Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Coventry
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550) Ernie Hannigan
PNE 97 apps; 28 goals
Coventry 47 apps; 6 goals
PNE debut 31/08/1964 v Cardiff (H) Drawn 1-1
602) Ron Healey
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 11/2/1973 v Middlesbrough (A) Lost 0-3
885) Colin Hendry
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 02/03/2002 v Birmingham (H) Won 1-0
656) Dave Jones
PNE 50 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 11 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1983 v Bournemouth (A) Won 1-0
435) George Lowrie
PNE 5 apps 0 goals
Coventry 84 apps; 57 goals
PNE debut 19/02/1938 v Stoke (A) Drawn 1-1
266) Jimmy Miller
PNE 15 apps; 1 goal
Coventry 7 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 17/01/1920 v Middlesbrough (H) Won 3-1
910) Gavin Ward
PNE 7 apps; 0 goals
Coventry 12 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 19/10/2004 v Q.P.R (H) Won 2-1
705) Paul Williams
PNE 1 app 0 goals
Coventry 2 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 05/01/1987 v Crewe (H) Won 1-0
Player Profile ERNIE HANNIGAN
Ernest Hannigan was born in Glasgow on 23 January 1943. Hannigan started his career at St. Roch's and made his debut for Queen of the South at the age of 17. Hannigan formed a great partnership with Neil Martin which helped Queen of the South obtained promotion to the Scottish First Division.
Hannigan moved South of the Border in June 1964 when he signed by Jimmy Milne for Second Division Preston for a fee of £15,000.
His debut was in the fourth match of the season in a 1-1 draw against Cardiff at Deepdale on 31 August 1964. But appearances for Hannigan were limited in his first season in England, making just 11 first team appearances, as the number seven shirt was held for the remainder of the season by Dave Wilson, the 1964/65 season was the last before substitutes were allowed in the game.
The following season saw Hannigan make 29 league appearances and scored his first goal in a 5-2 defeat at Southampton in November 1965. Hannigan then scored in the next two matches against Derby and Cardiff . Hannigan scored a brace in the FA Cup Third Round 3-2 victory against Charlton. Hannigan scored a further goal in the Fifth Round as PNE beat Tottenham 2-1, before losing in the Quarter Finals against Manchester United in a replay.
Hannigan ended the season in great form scoring six of his eleven league goals in the last four matches of the season, culminating in a hat-trick on the last day of the season when Cardiff were beaten 9-0 at Deepdale.
The 1966/67 season saw Hannigan as an ever-present and finished with 12 goals one behind leading scorer Alex Dawson. Hannigan scored twice in a match on two occasions in a win over Birmingham and a 5-1 victory at Northampton.
The following season saw Hannigan again score twice in a match on two occasions in a 3-1 victory at Norwich and a 3-0 home win against Cardiff . His last appearance for PNE was on 4 November 1967 in a 1-1 home draw against. Hannigan had scored 28 goals from 98 appearances for Preston.
Hannigan joined Coventry for a fee of £55,000, who was playing in their first season in the top division. It had been a difficult start for Coventry as Noel Cantwell had replaced Jimmy Hill as manager in October 1967 and then took ten games before the new manager had got a win with the Sky Blues bottom of the table. In February 1968 saw Coventry win three games in a row as they got them out of the relegation zone and for Hannigan to be joined by his old Queens partner Neil Martin who had signed from Sunderland for £90,000.
Hannigan contributed to five league goals during the 1967/68 season for Coventry as they just avoided relegation finishing third from bottom, one point above Sheffield United.
Hannigan scored one goal in the 1968/69 season as Coventry again finished third from bottom, this time one point above Leicester .
Hannigan joined Torquay on loan in December 1969 making two appearances. After his spell with Coventry making, 47 appearances and scoring 6 goals, Hannigan returned to Scotland with Morton.
Hannigan then moved abroad by having a short spell in South Africa and USA by joining New York Comos in 1971. In 1972 saw Hannigan come back to Dumfries for the second time in 1972.
Hannigan finished his career in Australia. First he landed in Perth to join Stirling City . In 1975 he won a D'Orsogna Cup with Morley Windmills. Hannigan was also the recipient of the D'Orsogna 'Fairest and Best' Medal and runners-up in the Rothmans 'Fairest and Best' Medal. Hannigan made the first of twelve appearances for the Western Australian State in May 1974 against the Scottish side Aberdeen.
Hannigan gained the reputation as one of the best outside-right's Western Australian fans had seen. He was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Fame when the Hall of Fame Committee selected the top one hundred players over the past Century. Hannigan was one of the 28 1970's players selected in the 'Century of Champions' when the ceremony took place in July 2004.
Hannigan still lives in Perth and owns an industrial cleaning business with another ex footballer Derek McKay who played for Aberdeen and scored a brace in the Scottish Cup Final against Celtic in 1970.