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[ 0 => '{{short description|Northern Ireland footballer and manager}}', 1 => '{{nofootnotes|date=March 2020}}', 2 => '{{confused|Matt Doherty (footballer, born 1992)}}', 3 => '{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}', 4 => '{{EngvarB|date=March 2020}}', 5 => ''''Matt Doherty''' is a Northern Irish former professional [[association football|footballer]].', 6 => 'An attacking [[Half back (association football)|half-back]], noted for his footwork and passing, Doherty was one of [[Derry City FC]]'s early stars. During his time at the [[Brandywell]] he picked up winner's medals in the City Cup and North-West Cup, played in Derry's 2–0 defeat to [[Linfield FC]] in the 1936 [[Irish Cup]] final, and in 1938 came within a whisker of helping the club to their first league title, Derry losing 3–1 to [[Belfast Celtic]] in a replayed title-deciding test match.{{clarify|reason=How big is a whisker?|date=February 2022}}', 7 => '', 8 => '1937–38 was perhaps Doherty's finest season, selected by both [[Ireland national football team (IFA)|Ireland]] and the [[Irish League XI]]. In September 1937 he came extremely close to signing for [[Burnley FC]] before Derry rejected their £1,000 offer.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} He did finally leave the Brandywell in 1941, joining [[Shamrock Rovers]] in the [[League of Ireland]], where he earned three [[League of Ireland XI]] caps while at [[Glenmalure Park]].{{clarify|reason=What does it mean to earn a cap? When did he earn these caps? When did he stop playing professionally? |date=February 2022}}', 9 => '', 10 => 'He returned to Derry after [[World War II]] and finally tasted success in the Irish Cup.{{clarify|reason=What does this mean? Did he play in the Irish Cup? If so, when and on what team? Did his team win the Cup? What was he doing during the war? |date=February 2022}}', 11 => '', 12 => 'He was awarded a benefit game on 4 May 1955 against [[Shamrock Rovers]].{{clarify|reason=What is a benefit game and what does it mean to be awarded one?|date=February 2022}}', 13 => '', 14 => 'Doherty, who also managed the club from late 1959 until the end of the 1960–61 Irish League season, is father to Matt Jr. who also later went on to play for Derry.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}', 15 => '', 16 => '==Honours==', 17 => '* '''[[Irish Cup]]''':', 18 => '** 1948–49', 19 => '* '''[[City Cup (Northern Ireland)|City Cup]]''':', 20 => '** 1934–35, 1936–37', 21 => '', 22 => '==External links==', 23 => '*[http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/matt-doherty.html Matt Doherty] on a [[Blogspot]] page', 24 => '*[http://www.derrycityfc.net/history/legends/mdoherty.php Matt Doherty]on the Derry City FC website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626204042/http://www.derrycityfc.net/history/legends/mdoherty.php |date=26 June 2007 }}', 25 => '*{{NFT|39010|Matt Doherty}}', 26 => '', 27 => '{{Derry City F.C. managers}}', 28 => '', 29 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Matt}}', 30 => '[[Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland]]', 31 => '[[Category:Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers]]', 32 => '[[Category:Derry City F.C. players]]', 33 => '[[Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players]]', 34 => '[[Category:League of Ireland players]]', 35 => '[[Category:Derry City F.C. managers]]', 36 => '[[Category:Possibly living people]]', 37 => '[[Category:Year of birth missing]]', 38 => '[[Category:League of Ireland XI players]]', 39 => '[[Category:20th-century births]]', 40 => '[[Category:Irish League representative players]]', 41 => '[[Category:Men's association football wing halves]]', 42 => '[[Category:Association football managers from Northern Ireland]]' ]