Noel Synnott
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Noel Synnott (born 1952 in London) is a former football player from Ireland and current joint manager of Ballymun United [1].
He was a defender who played for Shamrock Rovers and played 3 times for the Republic of Ireland national football team in 1978.
He began in the League of Ireland in 1973 playing for Sligo Rovers. He joined Shamrock Rovers the following year firstly playing under Mick Meagan, then Sean Thomas and John Giles. He played for nine years at Milltown, making 4 appearances in European competition and an Inter League cap, before disaster struck on the 27th of March 1983 when he broke his leg in a league game against Dundalk.
Doctors told him he would never play again but 2 years later he made a comeback for Waterford United where he scored an own goal in the FAI Cup Final in 1986 against Rovers!
After his playing career ended he served as manager of Kilkenny City F.C. for the 1991/92 season and Shamrock Rovers for a brief period in 2004 [2].
[edit] Honours
- FAI Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers 1978
- FAI League Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers - 1976/77
- Leinster Senior Cup (football): 1
- Shamrock Rovers - 1982
