July Transfers 2009

**Aaron** · 06/09/2009, 3:51 PM

Premier Division

Bohemians
Manager: Pat Fenlon
Ins

Outs
Adam McGarry (Kildare County)
Dean Marshall (Sligo Rovers)

Bray Wanderers
Manager: Eddie Gormley
Ins
Alessandro Gaiotti (Juventus)
Emeka Onwubiko (Athlone Town)
Andrew McNulty (?????)
Alejandro Rojina Reyes (?????)
Gary Cronin (Free)

Outs
Daryl Robson (Released)
Darren Dunne (Released)
John Flood (Released)
Paddy Kavanagh (Shamrock Rovers)
Darren Forsyth (Gateshead FC)

Cork City
Manager: Paul Doolin
Ins
Gareth Cambridge (Free)

Outs
Denis Behan (Hartlepool)
Colin Healy (Ipswich)
Sean Kelly (Galway Utd)
Robert Mezeckis (Released)
Pat Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers)

Derry City
Manager: Stephen Kenny
Ins

Outs
Seamus Sharkey (Finn Harps) *Loan*
Mark McChrystal (Released)

Drogheda Utd
Manager: Alan Matthews
Ins
Brendan McGill (Barrow)
Guy Bates (Free)
Scott Gibbs (Falkirk)
Eric McGill (Shamrock Rovers)
Ross Gaynor (Sporting Fingal) *Loan*

Outs
Gavin Whelan (Distillery)
Michael Foley (Longford)
Mark Duggan (Released)
John Paul Kelly (Released)
Mark Salmon (Athlone Town)
Dave O'Connor (Athlone Town)

Dundalk
Manager: Sean Connor
Ins
Paul McAreavey (Linfield)
Alex Williams (Ayr Utd)
Michael Collins (Newry City)
Peter Cherrie (Clyde)
Kevin McKinlay (Partick)
Michael McGowan (Queen of the South)
James Creaney (Stranraer)

Outs
George O'Callaghan (Released)
Dave Rogers (Distillery)
Harpal Singh (Released)
Dwight Barnett (Released)
Sean Mackle (Portadown)
Declan O'Brien (St Pat's Ath) *Loan*
Michael Synott (Shelbourne) *Loan*
Ryan Coulter (Released)

Galway Utd
Manager: Ian Foster
Ins
Sean Kelly (Cork City)
John Sangi (Missaglia Sportiva)

Outs
Michael McGrath (Sligo Rovers)
Jay O'Shea (Birmingham)

St Pat's Ath
Manager: Jeff Kenna
Ins
Declan O'Brien (Dundalk) *Loan*

Outs
Niall O'Reilly (Athlone Town)

Shamrock Rovers
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Ins
Craig Sives (Hearts)
Paddy Kavanagh (Bray Wanderers)
Barry Johnston (Cliftonville) *Loan*
Pat Sullivan (Cork City)
Alan Mannus (Linfield)
Graham Barrett (Free)
Ross Chisholm (Hibernian)

Outs
Eoin Doyle (Sligo Rovers)
Karl Coleman (Released)
Eric McGill (Drogheda Utd)
Sean Webb (Released)

Sligo Rovers
Manager: Paul Cook
Ins
Matthew Blinkhorn (Morecambe)
Dean Marshall (Bohemians)
Rob Turner (Preston)
Joe Kendrick (Neftchi Baku)
Eoin Doyle (Shamrock Rovers)
Ger Rafter (St Francis)
Michael McGrath (Galway Utd)
Martin Nicolas Camano (CF Fuenlabrada)
Darren Meenan (Free)

Outs
Mauro Almeida (Released)
Paul McTiernan (Released)
Sean Doherty (Released)
Shaun Holmes (Institute)
Stephen Parkhouse (Institute)

First Division

Athlone Town
Manager: Brendan Place
Ins
Tom O'Halloran (Belvedere FC)
Mick Byrne (Broadford Rangers)
Gary Murphy (Longford Town)
Alex O'Reilly (Redbridge)
Jonathan Mernagh (Unattached)
Luke Hardy (UCD)
Austin Skelly (Malahide)
Mark Salmon (Drogheda United)
Niall O'Reilly (St Patricks Athletic)
Dave O'Connor (Drogheda Utd)
Andrei Georgescu (Free)
Barry Andrews (Skerries Town)
Stephen Relihan (Belvedere FC)

Outs
Emeka Onwubiko (Bray Wanderers)
Thomas McGauley (Released)
Damien Rushe (Retired)
Aaron Shanahan (Longford Town)
Johnny Mernagh (Athenry)

Finn Harps
Manager: James Gallagher
Ins
Seamus Sharkey (Derry City) *Loan*
James Doherty (Newry City)
Sean Roddy (Institute)
Michael Boyle (Free)

Outs
Cornelius Gallagher (Released)
Mark Mukendi (Coleraine)
Gavin Cullen (Institute)
Sean Houstan (UCD)

Kildare County
Manager: Joey Summerville
Ins
Philly Hughes (Phoenix FC)
Christy Doran (Free)
Dean Barrett (Free)
Darren Kelly (Crumlin Utd)
Adam McGarry (Bohemians)
Darren O’Brien (LSL)
David Jackson (LSL)
Davy Byrne (Free)
Liam Tiernan (WFTA)
David Lee (Killester Utd)
David Long (Bray Wanderers A)

Outs

Limerick
Manager: Pat Scully
Ins
Tomás Barrett (Kilmallock United)
Niall Donnelly (Bluebell Utd)
David McGrath (Clonmel Town)
Conor Molan (Whittlesea Zebras)
Cillian O'Connor (Athea United)
Gavin Roche (Waterford Crystal)
John Boyle (Pike Rovers)
Stephen O Flynn (Unattaced)
Aaron Gilmartin (Aisling Annacotty)
Robbie Kelleher (Faiview Rangers)
Daryl Kavangh (Carrick Utd)

Outs
Stephen Goggin (Released)
Paul Walsh (Waterford Utd)
Colm Carroll (Released)
Brendan Daly (Released)
James Hayes (Released)
Chimka Manjor (Released)
Eoin O'Brien (Released)
Jamie Wunsch (Released)
Tommy Barrett (Fairview)

Longford Town
Manager: Gareth Cronin
Ins
Danny O'Leary (Free)
Michael Foley (Drogheda Utd)
Kevin Cronin (Free)
Neal McKenna (Carbury Utd)
Darren McKenna (Monaghan Utd)
Jordan McMillan (Shelbourne) *Loan*
Aaron Shanahan (Athlone Town)

Outs
Gary Murphy (Athlone Town)
Andy Bermingham (Released)
Jim Sheridan (Released)

Mervue Utd
Manager: Johnny Glynn
Ins
Evan Connolly (UCD)

Outs

Monaghan Utd
Manager: Mick Cooke
Ins
Conor McMahon (Free)
Stefan McKevitt (Bellurgan)
Craig Harding (Free)
Brian Hyland (Free)

Outs
Charlie Tracey (Released)
Darren McKenna (Longford Town)

Shelbourne
Manager: Dermot Keely
Ins
Andrei Georgescu (Free)
Michael Synott (Dundalk) *Loan*
Colin O'Brien (Dundalk U20's)
Tony Griffiths (Crumlin Utd)
Joey Flood (?????)
Robert Douglas (Crumlin Utd)

Outs
Darren Meenan (Released)
Andrei Georgescu (Released)
Jordan McMillan (Longford Town)

Sporting Fingal
Manager: Liam Buckley
Ins
Eric Foley (Celtic)

Outs
Ross Gaynor (Drogheda Utd) *Loan*

UCD
Manager: Martin Russell
Ins
Garvin Broughall (Belvedere)
Neil Harney (Belvedere)
Stephen Roche (IT Carlow)
Sean Houstan (Finn Harps)
Danny Fallon (Sligo Rvs A)
Gary McCabe (Salthill)
Stephen Doyle (Dublin)
David O'Connor (?????)

Outs
John Dineen (Released)
Luke Hardy (Athlone Town)
Evan Connolly (Mervue Utd)
Cian Byrne (Retired)

Waterford Utd
Manager: Stephen Henderson
Ins
Dave Warren (Free)
Stephen Grant (Tramore)
Paul Walsh (Limerick)Vinny Sullivan (Free)

Outs

Wexford Youths
Manager: Mick Wallace
Ins

Outs
Gavin Doyle (Released)
Johnny Flynn O'Connor (Released)
Marty Kelly (Released)
Liam O'Loughlin (Released)
Stuart Lawlor (Released)

**superfrank** · 06/09/2009, 4:05 PM

John Flood was released and resigned by Bray.

**GlasnevinRed** · 06/09/2009, 5:20 PM

Robert Douglas has left Shels (presumably gone back to Crumlin)
Confirmed at the bottom of the press release for Mons game on Friday.
http://www.shelbournefc.ie/news.php?id=1304

Edit: and Mcmillan's only gone on loan to Longford.
http://www.shelbournefc.ie/players.php?playerid=1374

**Hairy Bowsie** · 06/09/2009, 5:42 PM

Douglas has gone to Mount Merrion

**Martinho II** · 06/09/2009, 6:21 PM

Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie

Douglas has gone to Mount Merrion

what happened that robert douglas came and left so quickly?

**Hairy Bowsie** · 06/09/2009, 6:58 PM

Too much to commit too, afaik.

**pineapple stu** · 07/09/2009, 9:35 AM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Athlone Town

In

Barry Andrews (Skerries Town)

Please tell me he's not the former UCD keeper?!

Also previously with Glebe North, Leyton Orient and QPR?

**Dillonman** · 07/09/2009, 9:37 AM

Not that it really matters, George O'Callaghan went to Yeovil and is dropped already!

**prince20** · 07/09/2009, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Please tell me he's not the former UCD keeper?!

Also previously with Glebe North, Leyton Orient and QPR?

I have never heard of him but if it is the same guy would he be recommended???

**Schumi** · 07/09/2009, 9:41 AM

Originally Posted by prince20

I have never heard of him but if it is the same guy would he be recommended???

Only to clubs we don't like!

**prince20** · 07/09/2009, 9:42 AM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Only to clubs we don't like!

From what i have seen of Athlones keepers this season he will fit right in so!!!!!!!!!

**pineapple stu** · 07/09/2009, 9:43 AM

Originally Posted by prince20

I have never heard of him but if it is the same guy would he be recommended???

No. Made our Worst XI with no debate at all. Paul Doolin signed him purely because he'd been in England for a while; offered him a contract without ever watching him play.