Tim Coffey

Tim Coffey (died 8 November 1999)[1] was an Irish soccer player.

He played for Drumcondra at club level and was a great favourite with the Drumcondra fans in the 1940s and 1950s. A wing-half, he won a League of Ireland winners medal in 1948/49 and a FAI Cup winners medal in 1954.

On 9 October 1949, he won his only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team when he lined out in defence in a 1–1 draw with Finland in a World Cup qualification tie played in Helsinki. Coffey laid on the opening goal for Irish skipper Peter Farrell. He also represented the League of Ireland.

Honours

References
  1. Tim Coffey at National-Football-Teams.com
Sources
  • The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945-96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle


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