Fionan "Paddy" Fagan was an Irish football player who played as a winger.
Background
The son of Irish international and Shamrock Rovers outside-left John Fagan, Fionan Fagan started his career with Shamrock Rovers schoolboys and then Transport F.C., before signing for English Second Division club Hull City after Raich Carter brought him to England.
Career
He played 26 times for Hull, scoring 2 goals. In his first season at Manchester City Fagan made only seven appearances, but in the 1954-1955 season he became a first team regular, playing under the tactical system known as the Revie Plan. However, his Wembley appearance ended in a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle United.
Manchester City reached the final again the following season, but Fagan did not play in the final, and missed out on a winners" medal.
After continuing to play regularly for a further three seasons, Fagan lost his first team place to Colin Barlow in the 1959-1960 season, and was transferred to Derby County for £8,000 in March 1960, after a total of 165 appearances and 35 goals for the Manchester club Fagan was capped twice by the Irish national team while at City.
The first of these international caps came on 7 November 1954 against Norway. Fagan"s played for Derby 24 times, scoring six goals, and while at Derby made a further six international appearances, in which he scored five goals.
He subsequently played for a number of non-league clubs, including Northwich Victoria, Ashton United and Altrincham, where he was player manager.