Pat Jennings
Pat Jennings was born in Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom on June 12th, 1945 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 78, Pat Jennings biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Patrick Anthony Jennings (born 12 June 1945) is a Northern Irish footballer.
He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, a figure that at the time was a world record and now a Northern Ireland record in an international career that spanned 22 years.
Jennings competed for Newry Town, Watford, and with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal in the top division, winning the FA Cup with both of the north London rivals during his time.
Jennings made more than 1,000 top level appearances, and despite being a goalkeeper, he scored in the 1967 FA Charity Shield.
Personal life
Eleanor Toner, a New York singer, was married by Jennings in 1967. They have four children: Mairead, Siobhan, Ciara, Patrick Junior, and Patrick Junior, a goalkeeper.
Club career
Jennings, who played for Shamrock Rovers' under-18 team until the age of 11, concentrated on Gaelic football until he was sixteen years old, with his hometown team Newry Town. In May 1963, after impressing with the squad, he transferred to Watford in the United Kingdom Third Division. Jennings made his debut in England in his first season as a member of his club and making two international appearances this season. In June 1964, Tottenham Hotspur had signed him for £27,000.
Jennings played in 472 league games for Spurs and 591 in all competitions. He won the FA Cup in 1967, the League Cup in 1971 and 1973, and the UEFA Cup in 1972. He also scored once in the 1967 Charity Shield, kicking the ball from his hands and launching a big punt down the field that bounced over Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney and into the net. He was named by the Football Writers' Union in 1973 as its best footballer of the year. He won PFA's version of the award three years ago, but Peter Shilton remains one of two finalists to date.
He was transferred to Arsenal, Tottenham's arch-rivals, on August 6, 1977, with Tottenham claiming he was nearing the end of his career. However, Jennings saw off opponents for the goalkeeper's jersey for another eight years with Arsenal. While at Highbury, he helped Arsenal win four Cup finals in three years; the FA Cup final in 1978, 1979, and 1980; as well as the European Cup Winners Cup final that year. However, Arsenal won the second of these finals, beating Manchester United 3–2. Jennings made 327 appearances for Arsenal, 237 of whom in the League, between 1977 and 1985, the first-team club football team's first-team footballer. He became the first player in English football to make 1,000 senior appearances on February 26, 1983, and Arsenal defeated West Bromwich Albion with a clean sheet in a goalless league draw. Jennings appeared in his last game against Sheffield in the League on Wednesday, November 25th, 1984, but he was then replaced by John Lukic as the first choice keeper. Jennings' farewell match against Tottenham Hotspur on May 8, 1985 at Highbury.
Jennings returned to Tottenham Hotspur after his release from retirement, playing mainly in reserve to keep his match sharpness for Northern Ireland's 1986 World Cup debut. In January 1986, Tottenham's last appearance for the club was against Liverpool in the Football League Super Cup. He was also on Everton's books when he was announced as goalkeeping cover for the 1986 FA Cup Final against Liverpool, despite Neville Southall being injured while playing for Wales.
International career
When Jennings was not playing for Watford, he made his Northern Ireland debut as an eighteen-year-old. This game, played in the United Kingdom, was a British Home Championship match against Wales; Northern Ireland defeated the game 3–2; George Best made his international debut in the same game on April 15, 1964. Despite resigning from club football in 1985, Jennings played his final international game at the 1986 World Cup on his 41st birthday, making him the World Cup's oldest-ever participant at the time. The match was played in Northern Ireland's last group match, a 3–0 loss to Brazil. Jennings competed in all qualifying rounds of six World Cups between 1966 and 1986.
