Martin Joseph Bayly (born 14 September 1966) is an Irish former professional

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and manager. His older brother is Ritchie Bayly while his nephew Robert Bayly currently plays for

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

Career

Club career

Born in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Bayly began his professional career as a youth player with local side Little Bray and English team

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

. Bayly made his senior debut on 21 April 1984 in a 3–0 loss to

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

in the

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, the first of seven consecutive appearances. He won the club's ''Young Player of the Year Award'' for the season, but made just three further appearances in the 1984–85 season before being released in the summer. In total, Bayly made a total of ten appearances in

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for Wolves. Bayly was then briefly on the books at

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

before returning to his native Ireland to join

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...

. Bayly won the

PFAI Young Player of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association of Ireland Players' Young Player of the Year (often called the PFAI Players' Young Player of the Year, the PFAI Young Player of the Year, or simply the Young Player of the Year) award is given to the footb ...

Award in 1987. While at Sligo, Bayly played in the last ever game at

Glenmalure Park Glenmalure Park, often simply known as Milltown, was a football stadium on the Southside of Dublin city in Ireland. Located in the suburb of Milltown, it was home to Shamrock Rovers from 1926 to 1987, when it was sold to property developer ...

in April 1987. Bayly then guested for

in a tournament in

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in June 1987, before moving to Derry City in 1988. After a year in Spain with

UE Figueres Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in Figueres, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the , holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim'', with a seating cap ...

, Bayly returned to Ireland to play with a number of clubs including

St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club, commonly known as Pat's or The Athletic, is a professional List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the League ...

, Derry City, St James's Gate,

Athlone Town Athlone Town Association Football Club is an Irish football club from Athlone who are playing in the League of Ireland. The club is the oldest in the League as it was founded in 1887. First elected to the League of Ireland in 1922, they play t ...

and

Monaghan United Monaghan United F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Monaghan currently playing in the Monaghan Cavan League. The club joined the League of Ireland in 1983 and subsequently went on to play in the B Division, the First Division an ...

, before signing with

in May 1992. Bayly was released by Shamrock Rovers in January 1993,

International career

Bayly appeared for Ireland in the

1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1984 Final Tournament was held in the Soviet Union. It also served as the European qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship. Qualification Group 8 Other Groups 1''The ma ...

and the

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host citie ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayly, Martin 1966 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players English Football League players Sligo Rovers F.C. players Derry City F.C. players UE Figueres footballers St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Athlone Town A.F.C. players Monaghan United F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. guest players Home Farm F.C. players Linfield F.C. players League of Ireland XI players League of Ireland players League of Ireland managers NIFL Premiership players Home Farm F.C. managers St James's Gate F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Republic of Ireland association football managers Association footballers from Dublin (city) 20th-century Irish sportsmen