Liam O'Brien

Position: midfielder

Republic of Ireland

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	18	12	4	2	31	12	+19	66.67
A	18	6	5	7	19	19	0	33.33
TOTALS	36	18	9	9	50	31	+19	50.00

Name: William Francis "Liam" O'Brien

Birthdate: 05-09-1964

Age: 61

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Height: 6' 1" (1.85m)

Weight: 13st 3lbs (83.91kg)

Years at Club: 1986-1989

Signing Info: Transferred from: Shamrock Rovers, 07/10/1986, £

Previous Clubs: Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers

Debut: 20/12/1986 v Leicester City (H) 2-0 (League Division One)

Farewell: Transferred to Newcastle United, 10/11/1988, £250,000

Passed Away:

Biography



		League		League Cup		FA Cup		Charity Shield		European Cup		Europa League		Super Cup		Cup Winners Cup		Inter-cont Cup		World Clubs Cup

No	Season																					Season Goals	Season Apps
1.	1986-1987	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2.	1987-1988	2	17	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21
3.	1988-1989	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
TOTALS		2	31	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

No	Opponent

1.	Coventry City	1	1
2.	Chelsea	1	2

No	Opponent

1.	Norwich City	3	0
2.	Queens Park Rangers	3	0
3.	Newcastle United	2	0
4.	Southampton	2	0
5.	Everton	2	0
6.	Luton Town	2	0
7.	Sheffield Wednesday	2	0
8.	Nottingham Forest	2	0
9.	Wimbledon	2	0
10.	Arsenal	2	0
11.	Chelsea	2	1
12.	Derby County	2	0
13.	Leicester City	1	0
14.	Manchester City	1	0
15.	Oxford United	1	0
16.	Hull City	1	0
17.	Bury	1	0
18.	Charlton Athletic	1	0
19.	Watford	1	0
20.	Coventry City	1	1
21.	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0
22.	Aston Villa	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	No

1.	Smith, Jim	3
2.	Brown, Ken	2
3.	McFaul, Willie	2
4.	Nicholl, Chris	2
5.	Wilkinson, Howard	2
6.	Clough, Brian	2
7.	Gould, Bobby	2
8.	Graham, George	2
9.	Hollins, John	2
10.	Cox, Arthur	2
11.	Hamilton, Bryan	1
12.	Kendall, Howard	1
13.	Frizzell, Jimmy	1
14.	Moore, John	1
15.	Evans, Maurice	1
16.	Harford, Ray	1
17.	Horton, Brian	1
18.	Dobson, Martin	1
19.	Lawrence, Lennie	1
20.	Bassett, Dave	1
21.	Sillett, John	1
22.	Venables, Terry	1
23.	Stringer, Dave	1
24.	Harvey, Colin	1
25.	Taylor, Graham	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Ferguson, Alex

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Norwich City	3
2.	Queens Park Rangers	3
3.	Newcastle United	2
4.	Southampton	2
5.	Everton	2
6.	Luton Town	2
7.	Sheffield Wednesday	2
8.	Nottingham Forest	2
9.	Wimbledon	2
10.	Arsenal	2
11.	Chelsea	2
12.	Derby County	2
13.	Leicester City	1
14.	Manchester City	1
15.	Oxford United	1
16.	Hull City	1
17.	Bury	1
18.	Charlton Athletic	1
19.	Watford	1
20.	Coventry City	1
21.	Tottenham Hotspur	1
22.	Aston Villa	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	31
2.	League Cup	3
3.	FA Cup	2

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	18
2.	Highbury	2
3.	Kenilworth Road	2
4.	Plough Lane	2
5.	Baseball Ground	1
6.	Boothferry Park	1
7.	Carrow Road	1
8.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
9.	Goodison Park	1
10.	Hillsborough	1
11.	Loftus Road	1
12.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
13.	Stamford Bridge	1
14.	The Dell	1
15.	Vicarage Road	1
16.	White Hart Lane	1

No	Date	Opponent	Competition

03-01-1987

Southampton

League Division One

No	Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	Competition

Player never featured in a Cup Final.

Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000

No	Date	Opponents	Competition	Penaltys

Player has never scored a penalty for the club.

Date

Opponent

Competition

Own Goals

Player has never scored an own goal against the club.

No	Date	Opponent	Competition	Goals

Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.

All Matches played

No	Date ▲	Opponent	F-A	HAN		Scorers	Opponent scorers
1.	20-12-1986	Leicester City	2-0	H	0	Colin Gibson 11', Frank Stapleton 67'
2.	27-12-1986	Norwich City	0-1	H	0		Kevin Drinkell 80'
3.	01-01-1987	Newcastle United	4-1	H	0	Peter Jackson 4' (o.g.), Norman Whiteside 9', Frank Stapleton 56', Jesper Olsen 90'	Darren Jackson 20'
4.	03-01-1987	Southampton	1-1	A	0	Jesper Olsen 11'	Nick Holmes 4'
5.	28-02-1987	Everton	0-0	H	0
6.	07-03-1987	Manchester City	2-0	H	0	Nicky Reid 62' (o.g.), Bryan Robson 85'
7.	14-03-1987	Luton Town	1-2	A	0	Bryan Robson 88'	Mick Harford 3', Brian Stein 41'
8.	21-03-1987	Sheffield Wednesday	0-1	A	0		David Hirst 90'
9.	28-03-1987	Nottingham Forest	2-0	H	0	Paul McGrath 12', Bryan Robson 44'
10.	04-04-1987	Oxford United	3-2	H	0	Peter Davenport 25', 35', Bryan Robson 90'	Tommy Caton 18', Mick Duxbury 62' (o.g.)
11.	18-04-1987	Newcastle United	1-2	A	0	Gordon Strachan 41'	Glenn Roeder 11', Paul Goddard 80'
12.	03-10-1987	Luton Town	1-1	A	0	Brian McClair 54'	Mick Harford 19'
13.	07-10-1987	Hull City	1-0	A	0	Brian McClair 62'
14.	17-10-1987	Norwich City	2-1	H	0	Peter Davenport 46', Bryan Robson 80'	Wayne Biggins 29'
15.	18-11-1987	Bury	2-1	H	0	Norman Whiteside 63', Brian McClair 68'	Jamie Hoyland 52'
16.	21-11-1987	Wimbledon	1-2	A	0	Clayton Blackmore 65'	Carlton Fairweather 72', John Scales 88'
17.	05-12-1987	QPR	2-0	A	0	Peter Davenport 35', Bryan Robson 74'
18.	01-01-1988	Charlton Athletic	0-0	H	0
19.	02-01-1988	Watford	1-0	A	0	Brian McClair 39'
20.	16-01-1988	Southampton	0-2	H	0		Colin Clarke 7', 73'
21.	24-01-1988	Arsenal	2-1	A	0	Gordon Strachan 11', Brian McClair 67'	Niall Quinn 36'
22.	30-01-1988	Chelsea	2-0	H	0	Norman Whiteside 42', Brian McClair 70'
23.	06-02-1988	Coventry City	1-0	H	1	Liam O'Brien 5'
24.	10-02-1988	Derby County	2-1	A	0	Norman Whiteside 71', Gordon Strachan 88'	Ted McMinn 90'
25.	13-02-1988	Chelsea	2-1	A	1	Steve Bruce 50', Liam O'Brien 52'	Colin West 82'
26.	20-02-1988	Arsenal	1-2	A	0	Brian McClair 52'	Alan Smith 21', Mick Duxbury 42' (o.g.)
27.	23-02-1988	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	A	0	Brian McClair 82'	Clive Allen 40'
28.	05-03-1988	Norwich City	0-1	A	0		Robert Fleck 76'
29.	12-03-1988	Sheffield Wednesday	4-1	H	0	Clayton Blackmore 1', Brian McClair 7', 53', Peter Davenport 79'	Lee Chapman 70'
30.	19-03-1988	Nottingham Forest	0-0	A	0
31.	02-04-1988	Derby County	4-1	H	0	Brian McClair 16', 23', 64', Colin Gibson 51'	Steve Cross 87'
32.	30-04-1988	QPR	2-1	H	0	Steve Bruce 10', *Paul Parker 83' (o.g.)	Alan McDonald 70'
33.	27-08-1988	QPR	0-0	H	0
34.	30-10-1988	Everton	1-1	A	0	Mark Hughes 69'	Tony Cottee 71'
35.	02-11-1988	Wimbledon	1-2	A	0	Bryan Robson 30'	*Terry Gibson 31', 59'
36.	05-11-1988	Aston Villa	1-1	H	0	Steve Bruce 42'	Gordan Cowans 60'

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