Alan Kelly Snr RIP [Archive]

the doc

20/05/2009, 5:04 PM

Sad news, Alan Kelly Snr has died, God bless, a true Irish and Preston legend.

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/PNE-legend-Alan-Kelly-dies.5287617.jp

http://www.lep.co.uk/pnenews/Tributes-flood-in-for-PNE.5287753.jp

Stuttgart88

20/05/2009, 5:35 PM

Legend indeed. RIP.

Drumcondra 69er

20/05/2009, 5:53 PM

Wasn't planning on coming online tonight till I heard that news on the radio, glad to see someone had started a thread.

Legend is a term bandied about too easy in a lot of cases but not in this one. A true legend, a gentleman to boot who also provided us with another generation of men proud to wear the green despite being born abroad.

He'll be sadly missed. R.I.P.

Superhoops

20/05/2009, 5:54 PM

Started his career at Bray Wanderers. Certainly among the all time greats of Irish football.

Go ndeanaidh Dia Trocaire ar a amam dhilis

tetsujin1979

20/05/2009, 7:27 PM

RIP, thoughts and prayers with his family

EastTerracer

20/05/2009, 7:35 PM

Statistically he was also our best ever manager (with a 100% success rate). One friendly game in charge versus Switzerland between the Giles and Hand regimes.

Right up there with Shay and Packie as our best goalkeeper. May he rest in peace.

Greenforever

20/05/2009, 8:13 PM

Only saw him play for Ireland a couple of times, but from all accounts a true gentleman and a great player.

Ar dheis D� go raibh a anam d�lis

geysir

20/05/2009, 8:19 PM

Very sad to hear he died (young enough) in those circumstances.
The legend tag is no overstatement and a great character to boot.
I have some distant memories of seeing him play in goals for Ireland, he was a supremely elegant and skillful goalkeeper.

paul_oshea

20/05/2009, 9:09 PM

RIP.

sorry not really the thread but:

"He is the Republic of Ireland's most capped goalkeeper after Paddy Bonner, winning 47 caps for his country. "

What?!

geysir

20/05/2009, 9:54 PM

He was first choice for about 12 years and probably played in almost every game in those years.
Afair, he had a shoulder injury throughout much of his career not just at the end when it was banjaxed.

Superhoops

21/05/2009, 12:12 AM

RIP.

sorry not really the thread but:

"He is the Republic of Ireland's most capped goalkeeper after Paddy Bonner, winning 47 caps for his country. "

What?!
That's obviously taken from an old biography. That statement ceased to be correct when Shay Given got his 47th and 48th caps in 2003 in the away double header against Georgia and Albania.

Jicked

21/05/2009, 12:16 AM

Very sad news, a true Irish legend. I wouldn't put Packie Bonner in the same league as Shay or Alan Kelly, great penalty save aside. RIP

Drumcondra 69er

21/05/2009, 10:39 AM

Very disappointed to see only a paragraph in the Indo about this today, sincerley hope there'll be a proper obituary over the next day or so.

Given his stature in the game (how many Irish players have stands named after them in the UK) it's the least he deserves.

Compare that to to coverage given to Jack Kyles sad death a few weeks back and it speaks volumes about the media's alleigences.

seanfhear

21/05/2009, 11:54 AM

Thanks for your services to Irish football

and condolences to family and friends.

RIP Alan Kelly.

corkboy360

21/05/2009, 11:59 AM

RIP
Alan Kelly

Gather round

21/05/2009, 12:12 PM

Sad news. I remember him as a player, good keeper.

D9-69er: Jimmy McIlroy at Burnley is the only other I can think of.

Stuttgart88

21/05/2009, 1:06 PM

Sad timing too, with PNE's biggest game in years around the corner. I expect a huge ovation at both Wembley & the Cottage.

Drumcondra 69er

21/05/2009, 1:09 PM

Sad timing too, with PNE's biggest game in years around the corner. I expect a huge ovation at both Wembley & the Cottage.

Preston got beaten in the semi, it's Burnley v Sheffield United in the final mate.

Armando

21/05/2009, 1:16 PM

Sad timing too, with PNE's biggest game in years around the corner. I expect a huge ovation at both Wembley & the Cottage.

...And maybe I'm getting my wires crossed here, but Preston play at Deepdale...the Cottage is Craven Cottage(Fulham) ye?

Stuttgart88

21/05/2009, 1:19 PM

Yes, Ireland plays Nigeria at Craven Cottage on Friday 29th May.

boovidge

21/05/2009, 1:19 PM

Ireland are playing at Craven Cottage next week.

Stuttgart88

21/05/2009, 1:19 PM

Preston got beaten in the semi, it's Burnley v Sheffield United in the final mate.Duh, of course!

pineapple stu

21/05/2009, 1:23 PM

Wasn't aware he was ill. Never saw him play, but well aware of his standing within the game, here and in Preston. RIP. :(

geysir

21/05/2009, 2:45 PM

but well aware of his standing within the game, here and in Preston

And also in the USA

Den Perry

21/05/2009, 3:55 PM

Wasn't aware he was ill. Never saw him play, but well aware of his standing within the game, here and in Preston. RIP. :(

RIP Alan

OwlsFan

21/05/2009, 4:57 PM

Saw Alan playing for Ireland in the early 1970s and he never let us down. I wonder are there any other father/son combinations who have both played for their country as goalkeepers.

Stuttgart88

21/05/2009, 5:39 PM

Has Kasper Schmeichel played for Denmark?

Gary Kelly was in several squads but I don't think he was ever capped. Anyone know?

EastTerracer

21/05/2009, 6:35 PM

Gary Kelly was in several squads but I don't think he was ever capped. Anyone know?

Played at U-21 and B-International level and was unlucky not to get a full cap. He played for Jack Charlton at Newcastle and had at least one season in the old English First Division. At the time he was probably in direct competition with Seamus McDonagh, Gerry Peyton and Packie. I always thought he looked a little shorter than his brother Alan so this might have counted against him.

tetsujin1979

21/05/2009, 8:23 PM

Has Kasper Schmeichel played for Denmark?
He's played in a few U-21 games, don't think he's played for the senior team though. There were rumours for a while that the FA were going to approach him to play for England

Eidur Gudjohnsen played in the same Iceland team as his dad, he came on as a sub for his dad in his debut, AFAIK they're the only father/son team to play in the same international side.

Superhoops

21/05/2009, 8:29 PM

Saw Alan playing for Ireland in the early 1970s and he never let us down. I wonder are there any other father/son combinations who have both played for their country as goalkeepers.

Pepe Reina (Liverpool) and his father Miguel both played for Spain.

Peter Enckelman (Cardiff City) and his father Goran both played for Finland.

Nikolay Mihaylov, who is one of the two keepers in the squad to play us next month, and his father Borislav (who captained the team when they finished 4th in the 1994 WCFs) both played for Bulgaria.

Superhoops

21/05/2009, 8:40 PM

Gary Kelly was in several squads but I don't think he was ever capped. Anyone know?

Think he played in the B International in 1990 in Cork when we beat England 4-1.

MickNolan

21/05/2009, 9:27 PM

RIP

Will the be a min silence at games this weekend?

Stuttgart88

21/05/2009, 10:32 PM

Think he played in the B International in 1990 in Cork when we beat England 4-1.I was there, I should have remembered that. Great day.

drummerboy

22/05/2009, 7:46 AM

RIP Alan. I stood behind the goal in Dalymount as a nipper on many occasions and watched him single-handedly defy the likes of Hungary, Czechslovakia and many others. He was a great keeper. He played in the 1964 cup final for Preston. They also named a stand after him at Deepdale.

KK77

22/05/2009, 4:03 PM

RIP Alan

danonion

24/05/2009, 12:06 AM

RIP Alan Kelly Sr.

I never realized Gary was his son as well. He was an unused subsitute either 8 or 12 times (I can't recall) Ireland were undefeated every time he was an unused subsitute and he should have been given a cap, even in a token match mid 90's.

Hard to believe Kielys only 2 years older than A. Kelly Jr. he could still be playing if it wasn't for that injury.