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Colbert Report
15/03/2010, 8:01 PM
Anyone know anything about him? Surely he must qualify for us with a name like that.
bwagner
15/03/2010, 8:12 PM
Liam O'Brien, who went to Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Ruislip, turned down the opportunity of joining Premiership champions Manchester United, Arsenal and a whole host of other Premier League sides for a three-year deal with Portsmouth.

The goalkeeper completed a move from QPR to Pompey for an undisclosed fee. But the 6ft 2in shotstopper started life as a striker and only a stroke of luck handed him the chance to shine in goal when the team he was playing in a tournament for didn't have a goalkeeper so he had a try.

The teenager revealed the friendly atmosphere at Portsmouth encouraged him to choose them over their more illustrious rivals along with the prospect of training with England goalkeeper David James. "I went to Old Trafford and the Emirates but there was just something not quite right about them," he said. "When I went to Portsmouth it just felt great and (manager) Harry Redknapp seemed to know who I was."

I'm very excited to be going to a great club and I'm looking forward to working with one of the best goalkeepers."Portsmouth director of youth operations, Paul Hart, said: "We watched him an awful lot for QPR and were impressed. In the present climate there are few decent young English goalkeepers, but for a young boy Liam is mature and confident."
bwagner
15/03/2010, 8:21 PM
Another good catholic goalkeeper ;p
tetsujin1979
15/03/2010, 8:40 PM
played for the England U19's two weeks ago VS Holland: http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder19s/Match%20Centre/Netherlands%20v%20England/020310.aspx
eitoof
16/03/2010, 4:30 PM
played for the England U19's two weeks ago VS Holland: http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder19s/Match%20Centre/Netherlands%20v%20England/020310.aspx

He'll be one of ours then sometime
dr_peepee
16/03/2010, 5:00 PM
He'll be one of ours then sometime

Let's dispatch the sinister flying fenian monkeys that got Gibson and O'Duffy...

Fly my preties, fly!!!
The Fly
16/03/2010, 6:30 PM
Let's dispatch the sinister flying fenian monkeys that got Gibson and O'Duffy...

Fly my preties, fly!!!

Just for the record - I don't own any flying monkeys!