Английская Википедия:Damien McCrory

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox football biography Damien Paul McCrory (born 23 February 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Шаблон:English football updater club Grantham Town.

First signing professional forms with Plymouth Argyle in 2008, he spent the next two years on loan at Port Vale and Grimsby Town, before joining Dagenham & Redbridge in 2010. He played for the "Daggers" in their victory in the 2010 League Two play-off final. He also won international caps for his country at under-18 and under-19 levels. In June 2012, he signed a two-year deal with Burton Albion. He helped Burton to the League Two title in 2014–15 and then to promotion out of League One in 2015–16. He joined Portsmouth on loan in August 2017. After his seven-year spell at Burton came to an end, he moved on to Notts County in August 2019. After two seasons with Notts County he moved on to Nuneaton Borough, before joining Grantham Town in July 2022. He won the Lincolnshire Senior Cup with Grantham in 2023.

Club career

Plymouth Argyle

Having been signed to Plymouth Argyle's Centre of Excellence in August 2006,[1] McCrory rose through the ranks to earn a twelve-month professional contract with the club in May 2008.[2] He started the 2008–09 season positively by joining the first team squad in Austria on their annual tour, scoring in one of the games against SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[3] He was given shirt number 29 for his first professional season.[4] McCrory joined League Two side Port Vale on loan in October 2008, looking to gain some league experience.[5] He made his league debut against Shrewsbury Town on 11 October, replacing Paul Edwards on 54 minutes as Vale went on to win 2–1. He fitted into the side well and Vale were keen to see him stay on loan until January 2009.[6] McCrory returned to Plymouth at the end of 2008,[7] despite manager Dean Glover's best efforts to extend the deal further; Plymouth wanted him back at Home Park.[8]

He returned to Port Vale on a one-month loan in late August 2009.[9] Vale were now under the management of Micky Adams, who initiated the loan after hearing how well McCrory had performed for the club in his previous spell[10] from the club's chief scout Ray Williams and youth team manager Mark Grew.[11] Plymouth had to help pay the teenager's wages, as Vale had already spent their playing budget with limited funds.[12] After the spell was up McCrory was all ready to return to Plymouth, though his parent club then had a last minute change of heart and agreed to fund his loan at Vale Park for a further month.[13][14] In total he made just two starts and three substitute appearance in his two months at Vale Park, before he returned to Plymouth to try to impress the new coaching regime that had been established in his absence.[15]

On 9 November 2009, McCrory joined League Two side Grimsby Town on an initial one-month loan.[16][17] McCrory cemented a place in the "Mariners" side, playing as the club's regular left-back for his two months at Blundell Park, being preferred to club left-back Joe Widdowson. Argyle recalled McCrory from his loan spell the following January; he had played for Grimsby eleven times in all competitions.[18]

Dagenham & Redbridge

Despite interest to sign him permanently from Grimsby, McCrory joined League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge in February 2010 for a five-figure fee.[19] He signed a Шаблон:Frac-year deal with the club.[20] He quickly established himself as the club's first choice left-back.[21] He went on to play for the "Daggers" in the play-off final victory over Rotherham United; during the Wembley final, he set up Paul Benson for the first goal of a 3–2 win.[22] He scored his first senior goal on 10 August, as he struck a "sublime" Шаблон:Convert free kick to provide the opening goal of a 2–1 defeat to Milton Keynes Dons in the League Cup.[23] He played a total of 23 League One games in 2010–11, as the club suffered relegation back into the Football League's basement division.

McCrory re-established himself as a consistent first team member in the 2011–12 campaign. He gave away a penalty in the 3–1 defeat to Southend United in the Football League Trophy, which was saved, but made amends for his actions by scoring a then-equalizing goal from a 66th minute free kick.[24] On 15 October, he was a key figure in the club's 3–2 defeat at home to his former club Plymouth Argyle; he provided assists for both of Dagenham's goal, only to be sent off in the 90th minute after fouling Isaac Vassell in the box – Simon Walton converted the resulting penalty to net the winning goal for Argyle.[25] The red card was later rescinded.[26] Seven days later he scored his first ever league goal, netting a free kick to provide a late consolidation goal in a 5–2 home defeat by Aldershot Town.[27] In May 2012, McCrory was released by Dagenham after being told he would not be offered a new contract.[28]

Burton Albion

In June 2012 he signed a two-year deal with Burton Albion after impressing the club's management with the way he caused problems for Jacques Maghoma the previous season.[29][30] Manager Gary Rowett said that he would provide competition to veteran left-back Aaron Webster.[31] He opened his goalscoring account for the club on 17 November, in a 3–2 win over former club Dagenham, and was rewarded with a place on the League Two Team of the Week.[32] Burton reached the play-offs at the end of the 2012–13 season, but were defeated 5–4 by Bradford City at the semi-final stage.[33]

He made 47 appearances in the 2013–14 campaign, helping the "Brewers" to secure a play-off spot. However, he damaged cartilage in his knee joint in April and was ruled out of action for four months.[34] In his absence Burton went on to lose in the play-off final. He signed a new two-year contract with Burton in July 2014.[35] He scored five goals in 36 appearances in the 2014–15 campaign as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink managed Burton to the League Two title. He was named in the Football League team of the week after scoring the opening goal of a 3–0 win at Gillingham on 12 December 2015.[36] He made 41 appearances in the 2015–16 season as Burton won promotion out of League One for the first time in the club's history.[37] New manager Nigel Clough offered him a new contract in the summer.[38] McCrory stalled before eventually agreeing to a two-year deal.[39][29] However, he was dropped at the start of the 2016–17 campaign as Clough initiated a 3–5–2 formation and did not rate McCrory as a wing-back, instead preferring to play Tom Flanagan and John Brayford.[40][41]

He started the 2017–18 season with five appearances to his name, but with Stephen Warnock returning from injury Clough decided to allow McCrory to leave the club on loan.[41] On 31 August 2017, McCrory joined League One side Portsmouth on a five-month loan deal after loanee Tareiq Holmes-Dennis picked up a serious injury.[42][43] Set to compete with Brandon Haunstrup for the left-back position at Fratton Park, he stated his aim was to find regular football Kenny Jackett's "Pompey".[44] However, he twisted his knee after three games and was forced to undergo surgery, and was unable to feature again for the remainder of his loan spell.[45][46] He was offered a new contract by Burton at the end of the 2017–18 season, following their relegation out of the Championship.[47] However, the form of rival left-backs Reece Hutchinson and Colin Daniel meant that he was limited to 20 appearances during the 2018–19 season and was this time not offered a new contract in the summer.[48]

Notts County

On 1 August 2019, McCrory was one of six players to sign for newly relegated National League club Notts County, having impressed manager Neal Ardley on trial.[49] He scored one goal in 30 appearances for the "Magpies" in the 2019–20 season, which was permanently suspended on 26 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, with Notts County in the play-offs in third-place.[50] County reached the play-off final at Wembley Stadium, though McCrory was not in the match day squad as they lost 3–1 to Harrogate Town.[51] He played just three games of the 2020–21 season after missing much of the campaign with a knee injury.[52][53] He was released in the summer though head coach Ian Burchnall allowed him to return to pre-season training at Meadow Lane whilst he searched for a new club.[54]

Nuneaton Borough

In July 2021, he dropped down two divisions to sign for Southern League Premier Division Central side Nuneaton Borough on a free transfer.[55] He made 29 appearances in the 2021–22 campaign, scoring two goals.[56]

Grantham Town

On 6 July 2022, McCrory joined Northern Premier League Division One East club Grantham Town following their relegation.[57] He featured 35 times in the 2022–23 campaign, including in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup final victory over Spalding United.[56][58]

International career

McCrory played twice for the Republic of Ireland under-18s in 2008, before being called up to the represent the under-19s the next year. Two of the under-19 games took place in Belgium for qualification to the 2009 Under-19 UEFA Championship. A 6–1 defeat to Switzerland ended Irish hopes of qualification for the tournament.[59] Two days later, on 12 June 2009, they defeated Sweden 2–1.[60] He won a total of nine caps for the under-19 team.[61]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Plymouth Argyle 2008–09[62] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009–10[63] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Port Vale (loan) 2008–09[62] League Two 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2009–10[63] League Two 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 2009–10[63] League Two 10 0 0 0 0 0 1Шаблон:Efn 0 11 0
Dagenham & Redbridge 2009–10[63] League Two 20 0 0 0 0 0 3Шаблон:Efn 0 23 0
2010–11[64] League One 23 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 26 1
2011–12[65] League Two 33 1 2 0 1 0 1Шаблон:Efn 1 37 2
Total 76 1 4 0 2 1 4 1 86 3
Burton Albion 2012–13[66] League Two 42 1 4 0 3 0 3Шаблон:Efn 0 52 1
2013–14[67] League Two 40 1 4 0 2 0 1Шаблон:Efn 0 47 1
2014–15[68] League Two 34 5 1 0 0 0 1Шаблон:Efn 0 36 5
2015–16[69] League One 38 3 0 0 1 0 1Шаблон:Efn 0 40 3
2016–17[70] Championship 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 0
2017–18[71] Championship 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0
2018–19[72] League One 15 0 1 0 2 0 2Шаблон:Efn 0 20 0
Total 196 10 10 0 12 0 8 0 226 10
Portsmouth (loan) 2017–18[71] League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Notts County 2019–20[52] National League 25 1 3 0 0 0 2Шаблон:Efn 0 30 1
2020–21[52] National League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 33 1
Nuneaton Borough 2021–22[56] Southern League
Premier Division Central
23 2 2 0 0 0 4Шаблон:Efn 0 29 2
Grantham Town 2022–23[56] Northern Premier League
Division One East
29 1 4 0 0 0 2Шаблон:Efn 0 35 1
2023–24[56] Northern Premier League
Division One East
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 35 1
Career total 382 15 25 0 14 1 21 1 442 17

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Honours

Dagenham & Redbridge

Burton Albion

Grantham Town

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