Career
He was a defender who played for Shamrock Rovers and played three times for the Republic of Ireland national football team in 1978. He began in the League of Ireland in 1973 playing for Sligo Rovers. He joined Shamrock Rovers the following year firstly playing under Mick Meagan, then Sean Thomas and Johnny Giles. disaster struck on the 27th of March 1983 when he was the victim of a terribly crude tackle from Mick Fairclough of Dundalk which resulted in a broken legal
Doctors told him he would never play again so a testimonial was held for him at Glenmalure Park on 21 September 1983.
However two years later he made a comeback for Waterford United where he scored an own goal in the Final in 1986 against Rovers. that year in European competition ! In August 1988 Synnott once again appeared in The Hoops in a Leinster Senior Cup (association football) tie. After his playing career ended he served as manager of Kilkenny City F.C. for the 1991-1992 season and Shamrock Rovers for a brief period in 2004.
