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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 Coventry won three games in a row to take them out of the relegation zone and Hannigan was joined by his old Queens partner Neil Martin who had signed from
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Hannigan gained the reputation as one of the best outside-right's
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Stirling City. In 1975, he won a D'Orsogna Cup with Morley Windmills who he had joined the previous year as player-coach. 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
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making 99 league appearances scoring 6 league goals until he was 20 when
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573:. In 1979, he moved to Stirling Macedonia, again as player-coach, and in 1982 joined Spearwood Dalmatinacs, retiring from playing in 1983. In 1985, he was appointed coach of Galeb, a position he held until 1986, and later coached Yugal from 1991 to 1992
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