fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place height position birth_date article_title name
harold mcloughlin 1977 -- 1989 1989 -- 1990 1989 -- 1990 sligo rovers finn harps longford town ? 14 9 35 1 0 sligo , ireland 5 ft 8 in m 2 on winger 1956 harry mcloughlin
 harry mcloughlin
harry mcloughlin

harry mcloughlin -lrb- born 1956 in sligo -rrb- is a former irish footballer .
a local who grew up in the area of sligo town which gave rovers its heart in the early years , forthill .
harry played his early football with the now defunct boys club , which was based behind the old cavendish 's shop on o'connell street .
he was an old fashioned winger who loved nothing better than to get on the ball , take on the defence and get his crosses in .
he also had a good eye for a goalscoring chance .
harry joined sligo rovers in the 1977/78 season as a replacement for another local hero , paul mcgee .
he made his league of ireland debut for the club away to shamrock rovers at glenmalure park on the 9th of october 1977 -lsb- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/1010/pg004.html#ar00400:2291912611ad2171d22411ee1441f916821105a2b00752c70762b00802c707f2b00842c80842b008b2c813e2eb16330325e30a28331f1c93e81ee3fd1794a319d4b834935036e3652c636c2eb3812a84832d14962470cf31e12c0e51921321af2701902bf1ac0df1b11311cd1311b11351cd24b1d128b1ed00045c33846f33a45c34a46f34a45c35546f35545c35746f35745c37546f00048331849631b483329496329483331496331484360497] and on his home debut he made an instant impact tormenting the galway rovers defence at the showground .
he went on to make 315 appearances for sligo rovers and scored just short of fifty goals for the club , not bad for a winger .
he tormented many more defences after this .
harry mc loughlin would have made the top 100 easily but the little winger had to do it in style .
harry produced what is arguably the greatest single moment in the history of the club .
it was easter sunday at a rain drenched dalymount park .
against all odds sligo rovers had hauled themselves back into the fai cup final with a goal from tony stenson .
with barely fifteen minutes to go graham fox broke up a bohs attack and his sliding tackle saw the ball fall to tony stenson .
he moved the ball along the front of rovers penalty area to martin mc donnell who sent a brilliant pass down the left wing to mc loughlin .
he raced onto the ball and took on the bohs full back dave connell .
he jinked inside and sent a beautifully judged chip over the head of dermot o'neill and into the far corner .
as the rtÉ commentator of the time said - `` it was a goal worthy of winning any cup final '' .
it was the goal that would bring the cup to sligo for the first time after five cup final defeats .
he finished off his career with brief spells with finn harps and longford town .
when sligo rovers fans sit down to pick their greatest team of all time the name of harry mc loughlin always fills the right wing position .
he was joint top scorer in the 1985/86 first division -lsb- http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html] .
his nephew keith made one appearance in the irish news cup in 1996/97 .
another nephew is alan cawley .
