Irish Abroad 2010/2011

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In Scotland, Stephen Elliott scored twice tonight to beat Kilmarnock and two to Jon Walters in the FA Cup.

[bwagner]

James Collins graabed two for Shrewsbury last night

[pineapple stu]

In Scotland, Stephen Elliott scored twice tonight to beat Kilmarnock and two to Jon Walters in the FA Cup.
With Conor Sammon on the bench, which would lend weight to an impending move.

[Closed Account]

With Conor Sammon on the bench, which would lend weight to an impending move.
He'd been down in Scunthorpe since the weekend and only traveled back up to Ayrshire yesterday, Manager didn't feel it was right to start him after all the travel.

[pineapple stu]

Actually, the BBC report said he turned Scunny down.

[Closed Account]

Reading the Herald website, they'd an article on Danny Kelly who transfered from
non league Crumlin United to Oldham Athletic in the summer:
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/kelly-glad-to-be-home-2504009.html
He's returning home with Shamrock Rovers favourite to sign him.

An interesting stat jumped out at me from the article though:

League of Ireland players are quite the in-thing in the English league now -- 33 ex-LOI players are on the books of English clubs this seasonWhich got me thinking who they are?

Anyway so I created this quick quiz.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/joedenilson/loiplayersengland

A few caveats.


I'm fallible so may have got a few things wrong.
The players don't neccessarily have to have played in LOI or played in the English League yet. Merely made a transfer from one to the other(eventually).

If you spot anything wrong with it, send me a PM or put it in a spoiler.
Lets see who can get the best time..........
(and Danny Kelly isn't in it because Crumlin aren't LOI)

[Stuttgart88]

From the bits I saw of MOTD, Fahey had a horror miss at Old Trafford, tired legs probably; Gibson & O'Shea looked tidy enough, Coleman had a bad miss but also nearly scored a belter, Best was unlucky not to score against Spurs and outmuscled a Spurs defender with ease on another occasion. By all accounts Duff, Dunne and Clark all had good games. I didn't see much of the Irish Wolves, they were easily beaten.

[Dunners]

Went to the Wolves game . I would have to say the three Irish lads on display looked Wolves best players . Doyle had a quite game by his standards but was still the best Wolves had on the pitch. Hunt was busy and got in stuck in but with little end product. Ward had a good game was neat and tidy and put a few decent crosses in.
Hammil looked lively and managed to put more balls into the box in the little time he was on than the rest of the team put together. I think he will turn out to be a very good signing for them.
They are in bad need of two new central defenders they were all over the place ,Zubar is shocking not sure how he playing at that standard.

[gastric]

Brilliant to see Stephen O' Halloran play the whole game against top of the table QPR. He got booked in this game which Coventry lost, but he must be back to some degree of fitness to last the whole game. Hopefully in time, he can compete for the problematic left back position for us.

[CraftyToePoke]

I was at Leicester V Milwall at the weekend and although no Irish started for the home side, Logan was on the bench, he is said to a good bet to end up at Charlton with ex City coach Chris Powell who took over at Charlton recently, Leicester are trying to sign a keeper and I dont see him as being in Svens plans in the long term, he has had chances at the club, but never really made the spot his own. Made a big game changing/costing error early in the Erikksons tenure also, which didnt help.

For Millwall, Dunne was captain and Forde was in goal, he conceded 4 and was definately at fault for the second, weak hands on a scuffed Yakubu shot across him. He kicked well though, and Leicester had a CB on his debut having an absolute horror story of a game and Forde twigged this early and kicked accurately down the kids throat all game long causing several problems.

On a side note, Kyle Naughton, on loan from Spurs and possibly signing permanently at Leicester had another superb 90 at right full, really good, and a pacey overlapper as well with a good sense of when to make the runs and when to stay, solid on it, doesnt give it away and the defensive side of his game is there too. Still free to represent us too if I'm right.

[bwagner]

young keeper at Bury Ritchie Branagan - the son of former irish cap Keith

[Closed Account]

Brandon Miele (16) made his debut for Newcastle Reserves during the week
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/01/27/brandon-miele-buzzing-after-reserves-debut-72703-28065309/

[gastric]

It's a bit quiet on the website at the moment and I thought I'd post this update on potential recruit Carl Magnay from Wikipedia. May not be true, who knows!

In March 2010 Magnay suffered a serious injury in a reserve team game against Charlton Athletic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C._Reserves), damaging his anterior cruciate ligament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament), medial collateral ligament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_collateral_ligament) and cracking his kneecap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneecap);[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Magnay#cite_note-7) he has yet to return to fitness.
Carl has reportedly dislocated his knee on the 05/01/2011 which could see him out for at least another 10 months after a freak accident at home late that night when he reportedly tripped over the family dog Hugo.

[gastric]

Dave Mooney scored for Colchester tonight, then got himself booked for leaving the field when celebrating!

[cornflakes]

IRELAND U21 squad v Cyprus

Ritchie Branagan (Bury), Ian McLoughlin (Ipswich); Gavin Gunning (Blackburn), Shane Duffy (Everton), Rob Kiernan (Bradford), Mark Connolly (Bolton), Richie Towell (Hibs), John Dunleavy (Barnet), Shane O'Connor (Ipswich); James McCarthy (Wigan), Conor Clifford (Chelsea), Conor Hourihane (Ipswich), Aaron Doran (Inverness), Jamie Devitt (Hull); Conor Doyle (Derby), Robbie Brady (Man Utd), James Collins (Shrewsbury), Michael Collins (APEP Cyprus), Robbie Gibbons (Alki Larnaca, Cyprus).

What club(s) was he at before heading to Cyprus

[TrapAPony]

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What club(s) was he at before heading to Cyprus

Notts Forest
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10308~52540,00.html

[tetsujin1979]

Irish Abroad statistics for January 2011: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/MonthlyStats?month=1
Reading's Ian Harte and Shane Long were joined by Damien Duff and Anthony Stokes at the top of the wins table. Each player was on the winning side 4 times
Dundee's Sean Dillon drew the most games, finishing 5 games level
Teammates Joe Murphy and Eddie Nolan, Mark Kennedy and David Norris, Stephen Ward and Stephen Hunt, as well as James O'Connor and Liam Lawrence all lost four times
As well as this James O'Connor, Stephen Hunt and David Norris joined Darren Randolph, Damien Duff and Sean Dillon at the top of the most starts table. Each player started 7 times in January
Of these Randolph, O'Connor, Dillon and Norris completed every game
Stephen Hunt went on to be substituted 4 times, along with Leon Best as the most substituted player
Stoke's Glenn Whelan was the most introduced substitute player
Shay Given makes his monthly appearance at the top of the most unused substitute player table
Anthony Stokes comfortably tops the goalscoring charts in January, scoring 7 times in just 6 games, with Celtic winning all but one of the games in which he scored. Reading striker Shane Long scored 5 goals, and Reading went on to win every game.

[CraftyToePoke]

I went to Peterborough V Sheffield Wednesday tonight, Morrisson only on the bench, with Mellor/Madine preferred to him. James O'Connor also started on the bench but came on soon after Darren Potter had been shown a straight red after hauling a player down when he was the last man. Being honest, It was Potter's only act of note in the portion of the game he played, very subdued IMO, and not on the ball more than half a dozen times, ten max. He didnt do a lot wrong, just wasnt really on the pace of it.

O'Connor was so eager to get on he ran on before the fourth official had held up the numbers board, so he had to trek back, and was booked before being allowed on the field again, surreal stuff, one Irish player red carded, going down the tunnel having hardly broken sweat and the other yellow carded in his attempts to get on.

O'Connor got stuck in at least, got on the ball and challenged for it, I dont recall Potter making one challenge all game, but the red card turned it, it was 3-2 Wednesday when he was sent off, with maybe 20 to play, and they ended up losing 5-3.

[theworm2345]

Reading with Long, Tabb, Hunt, and Harte against QPR with Kenny and Rowlands (probably only as a sub) tonight on TV, should be a good one.

[Closed Account 2]

Patrick Kohlmann played for Union Berlin away in the Berlin derby (vs Hertha) in front of over 74,000.

Had a decent game, got booked for a necessary but slightly late challenge on Raffael, Hertha's Brazilian winger. Won a few free kicks with his forward runs.

Union won 2-1 inflicting Hertha's second home defeat of the season - Hertha should still be on course to win the 2er Bundesliga, Union will prob finish midtable.

[theworm2345]

James Shea signs a new contract with Arsenal
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_6738228,00.html

Gary Dicker attracting interest from Championship
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6738319,00.html

[irishfan86]

I see an Irish flag by James Shea's name on Wikipedia...has he played for us at underage level?

[Metrostars]

John Rooney yesterday played the second half of NY Red Bulls' first preseason game against Atlante in Mexico. Finished 0-0, NY won 4-3 on penalty kicks. Rooney missed his pk.

[gastric]

I thought it might be worth mentioning that Mark Bunn at Blackburn who has declared at interest in playing for us has recently signed a new contract. When he was on loan at Sheff. Utd a while ago he showed a lot of potential.

[gastric]

Shane Long scored again at the weekend, Stephen Elliott and Adam Rooney scored two each while Rooney's team mate Aaron Doran scored too as Inverness drew with St. Mirren. Looking at team lists, can anyone tell me what is the story with Keith Treacy? Preston are a mess and he continues to sit on the bench , and in fact this weekend he was not even named among the subs.

[Charlie Darwin]

He pulled out injured from the Ireland squad, so I'll assume it's the same thing that's keeping him out this weekend.

[CraftyToePoke]

I posted this in the Connor Clifford thread, but will put it here too, delete if this is a no no.

By a happy coincidence I was at Notts County V Exeter today, and saw Connor come off the bench on the hour mark, he looked smaller than the other midfielders on both sides, but looked immediately to get on it and pass, and did so well on the first few occasions, he also made two challenges soon after coming on, one winning the ball back, the other not, but not fouling either, he gave it away cheaply once while looking to spread the play, not enough pace on the ball on a sticky Rugby scarred surface and the opposing fullback intercepted it. On the other hand he played one really nice disguised angled ball from about 40 yards out to the edge of his opponents penalty area, which did cause problems and needed defending, it was a little flash of vision.

He lost all 3 arial duels I saw him go for though, but made one very nice late run arriving for a pullback which didnt come from Lee Hughes, who had it made clear to him that he should have passed, this was noticable in his game, he was talking to those round him a lot, good to see.

We will see if he starts the next game, his side went two down soon after he joined the action and had been poor all day.

John O'Flynn played for Exeter and put in a shift, in the chanells mostly without any real clear sights of goal, except one, which was parried and led to a goal for his side.

[Slumdog]

LEE-J LYNCH. Just thought i would mention a young lad that played with us before. Lee-J Lynch. Scored 2 on his international debut u17, signed with west brom but spent most of his last year their injured. He is now signed with Glenn Hoddle in Spain and is on loan to jerez industrial cf. He was always a winger, but Hoddle has converted him to centre mid, his style is propably more suited to the continent than england. Spoke with him when he was back a few weeks ago, seems like Hoddle has had alot of offers for him from the spanish championship and one from italy, but he seems to be stalling on any deals as he thinks he could get better, which i presume means more money from bigger clubs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Fhvq9xi2E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MReglyhXpKQ&feature=player_embedded

http://www.jerezindustrialcf.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=769:jerez-industrial-cf-1-2-ayamonte-cf&catid=11:cronicas&Itemid=19

[theworm2345]

Youth international Kane Ferdinand scored his first senior goal today for Southend and is reportedly attracting interest from the Championship
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11706_6742347,00.html

I guess he's Rio and Anton Ferdinand's cousin though I guess the family is huge and he has never seen or spoken to either.
http://www.garethmaher.com/articles/irish-daily-mail/kane-ferdinand

[gastric]

Noel Hunt has signed a new contract keeping him at Reading until 2013.

[hudhastings]

I see Colin healy scored for Ipswitch He is starting alot of games of late gettin good reviews surly he should be gettin a look in the squad ahead of green

[drummerboy]

I see Colin healy scored for Ipswitch He is starting alot of games of late gettin good reviews surly he should be gettin a look in the squad ahead of green

I think Paul Jewell made Healy captain. Saw the highlights and he was certainly involved a lot, scoring a nice goal. Great to see him rise again from the bad luck with injuries he had in the past.

[Stuttgart88]

I see Colin healy scored for Ipswitch He is starting alot of games of late gettin good reviews surly he should be gettin a look in the squad ahead of greenI'm always sceptical of posts suggesting a Championship player on a run of form be called up. But he's a similar type of player to Green and playing well so it's not a wild suggestion. It won't happen though, and I'm not sure it'd change the big picture much. I never thought I'd ever miss Keith Andrews so much!

Watching Arsenal v Barcelona made me weep. The standard of midfield play was stunning and we are in the dark ages by comparison. Even England have a 21st century midfielder with technique to die for now!

[paul_oshea]

Does anyone go to watch barnet? How has johnny dunleavy been doing?

[tetsujin1979]

Does anyone go to watch barnet? How has johnny dunleavy been doing?
5 unused sub appearances and one 10 minute appearance from the bench: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/PlayerDetails?playerID=58179

[Kingdom]

Watching Arsenal v Barcelona made me weep. The standard of midfield play was stunning and we are in the dark ages by comparison. Even England have a 21st century midfielder with technique to die for now!

They always had, he just didn't want to play for them ;-)

[paul_oshea]

KK? good one kingdom.

[paul_oshea]

5 unused sub appearances and one 10 minute appearance from the bench: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/PlayerDetails?playerID=58179

surely mick musn't be too happy with that?

Tets i searched googled for irish players abroad, and i never found your site, usualy google ups its own sites to the top for matching searches(a couple of sites ive done this was the case anyway) but i did find a few who i reckon were taking your players and stats off of you.

you could use Talends Data Profiler to look for patterns on those stats tets.

[tetsujin1979]

surely mick musn't be too happy with that?probably not, but the loan has been extended according to this: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18022011/63/pulis-banned-bees.html

Teenage defender John Dunleavy has extended his loan deal from Wolves but is likely to have to make do with a place on the bench again.
Tets i searched googled for irish players abroad, and i never found your site, usualy google ups its own sites to the top for matching searches(a couple of sites ive done this was the case anyway) but i did find a few who i reckon were taking your players and stats off of you.yeah, I need to improve the metadata tags to get better search results.
I know the database section on thefreekick.com - http://www.thefreekick.com/blog/about-tfk-irish-soccer-database/ (http://www.thefreekick.com/) - use the stats, but they acknowledge the site as a source

could use Talends Data Profiler to look for patterns on those stats tets.Might do, bit busy with work stuff at the moment. Cheers

[Kingdom]

KK? good one kingdom.

Paul scholes

[paul_oshea]

I think as a joke though it sounds better to use kilbane :D Cos he didnt want to play for them and he is a midfield maestro at lowly huddersfield :D

Tets eurorivas.net was another. Cheers for that, i was trying to find out stuff, his agent is a mate of mine and i was wondering if he was telling me the truth.

there was about 6 sites i think. We didnt need to do anything with Metatags(actually i think googles trawler doesnt use them anymore) it was just a google pages site so it automatically came up on top after a few searches.

Is darren dennehy on loan at barnet? Does the site tell you whose the parent club?

[tetsujin1979]

I think as a joke though it sounds better to use kilbane :D Cos he didnt want to play for them and he is a midfield maestro at lowly huddersfield :DHe really is, words to remember the next time someone trues to convince you they could do better than playerX in the Championship


Tets eurorivas.net was another. Cheers for that, i was trying to find out stuff, his agent is a mate of mine and i was wondering if he was telling me the truth.

there was about 6 sites i think. We didnt need to do anything with Metatags(actually i think googles trawler doesnt use them anymore) it was just a google pages site so it automatically came up on top after a few searches.Thanks, I'll have a look at that. I don't mind any other site using it as a resource, as long as it's credited


Is darren dennehy on loan at barnet? Does the site tell you whose the parent club?
Nope, he signed for Barnet last summer: http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~2090374,00.html

[abbeyvale]

Saints land Gunners goalkeeper

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has signed goalkeeper James Shea on a month-long loan deal from Arsenal.

Shea's arrival at St Mary's comes as a result of injury to Bartosz Bialkowski, who has picked up a knock in training and is being assessed.

The 19-year-old goes straight into Adkins' squad for Saturday's trip to Rochdale.

Shea is rated highly at the Emirates Stadium and recently penned a contract extension with Arsene Wenger's side.

Although he can represent both England and the Republic of Ireland, the talented youngster is yet to play international football although his qualities have been recognised by Fabio Capello, who last year drafted him into the Three Lions' training preparations

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_6759996,00.html

Anyone know if this keeper is any good.............surely has potential if he's signed with Arsenal and has already been called up to training camps with England!!!!!!!!
Get in there trap and give him a cap, just to secure his services for the future (incase he turns out to be a good one)....

[CraftyToePoke]

Anyone know if this keeper is any good.............surely has potential if he's signed with Arsenal and has already been called up to training camps with England!!!!!!!!
Get in there trap and give him a cap, just to secure his services for the future (incase he turns out to be a good one)....

Easy there now, Abbeyvale, easy, remember Terry Dixon? Joe Lapira? lets not sully the honour of wearing that shirt. Anyway, Trap is not that man, he is as likley to cap this lad at present as he is to recall Packie Bonner going on his dealings with young James McCarthy, you are right though, it would be nice if he chose us, and he is at a good club at present, definitely call him to an underage squad and make him part of things that way.

[Paddy Garcia]

Great to see Doyle getting a game again at Birmingham.

[gastric]

Goals at the weekend by Darrren Ambrose, Noel Hunt and Wes Holohan. From all reports the Ambrose goal was a cracker, something he is capable of doing quite regularly.

[abbeyvale]

Goals at the weekend by Darrren Ambrose, Noel Hunt and Wes Holohan. From all reports the Ambrose goal was a cracker, something he is capable of doing quite regularly.

Never even knew Ambrose qualified for us..................I think he is a decent player and would prefer him over Green any day

[TrapAPony]

Goals at the weekend by Darrren Ambrose, Noel Hunt and Wes Holohan. From all reports the Ambrose goal was a cracker, something he is capable of doing quite regularly.

Goal here around 12 seconds in. Some goal too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF178EqNeN4&feature=player_embedded

[gastric]

Never even knew Ambrose qualified for us..................I think he is a decent player and would prefer him over Green any day

Supposedly the paperwork is done and he is now technically ours!

[shakermaker1982]

Forgot to post this yesterday. Preview of Orient-Arsenal + interview with Stephen Dawson (lad from Dublin)

Leyton Orient's captain, Stephen Dawson, says the Arsenal players will not 'fancy the 50-50s' at the Matchroom Stadium


Stephen Dawson The Leyton Orient captain, Stephen Dawson, is confident his side can be a match for Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images

Arsenal beware: on Leyton Orient's challenging pitch, Stephen Dawson and his crew plan to rough up the Premier League aristocrats when they walk out at the Matchroom Stadium for the FA Cup fifth-round tie this afternoon.

"I don't think it will be like the Emirates, it's not the flattest you'll ever see," says Dawson, the Orient captain, of a surface that had to be completely relaid in 2008. "It will help us. They've got the Carling Cup final next week and Barcelona at the Camp Nou [in the Champions League next month], they don't want to be doing a 50-50 challenge at Brisbane Road.

"We're not just going to stand around and admire how they play. Whoever I mark, be it Cesc Fábregas or Alexandre Song or Jack Wilshere, whoever they put out, you want to put one over on them and beat them. That's the main thing. Whether it involves a tackle or not, that's part of football isn't it?

"Against Ipswich [in the Carling Cup] and Huddersfield and Leeds [in the FA Cup] Arsenal got put under pressure and I don't think they really liked it. It's not about kicking them around, it's about getting in their faces – we're going to be right on top of them."

Arsène Wenger's team travel across London with extra zip after Wednesday evening's memorable 2-1 Champions League comeback win over Barcelona. Yet Irishman Dawson, 25, only sees the potential advantage in taking on a team who are also second in the Premier League and still chasing an unlikely quadruple.

Two years ago, the midfielder was relegated to the Conference with Mansfield Town before being released, so his rosy view of life now is understandable. He says: "I know they are professionals [but] there are an awful lot of internationals who might have the mentality, 'OK, let's just get through the game'."

Helping Dawson and his colleagues in their quest to pull off one of the great FA Cup shocks will be 70 or so of his family and friends, plus a factory full of Cadbury employees in his native Dublin, where his father, Brendan, works.

"He worked 15 hours a day for the last 20-odd years and brought us up very well. I shouldn't say this, but my Mum would have one or two drinks in the pub and my dad would have to look after us, so he would give us a football.

"To say he's proud about this game is an understatement. He'd been a window fitter, but he's working for Cadbury now and has probably got around 3,000 workers there all watching the game as well. More Cadbury people will be Leyton Orient fans on Sunday. More than the usual Tuesday night crowd in the stadium."

Orient pull in around 4,500 for home games and, this season, they have seen their club, owned by Barry Hearn, go on a run that has featured the attractive football favoured by Russell Slade, the manager. They have lost only once in 20 games and have moved up the League One table to be within three points of the play‑off positions.

This sequence featured an FA Cup second-round replay against Droylsden that the club website correctly described as "one of the most bizarre [games] you'll ever see". Dawson says: "There was about eight minutes left, with us 2-0 down – and with 10 men as well. But we managed to get two goals and it ended 8-2 [in extra time, with both teams reduced to nine men by the finish]. They were thinking: 'What's going on here?' It was one of those games."

Dagenham, Norwich and Swansea are the three other scalps taken by Orient in their FA Cup run, but making Arsenal number five appears particularly unlikely. Even if Wenger rests one or all of Fábregas, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott and Wilshere, a stellar queue of reserves, headed by Andrey Arshavin, Tomas Rosicky and Nicklas Bendtner, can step in.

Dawson's hero when he was growing up in Dublin was Roy Keane and he recalls the Manchester United captain's tussle with Patrick Vieira at Highbury in February 2005. "Vieira picked on [Gary] Neville and Keane, who was a foot shorter than Vieira, had a go at him. That's what I grew up on," he says. "Roy Keane is an absolute idol. I managed to train with the Irish team and I wasn't scared of that, I was scared of meeting Roy. He shook my hand, but if you gave away the ball he'd go mad at you."

Whatever the result, those travelling friends and family face a short trip to Dawson's post-game party. "I live in the corner flat that overlooks the ground, you can see the pitch up to the penalty spot," he says of the property owned by Hearn. "There'll be a few drinks."

There could be more in Nevada. Leyton Orient's best FA Cup run was in 1978, when they reached the semi-finals, at which point Sunday's opponents beat them 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. But if they manage even a draw against Arsenal, Hearn has promised to take Dawson and his team‑mates to Las Vegas for a celebration to remember.