John O'Hare (born 24 September 1946) is a Scottish former footballer. O'Hare's clubs included Sunderland, Derby County, Leeds United and also Nottingham Forest and was part of their European Cup victory in 1980, coming on as a substitute in the final. O'Hare also won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.
Early years Born in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, he attended St Martins School and then went on to St Patrick's High School in Dumbarton.
Career Sunderland O'Hare started his senior career with Sunderland, playing for the first team between 1964 and 1967.
Derby County
He then moved to Derby County for £20,000 in 1967. There was initial criticism of him as he was seen as a large but slow striker, however, their manager Brian Clough, who had coached him at Sunderland, persisted with him and in his second season he justified his fee, establishing a strike partnership with Kevin Hector as they led the Rams to the 1971–72 Football League First Division title.
At County, O'Hare won thirteen caps for the Scotland national team, scoring five goals.
After Clough's departure he fell out of favour with his successor, and former Derby captain, Dave Mackay.
Leeds United O'Hare followed Clough from Derby to Leeds United in 1974 alongside John McGovern for £125,000; however, Clough left Leeds after only 44 days.
Nottingham Forest O'Hare and McGovern re-united with Clough at Nottingham Forest in February 1975 for a combined fee of £130,000. Forest were promoted to the top flight at the end of the 1976–77 season. In their first season back-up, Forest won the league by seven points (two points for a win) and won the 1979 European Cup Final the following season.
In the 1977–78 season O'Hare played football in the North American Soccer League for Dallas Tornado, with forty appearances and 14 goals.
Later career O'Hare later worked as a Scout for Leicester City under Martin O'Neill then moved to Celtic as Scout and Aston Villa as Scout along with his great friend John Robertson and as a host of the executive/VIP guest suite at Nottingham Forest's home games.
Career statistics As a player + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSunderland1964–65First Division500000——501965–66First Division1760000——1761966–67First Division2983100——329Total51143100——5415Vancouver Royal Canadians1967United Soccer Association111————111Derby County1967–68Second Division42121076——50181968–69Second Division41101070——49101969–70First Division41132261——49161970–71First Division42133131—3151161971–72First Division40135020—5452171972–73First Division344503081—5051973–74First Division800020——100Total24865173308818531182Leeds United1974–75First Division610000000061Nottingham Forest1974–75Second Division1020000——1021975–76Second Division3992040——4591976–77Second Division1935021—623261977–78First Division1001021——1311978–79First Division110002010001401979–80First Division71420010001231980–81First Division000010000010Total9615122112206212721Career total412963264110101147509120
A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the FA Charity Shield, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Trophy, Watney Cup, Texaco Cup, European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
International appearances
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsScotland197042197162197231Total135
International goals
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref 1. 18 April 1970 Windsor Park, Belfast 1–0 1–0 1969–70 British Home Championship 2. 11 November 1970 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 3. 13 October 1971 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 4. 10 November 1971 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 5. 26 April 1972 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 2–0 Friendly match
Honours Derby County Football League First Division: 1971–72 Football League Second Division: 1968–69 Texaco Cup: 1971–72 Watney Cup: 1970
Nottingham Forest Football League First Division: 1977–78 Football League Cup: 1977–78 Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976–77 FA Charity Shield: 1978 European Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80 European Super Cup: 1979
References
External links http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/famousfolk/johnohare.html http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/O/O'Hare.John.htm