following summer Heath returned to Bollklubben-46.[1] He rejoined Glentoran in October 1990.[1] Heath signed for Distillery in July 1992.[1] He moved to League of Ireland side Derry City in August 1994.[1] He returned to the Irish Football League with Cliftonville in August 1995.[1]
Coaching
Heath served as youth development officer at Glenavon[5] and until 2005 combined this with a wider role as one of 23 Irish Football Association (IFA) youth development officers. In this capacity he also served as assistant manager of the Northern Ireland under-19 team.[4] In January 2006 Heath was appointed manager of Kilmore Recreation.[6]
Heath would return to the IFA around 2007 as a "Grassroots Development Officer" for the Down district.[7] As of 2011 Heath remains in position with the IFA.[8] He has also turned out for the Northern Ireland over 45s in veterans matches.[9]
Family
His son Ben subsequently played for Connah's Quay Nomads and Caernarfon Town in the Welsh Premier League.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marshall Gillespie, The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook 1996/97, UTV Books, 1996, p. 190
- ↑ Old pals link up to Rec United dream
- ↑ Seamus Heath 1982/83
- 1 2 Doing the Busy-Ness; Heath is best man to fix up old Rec.
- ↑ Mini-Soccer Centre
- ↑ Don't Mess Up!
- ↑ IFA Goes Stateside
- ↑ Heath's details at IFA
- ↑ Wales Veterans Football League
- ↑ Welsh Premier career details for Ben Heath