Joseph Hooley (26 December 1938 – January 2021) was an English

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and football manager. Hooley played for

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Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town is at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast, south-west of Carlisle and north-east of Whitehaven. At the 2021 census the ...

, Cambridge City, Holbeach United,

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and Dover Town. After his retirement as a player, Hooley worked several years as a manager in Norway and Iceland, most notably guiding

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to the Norwegian League and Cup Double in 1977. He also managed

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

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, and Bodø/Glimt.

References

1938 births 2021 deaths English men's footballers Barnsley F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Holbeach United F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Bedford Town F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players English football managers Expatriate football managers in Iceland English expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Lillestrøm SK managers Molde FK managers FK Bodø/Glimt managers Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík managers Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Hoyland Footballers from South Yorkshire English Football League players {{England-footy-manager-stub