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In the 1989/90 season he finished as Athlone"s top scorer with 10 league goals. Shels finished level on points on top of the table alongside Cork City and Bohemians.
In the 1989/90 season he finished as Athlone"s top scorer with 10 league goals. Shels finished level on points on top of the table alongside Cork City and Bohemians.
Dully"s career began with Athlone Town and he made his League of Ireland debut on the 20th of October 1985 at home to Cork City. His impressive form earned him a move to Shelbourne in the close season of 1990, where he played the best football of his career. lieutenant was certainly the most rewarding period of his footballing travels.
Dully scored against South Carolina Tavriya Simferopol in the 1992-1993 Union of European Football Associations Champions League.
Dully"s career then took a turn for the worse - a serious knee injury almost ended his playing days, in fact he was out of the game for a year. Despite making a full recovery, he was unable to get back into the Shelbourne first team
He signed for Shamrock Rovers on 26 October 1995 for an undisclosed fee. Having played 11 League matches for Rovers, scoring 3 goals, that season, he went on to notch up 11 more with the Dalymount Park outfit.
Padraig was loaned out to Crusaders midway through the 96-97 season, and scored his only goal for the club in the 1996-1997 Irish League Cup Final against Glentoran, in a game which finished 1-0.
He was expected to make his move to the Crues permanent, but then joined Longford Town on loan. Longford were keen to sign Dully on a permanent basis but couldn"t afford to and as a result, he was snapped up by Waterford United manager Tommy Lynch. After Aaron Callaghan resigned as Athlone Town manager in May 2004 Dully stepped in as caretaker manager.
The following season Dully was assistant manager at Athlone Town to Stephen Kelly.
When Kelly stepped down in July 2005, Dully resigned too.