Michael "Mick" McGrath is an Irish former professional footballer.

He was a left half and began his career with Dublin club Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm F.C.

Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra...

 before moving to England to join Blackburn Rovers in August 1954. He made 269 Football League appearances over the next ten years at Ewood Park

Ewood Park

Ewood Park is a football stadium in the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club — one of the founder members of the Football League and Premier League. Rovers have played there since they moved from Leamington Street in the summer of 1890. The...

. and played with players like Peter Dobing, Derek Dougan

Derek Dougan

Alexander Derek Dougan was a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers....

 and Mike England

Mike England

Harold Michael "Mike" England, MBE was a popular Welsh footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born Holywell, Wales, Mike England was a tall commanding centre-half, who could also play effectively as a centre-forward. He played for Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur, Cardiff, and for the Wales...

. He helped the club win promotion to the First Division and appeared in the 1960 FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 Final where he scored an own goal in a 3-0 defeat to Wolves.

In March 1966 he signed for Bradford Park Avenue

Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.

Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...

 where he made 50 league appearances before becoming player manager at Bangor City F.C.

Bangor City F.C.

Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....

. He also played 22 times for the Republic of Ireland national football team

Republic of Ireland national football team

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 and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland B team

Republic of Ireland B national football team

Republic of Ireland B is the reserve team of the Republic of Ireland national football team. There are no competitions for B teams. However since 1957 the Football Association of Ireland has arranged occasional friendlies.-Early B internationals:...

in 1957.

He now lives in Blackburn and has retired after 24 years working for Thwaites Brewery.