Career
He played for Coleraine FC, Derry City FC and briefly for Ballymena United and also internationally for Northern Ireland in the British Home Championship against England in front of a crowd of 100,000 at the old Wembley Stadium on 21 April 1970. From 1993 to 1994, O'Doherty managed his past club, Derry City. O'Doherty now writes an opinion-based column, the "Doc's Prescription", in the sport section one of the city's local papers, the Derry Journal.
