Biography

Ed was born in Scotland and was on Celtic’s books before moving to Donegal as a teenager. He first joined Sligo Rovers in 2016 making his senior debut the following year, and establishing himself as number one midway through the 2020 campaign, being a major part of the club’s fourth place finish and European qualification.

In the 2021 season, he earned two caps for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 team and played alongside another Sligo academy graduate, Johnny Kenny, but it wasn’t until a year later that McGinty made his first appearance in Europe, a penalty shootout win over Bala Town in the Conference League qualifiers.

The Bit O’Red caused an upset against his native Motherwell in the next round but, by August 2022, he had departed the club for Oxford United.

McGinty made 10 appearances in 18 months for the League One side, the last of those coming in an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal in January 2023. He rejoined Sligo from Oxford in January 2024 on a six-month loan deal, which was extended during the summer as his parent club were promoted to the Championship. McGinty started every league game for Sligo in 2924, keeping 12 clean sheets, the joint fourth highest of any Premier Division goalkeeper and made the highest number of saves (144). McGinty was nominated for the league’s goalkeeper of the year award, also winning the club’s supporters’ Player of the Year.