Ernie Hannigan kicked off his professional career joining Jimmy McKinnell Junior's Queen of the South in 1961, the Dumfries based club having spotted him playing amateur football in Glasgow with St Roch.
Hannigan and Martin formed a great pairing that helped Queen of the South gain promotion back to the Scottish First Division (then Scotland's top flight).
Hannigan scored a further goal in the Fifth Round as PNE beat Tottenham Hotspur 2–1, before losing in the Quarter Finals against Manchester United in a replay.
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[2] who had signed from Sunderland for £90,000.
[6] Hannigan contributed five league goals during the 1967/68 season for Coventry as they eventually just avoided relegation, finishing third from bottom, one point above Sheffield United.
"[4] Hannigan joined Torquay United on loan in December 1969, playing in the draws at home to Reading and Bournemouth,[9] that month before returning to Coventry.
Hannigan then moved abroad by having a short spell in South Africa and United States by joining New York Cosmos in 1971.
He then spent one season with Eastern Hong Kong before emigrating to Perth, Western Australia joining Stirling City.
His business partner was the late Derek McKay (who died 20 April 2008 in his sleep whilst on holiday with family in Thailand) who played for Aberdeen and scored a brace in the 1970 Scottish Cup Final against Celtic.
In 2011 Hannigan took the coach's role at amateur side Perth Celtic in their first season; he guided them to the championship and promotion to division 2.