John Joe Doherty

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John Joe Doherty (born 1968) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team, later managing Donegal.

Biography

He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/declan-bonner-yearning-repeat-long-term-rewards-golden-age/|title=Declan Bonner yearning for repeat of the long-term rewards from the golden age|date=20 July 2018|accessdate=20 July 2018}}

He captained his club to the 1990 Donegal Senior Football Championship.{{cite news|first=Harry|last=Walsh|url=https://donegalnews.com/2015/10/1990-naomh-columba-end-twelve-year-jinx/|title=1990: Naomh Columba end twelve year jinx|work=Donegal News|date=15 October 2015|accessdate=15 October 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016133615/http://donegalnews.com/2015/10/1990-naomh-columba-end-twelve-year-jinx/|url-status=dead}}

Doherty, having recovered from a bone he broke while playing with his club, started against Armagh in the 1990 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, won by Donegal.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/donegals-1990-ulster-winners-will-be-honoured-tomorrow-heres-their-story/|title=Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story|date=18 July 2015|accessdate=18 July 2015}} He was a member of the Donegal team that won the county's first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1992. Martin Shovlin played instead of him in the semi-final against Mayo; however, Doherty started the final against Dublin.{{cite news|title=Donegal's four previous Championship meetings with Mayo: August 16, 1992 — Croke Park|work=Donegal News|date=2 August 2019|page=65}} He was selected as an All Star in 1993. He believes it was his performance in the 1992–93 National Football League final in which Donegal drew nine points apiece with Dublin at Croke Park that led to him receiving the All Star; Doherty marked Charlie Redmond who proceeded to get himself sent off, as did Keith Barr shortly afterwards.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/declan-bonner-looks-silence-hill-16-donegal-face-stiffest-test-yet/|title=Declan Bonner looks to silence Hill 16 again as Donegal face stiffest test yet|date=11 July 2018|accessdate=11 July 2018}}

He was captain of his county team in 1998.

Early life

After leaving Carrick National School, Doherty attended the local Vocational School. During his time in Carrick Vocational School he played on the schools senior team who were the first school in the county to win the Ulster Schools Markey Cup. Five years later, at the age of 22, he captained his local Naomh Columba Senior Team to their second county title in 1990.

In November 2008, following the resignation of the previous manager Brian McIver, Doherty was confirmed as the new Donegal senior manager.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/1104/donegal.html|title=Doherty confirmed as Donegal boss|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=4 November 2008|accessdate=23 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209120759/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/1104/donegal.html|archivedate=9 December 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/timeline-of-events-in-contentious-appointment-of-doherty-as-new-donegal-manager-26489769.html|title=Timeline of events in contentious appointment of Doherty as new Donegal manager|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=5 November 2008|accessdate=5 November 2008}} Doherty resigned in 2010; Jim McGuinness replaced him one month later.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0628/dohertyjj.html |title=Doherty resigns as Donegal manager|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=28 June 2010|accessdate=23 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701031355/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0628/dohertyjj.html|archivedate= 1 July 2010}}

He previously managed his club Naomh Columba, Naomh Mhura to a Donegal Junior Football Championship and the Donegal under-21 team.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7669780.stm|title=Mulgrew and Bonner's joint ticket|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 October 2008|accessdate=14 October 2008}}