Patrick Cregg

Patrick Anthony Cregg (born 21 February 1986) is an Irish football coach and former player, who is currently the assistant manager at St Patrick's Athletic. During his playing career he played for Arsenal, Falkirk, Hibernian, Greenock Morton, St Mirren, Bury, St Johnstone, Shamrock Rovers, St Patrick's Athletic, Forfar Athletic and Montrose. He also represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international levels.

Patrick Cregg
Cregg playing for St Mirren
Personal information
Full name Patrick Anthony Cregg[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-21) 21 February 1986
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic (assistant manager)
Youth career
Manchester United
2002–2004 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Arsenal 0 (0)
2006–2009 Falkirk 107 (8)
2009–2010 Hibernian 15 (1)
2010 Greenock Morton 1 (0)
2010–2011 St Mirren 22 (0)
2011–2012 Bury 7 (0)
2012–2014 St Johnstone 44 (1)
2014–2016 Shamrock Rovers 65 (1)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 15 (0)
2017–2018 Forfar Athletic 14 (0)
2018–2019 Montrose 37 (0)
National team
Republic of Ireland U14
Republic of Ireland U15
Republic of Ireland U16
2002 Republic of Ireland U17 3 (0)
2003–2005 Republic of Ireland U19 12 (1)
2005–2007 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
Teams managed
2019– St Patrick's Athletic (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1:00, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Career

Having come through the youth academies at Manchester United and Arsenal,[2] Cregg started his senior career at Arsenal; his first senior appearance was in a 3–1 victory against Everton in the League Cup on 9 November 2004, as an 89th-minute substitute for Arturo Lupoli.[3] In all he made three appearances, all of them being in the League Cup.[4]

Cregg joined Scottish Premier League club Falkirk in January 2006 and made over 100 Scottish Premier League appearances for the club. He was released in the summer of 2009, having made his last appearance for the club in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final.[5]

After his release by Falkirk, Cregg signed for Hibernian.[4][5] Cregg followed manager John Hughes in making the move.[4][5] He left Hibs at the end of the season.[6]

Cregg then played in a reserve team friendly match for Shamrock Rovers against Manchester United.[7] Cregg then played as a trialist for Greenock Morton in a Scottish First Division match against Ross County on 25 September 2010.[8] The Greenock Telegraph reported on 1 October 2010 that Cregg had turned down a contract offer from Morton to sign for their Renfrewshire derby rivals St Mirren.[9] Cregg signed for the Paisley club, agreeing a contract until January 2011.[10]

Cregg signed a one-year contract with Bury in August 2011.[11] In May 2012, he was released by the club after being deemed surplus to requirements.[12]

Cregg then played for St Johnstone as a trialist in July 2012 before agreeing a one-year contract with the club.[13]

In August 2014, Cregg signed a contract until the end of the season with League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers.[14] After two and a half seasons with Rovers, Cregg signed for Dublin rivals St Patrick's Athletic on 22 November 2016 on a one-year deal.[15][16] On 31 January 2017 Cregg made his Pats debut in a 4–0 Leinster Senior Cup win over Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.[17] After half a season with Pats in which he was in and out of the team, Cregg requested to leave and came to a mutual agreement with the club to cancel his contract on 4 July 2017.

Cregg signed for Forfar Athletic on 13 August 2017.[18] He was released from his contract on 31 January 2018.

He spent one full season at Montrose before retiring in August 2019 to take up a role as assistant manager of his old club St Patrick's Athletic, under new manager and former Arsenal & Falkirk teammate of Cregg's, Stephen O'Donnell.[19]

International

While he was at Arsenal, Cregg became a regular in the Republic of Ireland under-19 team. He later represented the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team.

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 31 August 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2004–05[20] Premier League 000020000020
2005–06[21] 000010000010
Arsenal Total 000030000030
Falkirk 2005–06[21] Scottish Premier League 1614000––––201
2006–07[22] 3232040––––383
2007–08[23] 3641020––––394
2008–09[24] 2304040––––310
Falkirk Total 1078110100––––1288
Hibernian 2009–10[25] Scottish Premier League 1511000––––161
Greenock Morton 2010–11[26] Scottish First Division 100000––0010
St Mirren 2010–11[26] Scottish Premier League 2202000––––240
Bury 2011–12[27] League One 700000––1[lower-alpha 1]080
St Johnstone 2012–13[28] Scottish Premier League 24120002[lower-alpha 2]0––281
2013–14[29] Scottish Premiership 20020204[lower-alpha 2]0––280
St Johnstone Total 441402060––561
Shamrock Rovers 2014[30] League of Ireland
Premier Division		 704110––00121
2015[30] 29110004[lower-alpha 2]000341
2016[30] 29011202[lower-alpha 2]000341
Shamrock Rovers Total 65162306000803
St Patrick's Athletic 2017[30] League of Ireland Premier Division 1500010––1[lower-alpha 3]0170
Forfar Athletic 2017–18[31] Scottish League One 1401000––1[lower-alpha 4]0160
Montrose 2018–19[32] 3203020––2[lower-alpha 4]0390
2019–20[33] 500040––1[lower-alpha 4]0100
Montrose Total 3703060––30490
Career Total 317112822501206038813
  1. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in the Europa League
  3. Appearance in the Leinster Senior Cup
  4. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

St Johnstone

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "results/fixtures". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. "Hughes makes Cregg his first signing". STV. 29 June 2009.
  5. "Cregg follows Hughes to Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  6. "Benjelloun among three Hibs players shown the door". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  7. "Rovers XI 0–3 Man Utd reserves". Shamrock Rovers. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  8. "Morton 0–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  9. Tait, Chris (1 October 2010). "Cregg to snub Ton for Saints". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  10. "Patrick Cregg rejects Morton for St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  11. "Cregg earns Shakers deal". Eurosport. Yahoo!. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  12. "Grella survives squad shake up". Sky Sports. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  13. "St Johnstone boss confident Patrick Cregg can be a real asset this season". STV. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. http://stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=7390
  16. http://www.the42.ie/st-pats-sign-partrick-cregg-3095545-Nov2016/
  17. http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30504/2/
  18. Lindsay, Clive (9 September 2017). "Scottish League One ins and outs – Summer 2017". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  19. https://twitter.com/stpatsfc/status/1168234751431512064
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  33. "Games played by Patrick Cregg in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  34. "St Johnstone 2-0 Dundee United". BBC. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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