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Aaron Callaghan (footballer, born 1966) played for which team from 1984 to 1985?
Aaron Callaghan ( footballer , born 1966 ) Aaron Joseph Callaghan ( born 8 October 1966 ) is a football manager and retired player . He played in the Football League for Stoke City , Crewe Alexandra , Oldham Athletic and Preston North End . Playing career . Callaghan was born in Dublin and began his career with English club Stoke City progressing through the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground and signed a professional contract in 1984 . Stoke were having a woeful 1984–85 season and with the team already relegated Callaghan was given the chance to play First Division football playing in five matches towards the end of the season . He began the 1985–86 season on loan at Crewe Alexandra where he made 10 appearances . On his return to Stoke he played in eight matches under the management of Mick Mills . He made just three appearances for Stoke in 1986–87 and was sold to Oldham Athletic in October 1986 . Callaghan remained at Boundary Park for two seasons making 21 appearances before joining Crewe Alexandra in May 1988 . He spent four seasons at Crewe helping the side gain promotion in 1988–89 which was followed by relegation in 1990–91 . In total he played in 197 games for Crewe scoring ten goals before leaving for Preston North End . He spent two seasons at Deepdale making 44 appearances scoring three goals before returning to Ireland to play for Shelbourne . He then went on to play for Crusaders , St Patricks Athletic , Dundalk and ended his playing career with Longford Town . International career . Callaghan scored in Irelands U-17 win over Northern Ireland in November 1983 . He was in the panel for the 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship as Liam Tuohys side made it to the semi-finals in the USSR . On 26 February 1985 , he produced a great performance as Ireland beat England 1–0 in the opening qualifying match of the 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship . He was selected for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship finals in the Soviet Union but on 19 August , five days before it was scheduled to start , he was recalled by Stoke City as he was needed for first team duty by manager Mick Mills the following Saturday . However , Callaghan did not play and would not make a senior appearance for the club until six months later . The defender made two Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team appearances , playing alongside Denis Irwin and Pat Dolan in a 0–0 draw in Belgium in September 1986 and in the 2–1 defeat to Scotland at Oriel Park in October 1987 . Managerial career . He was also player-manager of Crusaders for one year and in 2000 the club qualified for Europe after he had made three European appearances as a player . Apart from a brief spell as Athlone Town manager in 2004 , Aaron had been a coach at Longford Town from July 2002 until the end of the 2006 season . Following a year out from the game , Aaron was appointed Longford Town FC manager in December 2007 . Due to financial constraints at the club Aaron resigned as manager on 30 August 2008 . Aaron was one of the first coaches in Ireland to obtain the UEFA Pro Licence in 2007 . He is currently a coach education tutor for the Football Association of Ireland and sports development officer for Dublin City Council . Aaron has played for the Republic of Ireland U21s and was appointed Rep of Ireland U.14 International Coach for 2 years in 1997 . He was the 1st team coach at UCD and St.Patricks Athletic before taking over as manager of Bohemians in time for the 2012 season . Callaghan was appointed as Bohemians manager on 31 December 2011 . Despite financial constraints at the club , he led his team to a comfortable midtable finish in a season that included a 4–0 victory over Shamrock Rovers and Bohs first league win in Tallaght Stadium . He was rewarded for this good season by being offered a two-year contract extension by the Bohs board of directors , which he signed in November 2012 . On 15 July 2013 Callaghan was relieved of his duties by the clubs board of directors . On 13 October 2016 , Callaghan returned to management in Northern Ireland , taking over at Carrick Rangers . Within a few months at the club , Callaghan saw his side through to their first ever League Cup Final . Media work . In 2015 Aaron Callaghan joined the LeagueofIreland.ie team as a journalist giving the views on a number of topics in the League of Ireland from a manager points of view . Currently still involved in the site . Career statistics . Source : Honours . - Crewe Alexandra - Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion : 1990–91 - Crusaders - Irish League : 1994–95 , 1996–97 - Irish League Cup : 1996–97 - Gold Cup : 1995–96 - Shelbourne - League of Ireland Cup : 1995–96 - Dundalk - FAI Cup : 2002