Noel Synnott

Who is Noel Synnott?

Noel Synnott is a former football player from Ireland and ex-manager of Ballymun United.

He was a defender who played for Shamrock Rovers and played three times for the Republic of Ireland national football team in 1978.

He began in the League of Ireland in 1973 playing for Sligo Rovers. He joined Shamrock Rovers the following year firstly playing under Mick Meagan, then Sean Thomas and Johnny Giles. He played for nine years at Milltown, making four appearances in European competition and a League of Ireland XI cap, before disaster struck on the 27th of March 1983 when he was the victim of a terribly crude tackle from Mick Fairclough of Dundalk which resulted in a broken leg.

Doctors told him he would never play again so a testimonial was held for him at Glenmalure Park on 21 September 1983.

However two years later he made a comeback for Waterford United where he scored an own goal in the FAI Cup Final in 1986 against Rovers. As Rovers had won the League again this final appearance had qualified the Blues for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where Noel scored against FC Girondins de Bordeaux in September 1986.

In August 1988 Synnott once again appeared in The Hoops in a Leinster Senior Cup tie.