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Damien Rushe has to get a deserved mention aswell.
Rushie's a Town fan, he was only fulfilling an ambition to help bring Longford down from the inside :p
pineapple stu
14/04/2009, 8:28 AM
Was Robbie Martin so bad? He was decent enough for UCD, and Longford were about our level when he moved.
I think we giggled uncontrollably when we were offered E10k for him. Good player- PFAI Premier Division Young Player of the Year in 2001/02, I think, only the second UCD player to win that - but injured too often in later years.
That said, came back to bite us in that Cup semi...:(
Tallanted
14/04/2009, 8:36 AM
The same gigglin I did myself when he signed for Dundalk last season and said he would score 25 goals, he is a lovely lad and has a great sense of humour
Good player- PFAI Premier Division Young Player of the Year in 2001/02, I think
The award isn't limited topremier division players. I think a UCD player won it while in the first division
pineapple stu
14/04/2009, 8:45 AM
I think there's a separate award for Premier Division and First Division players.
From memory, Joe Hanrahan won the Premier Division award while with us, and either Micko or Jayo won in the First Division. This is all from what I read in that eL annual back in 2001.
There's 3 awards
PFAI Player of the Year
PFAI Young Player of the Year
PFAI First Division Player of the year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFAI_Young_Player_of_the_Year
Sheridan
14/04/2009, 9:32 AM
No room for Andy Noonan, Ash?
Hitman
14/04/2009, 9:51 AM
BLiam O' Brien.
pineapple stu
14/04/2009, 9:51 AM
There's 3 awards
PFAI Player of the Year
PFAI Young Player of the Year
PFAI First Division Player of the year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFAI_Young_Player_of_the_Year
Cheers. Must check up what exactly we won. But we've won it three times anyway; Joe Hanrahan, Robbie and Micko/Jayo. So Robbie was a good player before injuries hit.
No room for Andy Noonan, Ash?
Couldnt think of his name! Himself and Gavin Doyle went on strike over pay
or something at one stage! Yeah betweent he 2 of them and Alan O'Connor
I cant decide which was worse!
LeixlipRed
14/04/2009, 9:51 AM
Last season Mick McCarthy stands out
Played a year at schoolboy with Mick. Was a bit of a donkey back then and when I seen him play against us last year I almost convinced myself I could do a better job out there tbh
pineapple stu
14/04/2009, 9:54 AM
Himself and Gavin Doyle went on strike over pay
or something at one stage!
Think that's bad - he was sacked from UCD for being caught with guns in the boot of his car. Was the captain of our reserve team that won the reserve division unbeaten around 1997 - that team included Barry Ryan, Clive Delaney, Ciarán Martyn, Mick O'Donnell, Alan McNally and a host of other quality players. Noonan was one of the few that never really featured for our first team.
Longfordian
14/04/2009, 12:57 PM
One way of ensuring he gets paid I suppose.
DecBoh
14/04/2009, 1:13 PM
Tony Hopper
Mark O'Brien
Chris Kingsbury
Padraig Dully
Ken DeMange
Liam O'Brien joined us in 99/00. People mainly remember him for the burst of speed after the game to get the train home to Dublin. He never showed such a turn of pace on teh pitch.
In more recent times Brian O'Callaghan stood out as especially bad. Might have done a job 20 years ago against a big bruising forward who'd stand toe to toe with him but against anyone who could run he was an accident waiting to happen.
PS Before anyone dares to defend these 2 clowns I do know that O'Brien got 2 cracking goals down in Waterford and that BOC played well in the 2007 FAI Cup final but one swallow and all that.....
Black and White
14/04/2009, 6:17 PM
Brendan Markey...think he was awful for every team he played with, same as Thomas McGauley, didnt they release him like a month after joining them for a poor disciplinary record?!
Rovers1
14/04/2009, 6:35 PM
same as Thomas McGauley, didnt they release him like a month after joining them for a poor disciplinary record?!
Did he play for Dublin City, the year they won the 1st?
Sheridan
14/04/2009, 6:37 PM
He not only played, he was top-scorer! And their best player by a mile. He had a serious knee injury the following year and has never really recovered.
Rovers1
14/04/2009, 6:47 PM
He not only played, he was top-scorer! And their best player by a mile. He had a serious knee injury the following year and has never really recovered.
No just i thought i remembered him from a game in Whitehall, ye beat us 1-0 i think, David O Dowd got sent off, dont know how McGauley stayed on the field himself that night, quite a dirty player.
Black and White
14/04/2009, 7:06 PM
No just i thought i remembered him from a game in Whitehall, ye beat us 1-0 i think, David O Dowd got sent off, dont know how McGauley stayed on the field himself that night, quite a dirty player.
Sums up what I've said already, think he was sent off 3 times in a month and a half whilst playing for Limerick,if hes the player I'm thinking about and they got rid of him as a result. He accumulated quite a number of cards for us too. Was also an awful defender!
He not only played, he was top-scorer! And their best player by a mile. He had a serious knee injury the following year and has never really recovered.
Recovered enough to captain us to a 3-0 mauling of Longford last night :D
Longfordian
15/04/2009, 9:01 AM
The phrase "savaging a dead sheep" comes to mind.
The phrase "savaging a dead sheep" comes to mind.
Will Gough last another week? He kept them in the dressing room for quite some
time last night ... comment from one of your committee members ...
"its a bit late him talking to them now!"
Personally I hope ye keep him ... mainly cos he's fupping youse up rightly :D
Longfordian
15/04/2009, 10:29 AM
In fairness we'll have to give him a chance. We have had some decent performances too as well as some bad ones. Ironically enough Brendan Place was the other leading candidate for the job.
monutdfc
15/04/2009, 11:12 AM
Thomas McGauley wasn't actually that bad for us, but I heard he was worse than awful at Armagh City.
Worst for us:
Brendan Markey
Stephen Arkins
Honourable mention - the Belvedere youth squad from circa 1997 - the manager tried to sign them all at some stage.
Just remembered that we briefly had Brendan Markey, think he only lasted 2 weeks with us.
Again cant believe I forgot the one, the only ... Super Mick McCann :o
Dundalkjames
15/04/2009, 11:25 AM
Vinny Perth, Cormac McArdle,
atfconline
15/04/2009, 11:32 AM
Again cant believe I forgot the one, the only ... Super Mick McCann :o
I remember standing with his dad and a local reporter after one particular game. Said reporter didn't know he was standing beside his dad and totally ripped into him. "Well I wouldn't agree with that, I'm actually Mikey's dad."
Did so well not to laugh.
monutdfc
15/04/2009, 11:36 AM
Half the players we signed down the years from Monaghan, Paul Smith being one, Ciaran Quinn, Ashley White(who never played a full game).
I don't think that's fair on Smythy - he did a job for you last season.
We signed Ciarán Quinn from you. You got Shane Jackson in return :D
Ashley White I think signed for you but the transfer was blocked - we wanted a fee as he was u-23 at the time, I'm not sure of the details; he might have signed again a couple of years later. The stuff about the migraines is true - he wasn't the same player in his second spell with us. I remember him getting an almighty lump on his head in Bray the year we were in the premier, I wondered if that was part of it.
A few classics in this thread alright - Seán Cooney was absolute muck; Joe O'Cearuil was unbelievably bad for a premier player, nevermind for a full Irish international; Jimmy Aggrey.
Stuart Holt was brilliant for us in pre-season, just rubbish at a competitive paced game
Forgot about Ger Robinson - another chancer who thought he just had to turn up, because he was in England you know
The aforementioned Shane Jackson
Robbie Brunton - surely makes the list for most clubs :D
Brendan Plaice
Sean Byrne played midfield for us for half a season
Willie Doyle - big name, big belly, big arse, big flop
CSFShels
15/04/2009, 11:37 AM
You'll be listing lazy Dave Freeman in this thread next season I'd say.
monutdfc
15/04/2009, 11:38 AM
Again cant believe I forgot the one, the only ... Super Mick McCann :o
We had him too - part of that Belvo youth squad
monutdfc
15/04/2009, 11:39 AM
You'll be listing lazy Dave Freeman in this thread next season I'd say.
it's certainly looking that way
also, Robbie Collins in his second spell with us
De Town
15/04/2009, 12:41 PM
Recovered enough to captain us to a 3-0 mauling of Longford last night :D
i honestly thought he was your best player over the 2 games. organised the back 4 very well i thought, and could defend too.
i honestly thought he was your best player over the 2 games. organised the back 4 very well i thought, and could defend too.
Bags of experience and very good at marshalling the defence.
atfconline
15/04/2009, 3:08 PM
Bags of experience and very good at marshalling the defence.
i honestly thought he was your best player over the 2 games. organised the back 4 very well i thought, and could defend too.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3444566047_d9d3e966df.jpg
:)
Sheridan
15/04/2009, 3:22 PM
Sweat is a legend. :cool:
Black and White
15/04/2009, 4:13 PM
A list of a few more awful signings under the Anderson/Gannon regimes:
Baba Isaaka, Alan Murphy, Alan McDermott, and Thomas Morgan. I forget three more that where pure and utter useless!
The Lilywhites
15/04/2009, 4:19 PM
Vinny Perth
He had one brilliant game for us (v Shels) and could have been great that year (07) if he wasn't always injured.
Cormac McArdle
I think we have a winner for worst signing, ever, by any club, anywhere :D
Sheridan
15/04/2009, 4:20 PM
I seem to remember a Scottish centre-half of that era who was pretty poor.
Martinho II
15/04/2009, 4:21 PM
I was limiting my list to people who were "talked up" but turned out to be
rubbish, but if it's just rubbish signings then you can add these to our list:
Eamon Donaghue, Mickey Fox, Stuart Holt, Mark Patton, Gino Lawless, Johnny
Mernagh, Ryan Casey, Colm Heffernan, Darren Young, Zolt Petro, Fiachra McArdle...
Honorable mention to Mixie Harty who was actually quite good but then
stopped turning up for training/matches and stopped answering his phone
apparently!
theres a person that was rubbish with us too and injury prone ryan casey!!
De Town
15/04/2009, 4:28 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3445027152_9683425723.jpg
:)
thats the ****er.:(
Martinho II
15/04/2009, 7:00 PM
thats the ****er.:(
a crackin signin for athlone very impressed with him last night..and for emeka dont get me started..:(
Bunny Kelly
15/04/2009, 8:35 PM
Robbie Brunton, the only player I'd ever consider booing from my own side
Jason Kabia was fairly awful too
Scooby1983
16/04/2009, 4:25 PM
Brian O Callaghan - no contest. I remember he made his debut for Cork City V Red Star in the Champions League qualifier, was at fault for two goals and some people came up to me after the game saying he was fantastic.:eek:
Partizan
16/04/2009, 8:19 PM
Some howlers for us down through the years...
Luigi Fulloni - played for us in the 1978/79 season. By all accounts he was shockingly bad.
Tiao - Brazilian midfielder played around 1985. Once remember he took a free kick and managed to hit the corner flag.
Brendan Ormsby - came over to player/manager for us the first season we spent in the RSC (93-94). Almost wished he stayed with Villa.
Duncan 'Drunken' Burns - won a League cup with Blues in '85. Scored off the pitch more often than on it.
Donal 'Donuts' Golden - scored a memorable goal against Rovers in the Cup in '97. Overweight and couldnt hit a barn door. Missed a sitter against Shels in the Cup semi which would have got us to the Final. Most frustrating player ever.
Mitchel Ryan & Deccie Brady - jesus i'm lost for words for these two useless goalies.
Brendan Markey, Padraig Dully, Darren Browne, Joe Doherty, Paul Carr, Rodney Jack, Tim McGrath, Joe Harkin, Joe Lawless, James Carthy, Dyl Kavanagh, Kevin O'Brien, some of the donkeys from the Sheephead Flanigan era, ditto for Magic Mike (Paul Ometeso, Kristian Lamberski, Chris Deans, Andrej Polewczak, Gavin Doyle)......and the worst that I have ever seen line out in a blue jersey.....
Jason Kabia.
say no more.
Maynard
16/04/2009, 11:47 PM
Some howlers for us down through the years...
Luigi Fulloni - played for us in the 1978/79 season. By all accounts he was shockingly bad.
Tiao - Brazilian midfielder played around 1985. Once remember he took a free kick and managed to hit the corner flag.
Brendan Ormsby - came over to player/manager for us the first season we spent in the RSC (93-94). Almost wished he stayed with Villa.
Duncan 'Drunken' Burns - won a League cup with Blues in '85. Scored off the pitch more often than on it.
Donal 'Donuts' Golden - scored a memorable goal against Rovers in the Cup in '97. Overweight and couldnt hit a barn door. Missed a sitter against Shels in the Cup semi which would have got us to the Final. Most frustrating player ever.
Mitchel Ryan & Deccie Brady - jesus i'm lost for words for these two useless goalies.
Brendan Markey, Padraig Dully, Darren Browne, Joe Doherty, Paul Carr, Rodney Jack, Tim McGrath, Joe Harkin, Joe Lawless, James Carthy, Dyl Kavanagh, Kevin O'Brien, some of the donkeys from the Sheephead Flanigan era, ditto for Magic Mike (Paul Ometeso, Kristian Lamberski, Chris Deans, Andrej Polewczak, Gavin Doyle)......and the worst that I have ever seen line out in a blue jersey.....
Jason Kabia.
say no more.
Yikes:eek:
Raheny Red
17/04/2009, 10:33 AM
Juan Sara
Sheridan
17/04/2009, 10:35 AM
The legendary one-armed bandit. :cool:
Kildareman
17/04/2009, 11:50 AM
For me, as a player, its was Michael Mooney 2 seasons ago.
But the overall worse signing that was detrimental to the club has to be John Ryan.
jimhacker
17/04/2009, 12:04 PM
Some howlers for us down through the years...
Luigi Fulloni - played for us in the 1978/79 season. By all accounts he was shockingly bad.
Tiao - Brazilian midfielder played around 1985. Once remember he took a free kick and managed to hit the corner flag.
Brendan Ormsby - came over to player/manager for us the first season we spent in the RSC (93-94). Almost wished he stayed with Villa.
Duncan 'Drunken' Burns - won a League cup with Blues in '85. Scored off the pitch more often than on it.
Donal 'Donuts' Golden - scored a memorable goal against Rovers in the Cup in '97. Overweight and couldnt hit a barn door. Missed a sitter against Shels in the Cup semi which would have got us to the Final. Most frustrating player ever.
Mitchel Ryan & Deccie Brady - jesus i'm lost for words for these two useless goalies.
Brendan Markey, Padraig Dully, Darren Browne, Joe Doherty, Paul Carr, Rodney Jack, Tim McGrath, Joe Harkin, Joe Lawless, James Carthy, Dyl Kavanagh, Kevin O'Brien, some of the donkeys from the Sheephead Flanigan era, ditto for Magic Mike (Paul Ometeso, Kristian Lamberski, Chris Deans, Andrej Polewczak, Gavin Doyle)......and the worst that I have ever seen line out in a blue jersey.....
Jason Kabia.
say no more.
You'd have been faster listing the good players (if any) who played with you.
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