Roy O'Brien (born 27 November 1974) is an Irish

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. He started his career at

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, before moving on to

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...

, although he made no first team appearances for either side. Having then made one appearance for

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth ( ) is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. ...

, he joined Dorchester and became a regular in their defence. In 2000, he signed for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

where he went on to play for five years, mainly at right-back, winning two promotions from the

Conference National The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National League (English football), National Le ...

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. He joined Weymouth halfway through the 2004-05 season, after impressing while on loan from Yeovil, where he stayed until the end of season 2006-07, spending the last 5 months of his tenure at the

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as player-coach. In June 2007 O'Brien rejoined Dorchester and following Shaun Brooks' resignation, he was appointed player-manager on 5 March 2009. On 22 November 2009, after just eight months in charge of Dorchester Town, Roy was relieved from his duties as a manager, due to the clubs poor showing in cup competitions. On 28 June 2010, he was appointed manager of Yeovil Town Ladies and will manage them in their first ever season in the FA Women's Premier League, before becoming the club's first team coach and subsequently working with the Yeovil Town Community Sports Trust.

Managerial statistics

''As of 22 November 2009''

Honours

Yeovil Town *

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: 2001–02 *Conference League Champions 2002-03 *League 2 Champions 2004-05

References

External links

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Roy O'Brien's profile from the Weymouth website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Roy 1974 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland association football managers Men's association football defenders Arsenal F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Yeovil Town F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Association footballers from Cork (city) English Football League players Republic of Ireland expatriate association football managers Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Dorchester Town F.C. managers