Football is not all about money, even if you are a professional. It is also nice to have a medal at the end of the season - and that is something quite a number of Irish players seem likely to boast about in England and Scotland next month.
In the FA Premiership,
John O'Shea will surely have one, if not two or three medals, at the end of what has been a largely successful season for Manchester United.
In the Championship, O'Shea's former teammate
Roy Keane is seeing to it that as many as eight Irish players are in line for a winner's medal -
David Connolly,
Kenny Cunningham,
Stephen Elliott,
Jonny Evans,
Graham Kavanagh,
Liam Miller,
Daryl Murphy and
Anthony Stokes.
Waiting in Sunderland's slipstream are Birmingham, with
Colin Doyle,
Stephen Kelly and
Damien Johnson still hopeful of that Championship winner's medal.
In League One, S****horpe United are leading the way with a trio of Irishmen -
Joe Murphy,
Clifford Byrne and
Jim Goodwin, while
Andy Keogh will also qualify for a medal even though he departed in January to Wolves.
In League Two, Irish boss
Danny Wilson is guiding Hartlepool United and
Willie Boland to the title, while
Jonathan Daly (now with Dundee United) also qualifies. Swindon Town are waiting for any slip-ups, and the Robins have
Michael Timlin and
Barry Corr in their ranks.
In the Scottish Premier League, Celtic have won again, with excellent performances from a trio of Irishmen -
Neil Lennon, Aidan McGeady and
Darren O'Dea. In the Scottish First Division, Gretna and
Brendan McGill are the pretenders to the throne.
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Originally Posted by sheepstealer
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