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12 Facts About Pat Mountain

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Patrick Douglas "Pat" Mountain was born on 1 August 1976 and is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Pat Mountain has been goalkeeping coach for Bristol City since 2019.

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Pat Mountain left Barry Town to sign for Yeovil Town in 1998 and eventually moved on to Newport County via Gloucester City.

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Pat Mountain went on to make over 200 appearances for the side and won player of the year awards on two separate occasions.

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Pat Mountain was eventually forced to retire at the age of just 27 due to persistent knee problems which, despite having three major operations on, he could not recover from.

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Pat Mountain has represented Wales in four different age levels and is a former Wales U21 international and was a regular in the side for several years.

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Pat Mountain is an FA accredited tutor of goalkeepers and has both their 'A' and 'B' licence qualifications.

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Pat Mountain started his coaching career at Cardiff City working with the academy goalkeepers before moving on to work with Cheltenham Town and Hereford United as first team goalkeeper coach.

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On 7 August 2008 it was confirmed that Pat Mountain had signed for Football League Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers as their Goalkeeper Coach replacing Bobby Mimms.

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Pat Mountain has worked with former Wolves associates in John Ward, Keith Downing and Graham Turner.

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On 20 June 2017, Pat Mountain was appointed as Goalkeeping Coach for Hull City.

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On 22 January 2018, Pat Mountain left Hull City for family reasons, taking up a similar position at Forest Green Rovers.