For the Northern Ireland politician, see Patrick Roche (Northern Ireland politician).
Paddy Roche
Personal information
Full name
Patrick Joseph Christopher Roche
Date of birth
(1951-01-04) 4 January 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1970–1973
Shelbourne
100
(1)
1973–1982
Manchester United
46
(0)
1982–1984
Brentford
71
(0)
1984–1989
Halifax Town
189
(0)
1989–1990
Chester City
000
Northwich Victoria
International career
1971–1975
Republic of Ireland
8
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Patrick Joseph Christopher Roche (born 4 January 1951) is an Irish former football goalkeeper.
Born in Dublin, Roche started his career with Shelbourne with whom he won the first of his eight full international caps. During his time with Shelbourne he made 100 League of Ireland appearances and scored one league goal. He was on the losing side in the 1973 FAI Cup Final as they lost to Cork Hibernians in a replay. He transferred to Manchester United in 1973 for a fee of £15,000.
Roche made 46 league appearances for United, largely playing second-fiddle to Alex Stepney and then Gary Bailey. In 1982, he transferred to Brentford, before joining Halifax Town two years later. He moved on in 1989 after 184 Football League appearances for the Shaymen, briefly spending time with Chester City as cover for Billy Stewart. However, he left after failing to make any first-team appearances for the Cheshire side. Once retired, he returned to Halifax to take on a role coaching youngsters for their Football in the Community scheme.
Roche's brother Willie played for St. Patrick's Athletic and his nephew Paul played for University College Dublin.
Roche played 8 games for the Republic of Ireland national football team, keeping three clean sheets.[2]
^Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^"Statistics: Republic of Ireland [Powered by tplSoccerStats]". soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
[Powered by tplSoccerStats]". soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2015. PaddyRoche at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer...
Ludlow Trio, they consisted of Sean Loughran, from Carrick-on-Suir, PaddyRoche and Margaret O'Brien. Margaret O'Brien had been a member of the Radio...
86 days Drill Hall, Coventry, West Midlands, England 323 Win 240–63–17 (3) PaddyRoche RTD 7 (10) Mar 20, 1938 39 years, 78 days The Ring, Blackfriars Road...
prolific youth set-up. During this period, Stepney had to compete with PaddyRoche for a regular starting position. Stepney was the only player with any...
England 172 Win 141–22–9 PaddyRoche TKO 5 (10) Dec 11, 1939 Ice Rink, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 171 Win 140–22–9 PaddyRoche PTS 10 Nov 13, 1939...
the Paddy Hill Players. In 1939, La Roche (later LaRoche) was a sectional winner in the radio talent-show competition Gateway to Hollywood. LaRoche began...
PTS 8 17 December 1946 Beckenham Baths, Beckenham, England Win 20–3–1 PaddyRoche PTS 8 3 December 1946 Margate, Kent Win 19–3-1 Frank Hayes PTS 8 28 November...
Lou Macari MF 11 Gordon Hill Substitutes: MF 12 David McCreery GK 13 PaddyRoche DF 14 Alex Forsyth MF 15 Chris McGrath MF 16 Ashley Grimes Manager: Dave...
14 July 2023 Round 3 St Anne's Rathangan 2-15 - 1-14 Glynn-Barntown PaddyRoche Centre L Óg McGovern 1-2, M Furlong 0-5, J Fogarty 1-0, D O'Keeffe 0-2...
(nearly all first team players!) who were of a mind to make thing happen. PaddyRoche (current President and longest standing member of the club) and Richard...
defeating Meath 2-8 to 0-9. Irish Open – no tournament held. 4 January – PaddyRoche, soccer player. 25 January – M. J. Nolan, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny...
Robinson". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 May 2023. "Patrick Joseph Christopher Roche". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 May 2023. "Edward (Eamonn) Rogers". eu-football...
Moon on Apollo 14 in 1971. The ball was given by Shephard to Father PaddyRoche who bequeathed it to the club. A number of professionals started or played...
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