fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam totalcaps position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date totalgoals article_title name nationalgoals
patrick john connaughton manchester united 1965 1974 1974 -- 1980 1980 -- 1982 -- 1966 1969 1971 -- 1972 1972 -- 1965 -- 1966 manchester torquay united -lrb- loan -rrb- sheffield united port vale altrincham united → halifax town -lrb- loan -rrb- → 3 2 22 12 191 87 wigan , england 0 0 0 0 0 0 england youth 317 goalkeeper 3 1967 -- 1968 23 september 1949 0 john connaughton
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john connaughton

patrick john connaughton -lrb- born 23 september 1949 -rrb- is an english former professional football goalkeeper .
he played 387 games in a sixteen-year career .
he also represented england at youth level on three occasions .
he began his career at manchester united , turning professional in 1966 , but made just three first team appearances in april 1972 .
he also played two games on loan at halifax town in 1969 , and played 25 games on loan at torquay united in 1971 -- 72 .
he joined sheffield united in october 1972 for a # 15,000 fee , but only played twelve games for the club before he transferred to port vale in may 1974 .
he established himself in the first team , and made 218 appearances , picking up the club 's player of the year award in 1974 -- 75 .
he joined altrincham in 1980 for an enormously successful two-year spell , picking up championship medals for the alliance premier league in 1979 -- 80 and 1980 -- 81 , winners medals in the conference league cup and cheshire senior cup , and runners-up medals in the conference league cup and fa trophy .
