Emmet Friars (born 14 September 1985) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.
In May 2007, Tamworth general manager Russell Moore confirmed that Friars would not be with the club for the 2007–08 season, and that the former Notts County defender had returned to Northern Ireland.
Friars trained with Belfast team Cliftonville, where his brother Sean was then playing, but was not offered a contract.
In February 2010, Friars signed with hometown club Derry City,[2] a team he had been linked with several times, and won the League of Ireland First Division title that season.
Just hours after his release from Portadown, he signed for Crusaders and made his debut on 13 September against old club Dungannon Swifts.