Manchester United F.C. in 1960 – from the left, standing: Maurice Setters, Bill Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and Joe Carolan.
Joseph Carolan (8 September 1937 – 26 September 2018) was an Irish professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Born in Dublin, Carolan started his career with Home Farm at youth level before moving to Manchester United on 15 February 1956,[1] where he featured in their FA Youth Cup winning team. On 22 November 1958, Carolan made his senior debut against Luton Town. He broke into the first team nine months after the Munich air disaster, which had claimed the lives of eight United players - including his fellow countryman Bill Whelan -[2] and resulted in two other players being injured to such an extent that they never played again.
He played 71 times for United between 1958 and 1960 and won two caps for the Republic of Ireland making his debut on the 1 November 1959.[3]
Carolan joined Brighton and Hove Albion in December 1960. He joined Tonbridge in 1962 before signing for Canterbury City in 1968.[1]
He died in September 2018.[4]
^ abSpence, Tom "Happy Birthday, Joe Carolan", Official Matchday Programme for Tonbridge Angels vs Metropolitan Police, 12 September 2009
^"Irish Footballers : Manchester United : players from Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland : Played for Man Utd". soccer-ireland.com. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^"Statistics: Republic of Ireland [Powered by tplSoccerStats]". soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^Butler, Cliff (26 September 2018). "United pay tribute to Joe Carolan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
City in 1968. He died in September 2018. Spence, Tom "Happy Birthday, JoeCarolan", Official Matchday Programme for Tonbridge Angels vs Metropolitan Police...
based in Auckland and are part of the International Socialist Tendency. JoeCarolan, a Unite Union employee and former Mana party candidate, is a co-founder...
Bill Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Unknown, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, "Shay" Brennan, JoeCarolan....
Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and JoeCarolan....
United by Bob Bishop and signed to the club's playing staff by chief scout Joe Armstrong, making his first team debut in September 1963. Busby successfully...
were members of the FA. The notion of a youth cup was thought of by Sir Joe Richards, the late President of the Football League. He initially put forward...
United match and became record club appearance-maker, taking this title from Joe Spence who held it for more than 36 years. In 1966–67, Foulkes helped United...
National-Football-Teams.com Johnny Carey at National-Football-Teams.com Joey Carolan at National-Football-Teams.com Stephen Carr at National-Football-Teams...
Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and JoeCarolan....
ideologies in its ranks. Members are active in Unite Union, with one member, JoeCarolan, a senior organiser in that union. Socialist Voice - a Trotskyist group...
Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and JoeCarolan....
"tough on crime" policies were doomed to fail. Unite Union organiser JoeCarolan also spoke at the vigil and called for a "culture of community" with...
30 April 1956 Manchester United – Chesterfield 3–2 (3–0) 1–0 11 min. JoeCarolan 2–0 17 min. Mark Pearson 3–0 30 min. Bobby Charlton 3–1 60 min. Jim Mellors...
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