Career
After a trial at Clyde Deacy made an impressive League of Ireland debut for Sligo away to Shelbourne at Harold"s Cross Stadium on 14 December 1975. The next month he faced Geoff Hurst at Turners Cross. His debut game for his home town club was in the FAI League Cup on 5 September 1976.
In his third League Cup game against Sligo he was sent official
Deacy made his debut for on 28 November 1976 at Flower Lodge. At the end of the season he was on the losing side in the FAI Cup Final.
Deacy scored Galway Rovers" first goal in the League of Ireland on 2 October 1977. The 21-year-old full back left Galway Rovers for in February 1979, after writing 12 letters to the club requesting a trial.
He made one appearance for Villa in European competition against Juventus in the 1982-1983 European Cup.
He had a brief loan spell at Derby, where he played five games, before rejecting an offer of a new two-year deal from Villa to return home to Galway. Deacy"s first game back in the Maroon was in a League of Ireland Cup tie against Finn Harps on 2 September 1984. Ironically his last League of Ireland game was also in Harold"s Cross on Street Patrick"s Day 1991 away to Street Patrick"s Athletic.
He also played for the Republic of Ireland national football team amateur team that qualified for the 1978 Union of European Football Associations Amateur Cup.
He died following a heart attack on 13 February 2012. Terryland Park was renamed Deacy Park in honour of Chick A testimonial was held on 18 August at Deacy Park.