Patrick McGuire
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Frickley Athletic (manager)
Youth career
2002–2006 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006-2007 Bradford City 0 (0)
2007–2008 Farsley Celtic
2008 Woodley Sports
2008–2009 Buxton
2009 → Glapwell (loan)
2009 Guiseley
2009 Glapwell
2009–2010 Ossett Town
2010–2011 Frickley Athletic
2011–2012 Wakefield
2012–2013 Harrogate Railway Athletic
2013 Guiseley
2013–2014 Ossett Town
2014–2019 Thackley
International career
2018–2021 Yorkshire 6 (0)
Managerial career
2018-2022 Thackley
2022– Yorkshire
2023– Frickley Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:22, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Patrick McGuire (born 27 September 1987) is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Frickley Athletic, as well as head coach of the Yorkshire football team.

Career

Born in Baildon, McGuire signed with Bradford City aged 11, before graduating through the Bradford City 'Centre of Excellence' and signed a youth team scholarship at the age of 15, ensuring him a full-time apprenticeship as a footballer when leaving school a year later.

At the beginning of March 2006, McGuire was offered a full professional contract with the club. He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Scunthorpe United in the Football League Trophy and also made a substitute appearance for Bradford in 2006 with Bradford winning 4–0 in the FA Cup First Round against Crewe Alexandra. He was released at the end of the season and signed for Farsley Celtic.[1]

After making just a couple of appearances in the 2007–08 season, he moved on to play semi professionally with Woodley Sports in March 2008[2] before joining Buxton. He spent a spell on loan at Glapwell on loan in September 2009[3]

Next he joined Ossett Town, before moving to Frickley Athletic in July 2010[4] and Wakefield in November 2010.[5] A move to Guiseley was followed by a return to former club Ossett Town, before signing initially as a player for Thackley afterwards.

In January 2018, McGuire was called up to the Yorkshire football team, a team represented in ConIFA from players in the region.[6]

Managerial career

Following the resignation of manager Chris Reape, McGuire and fellow senior player Mike Garrod took charge of Thackley as joint-managers in January 2018. Due to Garrod's decision to leave in May 2018 after guiding the club to safety in the NCEL, McGuire became the sole manager at the club. During his tenure at Thackley, McGuire reached consecutive NCEL League Cup quarter-finals, as well as a County Cup semi-final, whilst establishing the team as a top-half team in the league. However, following poor performances despite a much-publicised increased playing budget, McGuire parted company with Thackley in December 2022.

In February 2023, McGuire was confirmed as the new manager of Frickley Athletic, a team which McGuire had previously featured for. He was joined by assistant manager Blake Campbell. In April 2023, both McGuire and Campbell succeeded in avoiding relegation with the club.

In addition to being the first team manager of Frickley Athletic, McGuire is also the head coach of the Yorkshire football team (a role which he has held since June 2022), and since August 2022 is the scholarship head coach at Bradford (Park Avenue).

References

  1. ↑ "Five More For Celtic". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Berry goes shopping". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bradley back at Silverlands". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Heath announces his first recruits". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Trio Exit Athletic". NonLeagueDaily.com. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Hemsworth and Frickley players chosen for Yorkshire". Hemsworth and South Emsall Express. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.


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