Liam Buckley scored his first goal for the Hoops against his former club at Milltown on 21 October 1979 and he went on to score another seven league goals that season.
15 Facts About Liam Buckley
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Liam Buckley played for the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team in 1981.
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Liam Buckley made five appearances in European competition for the Hoops.
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Liam Buckley later moved to FC Montreux-Sports where he spent two seasons.
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Liam Buckley came home and signed for Rovers again in 1989 but injuries prevented him from establishing a regular first team place.
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Liam Buckley then transferred to St Patrick's Athletic where he went on to win the League in 1996 as an assistant coach.
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Liam Buckley wasn't offered the managers job at Pats and he left the club in February 1997 to move to Sligo for the rest of that season and later went on to become player-manager at Athlone Town.
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Liam Buckley guided Athlone to the FAI Cup semi final in 1998 in his first season as player-manager.
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Pats retained their league title but two bad defeats in Europe followed by indifferent domestic form saw Liam Buckley sacked in December 1999.
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Liam Buckley then had another spell as Athlone's manager before being appointed Shamrock Rovers manager in April 2002.
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In 2008 Liam Buckley took on the role of manager of Sporting Fingal a brand new team that were awarded a licence to play in the League of Ireland First Division.
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Liam Buckley was appointed StPatrick's Athletic manager for the 2012 season on 2 December 2011.
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Liam Buckley took over as manager of Sligo Rovers in October 2018.
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Liam Buckley left the club by mutual consent on 22 May 2022 after securing qualification to European football in back to back seasons in his final 2 years at the club.
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On 3 May 2023, Liam Buckley was named as sporting director of Cork City, with his role focusing primarily on player recruitment, along with supporting management on all football related matters.