Peter Molloy was an English

England

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 professional football player, manager and referee.

Club career

Born in Rossendale

Rossendale

Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. It is made up of a number of small former mill towns in Lancashire, England centered around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West...

, Molloy played as a wing half

Wing half

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 in the Football League

The Football League

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 for Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....

 during the 1933–34 season, making six appearances.

He also played for Fulham

Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

, Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

, Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

, Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

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, Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

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 and Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

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.

Coaching and management

Molloy managed Turkish club side Galatasaray

Galatasaray S.K. (football team)

Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

 between 1947 and 1949. He later managed the Turkish national side

Turkey national football team

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 in two spells, before moving onto Fenerbahçe. He returned to England in 1951, working as a trainer at Watford

Watford F.C.

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 between 1951 and 1976.

As manager

Galatasaray

Galatasaray S.K. (football team)

Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

• • Istanbul Football League
    Istanbul Football League
    Istanbul Lig or originally Constantinople Football Association League was founded by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears and started with the 1904-05 season with only four teams as "Istanbul Sunday League". The matches between the four teams, Moda FC, HMS Imogene FC, Elpis FC, and Cadi-Keuy FC were...
    
    : 1
    • 1948-1949

Fenerbahçe

• • National League (Turkey)
    National League (Turkey)
    Milli Küme Şampiyonası was the Inter-city amateur games between İstanbul, Ankara, and İzmir teams in Turkey, played between 1936 and 1950. Fenerbahçe were the most successful club with six titles.-Performance by club:-References:...
    
    : 1
    • 1949-1950