LOI Transfers 2014

[Martinho II]

It was confirmed by TC in our match programme that Sean Russell has left us. I have no idea why!

[Aaron]

Airtricity Premier Division



Athlone Town
Manager: Mick Cooke
Ins
John Mulroy (Bray Wanderers)
Graham Rusk (Drogheda Utd)
Kealan Dillon (St. Mirren)
Alan Byrne (Drogheda Utd)
Jason Marks (Drogheda Utd)
Derek Prendergast (Drogheda Utd)
Sean Brennan (Shelbourne)
Declan Brennan (Free)

Outs
Enda Curran (Derry City)
Roddy Collins Jr (Derry City)
Graham Kelly (Bray Wanderers)


Bohemians
Manager: Owen Heary
Ins
Paddy Kavanagh (Derry City)
Lee Murphy (Shelbourne)
Jason Byrne (Bray Wanderers)
Craig Walsh (UCD)
Jack Memery (Shelbourne)
Aidan Price (St. Patrick's Ath)
Steven Beattie (UMF Tindastol)
Philip McCabe (Malahide Utd)
Eoin Wearen (West Ham)

Outs
Luke Byrne (Shamrock Rovers)
Lorcan Shannon (Longford Town)
Shane Murray (Waterford Utd)
Conor O'Brien (Longford Town)
Conor Murphy (Shelbourne)
Dave Scully (Bray Wanderers)
Chris Lyons (Shamrock Rovers)


Bray Wanderers
Manager: Alan Matthews
Ins
Jake Kelly (St Patrick's Ath)
Adam Hanlon (Shelbourne)
David Cassidy (Drogheda Utd)
Gary Curran (Mervue Utd)
Jamie McGlynn (Shelbourne)
Graham Kelly (Athlone Town)
Dave Scully (Bohemians)

Outs
John Mulroy (Athlone Town)
Kieran Marty Waters (Shamrock Rovers)
Jason Byrne (Bohemians)
Kevin O'Connor (Longford Town)
Gary Dempsey (Retired)
Darren Quigley (Released)
Daire Doyle (Drogheda Utd)
Sean Holmes (Cherry Orchard)


Cork City
Manager: John Caulfield
Ins
Darren Murphy (Woking)
Anthony Elding (Sligo Rovers)
Billy Dennehy (Shamrock Rovers)
Michael Rafter (Derry City)
Liam Kearney (Avondale Utd)
Mark O'Sullivan (Avondale Utd)
Kevin Mulcahy (Avondale Utd)
David O'Leary (Limerick)
Matthew Gledhill (Sligo Rovers)

Outs
Shane Duggan (Limerick)
Kevin Burns (Waterford Utd)
Daryl Horgan (Dundalk)
Danny Furlong (Wexford Youths)
Kalen Spillane (Sligo Rovers)
Alan Browne (Preston NE)
Dave Ryan (Drogheda Utd)
Kevin Murray (Cobh Ramblers)
Anthony Elding (Ballinamallard Utd)


Derry City
Manager: Roddy Collins
Ins
Enda Curran (Athlone Town)
Roddy Collins Jr (Athlone Town)
Danny Ventre (Sligo Rovers)
Ciaran Gallagher (Finn Harps)
Mark Stewart (Kilmarnock)
Cliff Byrne (Oldham)
David Elebert (Shamrock Rovers)
Aaron Barry (Sheff Utd)
Mark Timlin (Ipswich)
Lee Toland (Finn Harps)
Cormac Burke (Ipswich)

Outs
Simon Madden (Shamrock Rovers)
Michael Rafter (Cork City)
Paddy Kavanagh (Bohemians)
Stewart Greacen (Stenhousemuir)
David McDaid (Coleraine)
Ruaidhri Higgins (Dundalk)
Mark Griffin (Dundalk)
Eugene Ferry (Coleraine)
Eoghan Osborne (Released)
Thomas Crawley (Released)
Kevin Deery (Released)
Sean Houstan (Released)


Drogheda Utd
Manager: Robbie Horgan
Ins
Philly Hughes (St. Patrick's Ath)
Paul Crowley (Shelbourne)
Paul Andrews (Shelbourne)
Carl Walshe (Shelbourne)
Daire Doyle (Bray Wanderers)
Dave Ryan (Cork City)
Austin McCann (Glebe North)
Ciaran McGuigan (Syrianska)

Outs
Philip Hand (Shelbourne)
Paul O'Conor (Sligo Rovers)
Peter Hynes (Longford Town)
Ryan Brennan (Shamrock Rovers)
Graham Rusk (Athlone Town)
Gabriel Sava (Dundalk)
Alan Byrne (Athlone Town)
Jason Marks (Athlone Town)
Derek Prendergast (Athlone Town)
David Cassidy (Bray Wanderers)


Dundalk
Manager: Stephen Kenny
Ins
Sean Gannon (St Patrick's Ath)
David McMillan (Sligo Rovers)
Daryl Horgan (Cork City)
Gabriel Sava (Drogheda Utd)
Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City)
Mark Griffin (Derry City)

Outs
Stephen McDonnell (Shelbourne)
John Dillon (Southport)
Aaron Shanahan (Ballymena Utd)
John Sullivan (Shelbourne)
Tiarnan Mulvenna (Glenavon)
Vinny Faherty (Galway)
Conor Winn (Finn Harps)
Jordan Keegan (Shelbourne)
Francis McCafferty (Released)
Nathan Murphy (Released)


Limerick
Manager: Stuart Taylor
Ins
Shane Duggan (Cork City)
Mick Leahy (UCD)
Ali Abass (Free)
Prince Agyemang (Free)
Tam McManus (Rochester Rhinos)

Outs
Stephen Bradley (Released)
Joe Gamble (Released)
Pat Purcell (Retired)
Brian O'Callaghan (Retired)
Carel Tiofack (Finn Harps)
Jeffrey Judge (Fairview Rangers)
Stephen Walsh (Released)
Axel Bossekota (Released)
David O'Leary (Cork City)


St. Patrick's Ath
Manager: Liam Buckley
Ins
Lee Lynch (Sligo Rovers)
Conor McCormack (Shamrock Rovers)
Ken Oman (Shamrock Rovers)
Mark Quigley (Shamrock Rovers)
Keith Fahey (Birmingham City)
Derek Foran (Shamrock Rovers)
James Chambers (Shamrock Rovers)

Outs
Sean Gannon (Dundalk)
Conor Kenna (Shamrock Rovers)
Philly Hughes (Drogheda Utd)
John Russell (Sligo Rovers)
Anto Flood (Emigrated)
Jake Kelly (Bray Wanderers)
Shane McFaul (FC KooTeePee)
Aidan Price (Bohemians)


Shamrock Rovers
Manager: Trevor Croly
Ins
Simon Madden (Derry City)
Luke Byrne (Bohemians)
Conor Kenna (St. Patrick's Ath)
Ryan Brennan (Drogheda Utd)
David O'Connor (UCD)
Karl Sheppard (Reading)
Kieran Marty Waters (Bray Wanderers)
Craig Hyland (Waterford Utd)
Robert Cornwall (Shelbourne)
Dean Kelly (Shelbourne)
Robert Bayly (Shelbourne)
Chris Lyons (Bohemians)

Outs
Stephen Rice (Longford Town)
Conor McCormack (St. Patrick's Ath)
Billy Dennehy (Cork City)
Danny Ledwith (Sligo Rovers)
Tommy Stewart (Released)
James Chambers (St. Patrick's Ath)
David Elebert (Derry City)
Ken Oman (St. Patrick's Ath)
Conor Powell (Released)
Derek Foran (St. Patrick's Ath)
Richard Brush (Sligo Rovers)
Mark Quigley (St. Patrick's Ath)
Richie Ryan (Ottawa Fury)
Pat Sullivan (Longford Town)
Nathan West (Wexford Youths)


Sligo Rovers
Manager: Ian Baraclough
Ins
Paul O'Conor (Drogheda Utd)
Danny Ledwith (Shamrock Rovers)
Richard Brush (Shamrock Rovers)
John Russell (St. Patrick's Ath)
Kalen Spillane (Cork City)
Eric Odhiambo (Hereford Utd)
Sean Maguire (West Ham) Loan

Outs
Anthony Elding (Cork City)
Lee Lynch (St. Patrick's Ath)
David McMillan (Dundalk)
Danny Ventre (Derry City)
Ryan Connolly (Galway)
Pascal Millien (Sheikh Russell KC)
Liam Martin (Ballinamallard Utd)
Ruairi Keating (Finn Harps) Loan
Marty Owens (Galway)
Matthew Gledhill (Cork City)


UCD
Manager: Aaron Callaghan
Ins

Outs
Mick Leahy (Limerick)
David O'Connor (Shamrock Rovers)
Craig Walsh (Bohemians)
Sean Russell (Longford Town)

[Aaron]

Airtricity First Division



Cobh Ramblers
Manager:
Ins
Kevin Murray (Cork City)

Outs
Kynan Rocks (Waterford Utd)


Finn Harps
Manager: Ollie Horgan
Ins
Packie Mailey (Drumkeen Utd)
Gareth Harkin (Free)
Carel Tiofack (Limerick)
Conor Winn (Dundalk)
Ruairi Keating (Sligo Rovers) Loan
Grahan Fisher (Rot Weiss)
Caoimhin Bonner (Kilmarnock)

Outs
Ciaran Gallagher (Derry City)
Lee Toland (Derry City)
Matt Harkin (Letterkenny)
Aaron O'Hagan (Letterkenny)
Shane McGinty (Galway)


Galway FC
Manager: Tommy Dunne
Ins
Jason Molloy (Mervue Utd)
Stephen Walshe (Mervue Utd)
Marc Ludden (Mervue Utd)
Martin Conneely (Mervue Utd)
Noel Varley (Mervue Utd)
Paul Sinnott (Mervue Utd)
Colm Horgan (Salthill Devon)
Gary Shanahan (Mervue Utd)
Ryan Connolly (Sligo Rovers)
Ross Kenny (Mervue Utd)
Vinny Faherty (Dundalk)
Alan Murphy (Free)
Marty Owens (Sligo Rovers)
Conor Gleeson (Mervue Utd)
Cian Fadden (Salthill Devon)
Ronan Conlon (Salthill Devon)
Jake Keegan (Darmstadt)
Ger Hanley (Shelbourne)
James O'Donnell (Wesport)
Mike Elwood (Mervue Utd)
Ryan Manning (Mervue Utd)
Ronan Forde (Salthill Devon)
James Keane (Salthill Devon)
Sean Gavin (NUI Galway)
Derek O'Brien (Longford Town)
Alex Byrne (Salthill Devon)
Shane McGinty (Finn Harps)

Outs


Longford Town
Manager: Tony Cousins
Ins
Lorcan Shannon (Bohemians)
Peter Hynes (Drogheda Utd)
Conor O'Brien (Bohemians)
Pat Flynn (Shelbourne)
Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers)
Kevin O'Connor (Bray Wanderers)
Pat Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers)
Don Cowan (Stevenage)
Sean Russell (UCD)

Outs
Josh O'Hanlon (Bournemouth)
Keith Quinn (Shelbourne)
Des Hope (Retired)
Willo McDonagh (Shelbourne)
Derek O'Brien (Galway)


Shelbourne
Manager: Johnny McDonnell
Ins
Philip Hand (Drogheda Utd)
Stephen McDonnell (Dundalk)
Shane Dolan (Ballymena Utd)
Robbie Gaul (Salthill)
John Sullivan (Dundalk)
Conor Murphy (Bohemians)
Jordan Keegan (Dundalk)
Gareth Coughlan (Sacred Heart)
Keith Quinn (Longford Town)
Willo McDonagh (Longford Town)

Outs
Pat Flynn (Longford Town)
Dean Kelly (Shamrock Rovers)
Lee Murphy (Bohemians)
Paul Crowley (Drogheda Utd)
Paul Andrews (Drogheda Utd)
Adam Hanlon (Bray Wanderers)
Robert Cornwall (Shamrock Rovers)
Jack Memery (Bohemians)
Sean Brennan (Athlone Town)
Ger Hanley (Galway)
Jamie McGlynn (Bray Wanderers)
Carl Walshe (Drogheda Utd)
Robert Bayly (Shamrock Rovers)


Waterford Utd
Manager: Tommy Griffin
Ins
Gary Delaney (Wexford Youths)
Thomas Croke (Wexford Youths)
Shane Murray (Bohemians)
Kevin Burns (Cork City)
Kynan Rocks (Cobh Ramblers)
Brian Nolan (Wexford Youths)
Thomas Whitty (Tramore)
Shaun Corcoran (Wexford Youths)
Gavin O'Donovan (Villa FC)
Paddy Barrett (Dundee United)
Joe Mulcahy (Wexford Youths)
Jack Doherty (Ipswich) Loan

Outs
Craig Hyland (Shamrock Rovers)
Ben Ryan (Wexford Youths)
Peter Higgins (Wexford Utd)
Killian Cantwell (Wexford Utd)


Wexford Youths
Manager: Shane Keegan
Ins
Stephen Last (Firhouse Clover)
Danny Furlong (Cork City)
Nathan West (Shamrock Rovers)
Ben Ryan (Waterford Utd)
Peter Higgins (Waterford Utd)
Killian Cantwell (Waterford Utd)

Outs
Gary Delaney (Waterford Utd)
Thomas Croke (Waterford Utd)
Brian Nolan (Waterford Utd)

[CityRebel]

Cork City In:
Michael McSweeney (previously played for UCC and Mervue)

http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/2014/07/10/michael-mcsweeney-signs/

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Jordan Loftus - Sligo Rovers to Finn Harps (Loan)

[nigel-harps1954]

Jordan Loftus - Sligo Rovers to Finn Harps (Loan)


Sure that's a loan deal?

Any opinions?


We've also signed midfielder Brian McCroary, not 100% sure of his last club, think it was Drumkeen United, formerly of Derry City and Wolves.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Sure that's a loan deal?

Any opinions?


We've also signed midfielder Brian McCroary, not 100% sure of his last club, think it was Drumkeen United, formerly of Derry City and Wolves.

Just saw that he had signed with ye until the end of the season so I presumed it was a loan deal. Could well be wrong.

Haven't seen that much of him to be honest. Scored a few goals for the under-19s alright.

[nigel-harps1954]

Permanent deal far as I'm aware. Was in Rosenborg last week but chances are limited so he's moved to Harps.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Permanent deal far as I'm aware. Was in Rosenborg last week but chances are limited so he's moved to Harps.

Our Instagram account (yes I know it's hardly the bible) says he's on the loan for the rest of the season. Sure it's much of a muchness all the same. Pretty much every player is out of contract at the end of the season anyways.

[nigel-harps1954]

Our Instagram account (yes I know it's hardly the bible) says he's on the loan for the rest of the season. Sure it's much of a muchness all the same. Pretty much every player is out of contract at the end of the season anyways.


I've enquired since. He was on an amateur contract at Sligo so was free to move to us. He's signed an amateur contract at Harps now too. There was no possible loan available due to his contract.

[nigel-harps1954]

http://galwayfc.ie/index.php/four-depart/

Four leave Galway Fc

[ATFC-1887]

Athlone sign Eric Foley.

[gael353]

Limerick favorite heading derry way

[Charlie Darwin]

Rumours around Tallaght that Kilduff has agreed to join Pats next season.

[adamd164]

By the end of the season Croly will already have let all the better players go!

[nigel-harps1954]

http://www.finnharps.com/fhfc/?p=962

Harps sign goalkeeper Mark Anthony McGinley, last with UCD.

Also, Paul McVeigh and Graham Fisher released.

[Terry]

Galway fc in: Paddy Barrett (Waterford)

[Longfordian]

Town In: Tom Morris (Port Vale)

Oh and an Out: Chris Deans (retired)

[atfconline]

Athlone Town

IN:
Dylan Hayes


OUT:
David Brookes
Jason Marks

[Sligo Hoops.]

Looks like the bit O'Red have joined the Hoops in the race to the bottom.

[Fivesilver]

Looks like the bit O'Red have joined the Hoops in the race to the bottom.

Nah, we're grand. We may be losing Gaynor, Djilali, Ndo, Greene and Cawley, but hey, we've signed Iarfhlaith Davoren.

[Longfordian]

Further Town Ins: Ger Pender (Wayside Celtic)
Daniel Henderson (CYM Terenure, apparently)

[vinnie]

Nah, we're grand. We may be losing Gaynor, Djilali, Ndo, Greene and Cawley, but hey, we've signed Iarfhlaith Davoren.

I hope you's can get a bit more out of Zayed than Rovers did, terrible attitude

[Charlie Darwin]

Maxime Vuille has apparently signed for Rovers until the end of the season but can't find anything official.

[nigel-harps1954]

Maxime Vuille has apparently signed for Rovers until the end of the season but can't find anything official.

From the Swiss second division, to Spanish third division, Rovers are really pulling out all the stops to bring in the big guns.

[gufcfan]

Maxime Vuille has apparently signed for Rovers until the end of the season but can't find anything official.

Might not be announced if he can't be registered until tomorrow.

[Ezeikial]

Maxime Vuille has apparently signed for Rovers until the end of the season but can't find anything official.

Not until the sponsor for the weekly bus pass is sorted out

[Charlie Darwin]

Not sure there is a direct bus.

[nr637]

The hottest property in the Airtricity Premier League has just created a bidding war. Two English Premier League clubs, three Championship sides and one Scottish Premier League side have started initial bids for the signature of Cork City star Brian Lenihan.

[disgruntled]

The hottest property in the Airtricity Premier League has just created a bidding war. Two English Premier League clubs, three Championship sides and one Scottish Premier League side have started initial bids for the signature of Cork City star Brian Lenihan.


Nothing like a bidding war.
Go to it you know you want him :good:

[avvenalaf]

The hottest property in the Airtricity Premier League has just created a bidding war. Two English Premier League clubs, three Championship sides and one Scottish Premier League side have started initial bids for the signature of Cork City star Brian Lenihan.


Not to mention Shamrock Rovers.

[nigel-harps1954]

First half a million signing from League of Ireland? If Cork City push it right, and if the interest reported is true, they should be able to command a very sizeable fee.

[Charlie Darwin]

First half a million signing from League of Ireland? If Cork City push it right, and if the interest reported is true, they should be able to command a very sizeable fee.
I doubt it, will likely be a lower six-figure fee with significant add-ons. I don't think the talk of a bidding war is accurate either - from what I've heard there have been two five-figure bids, one from Hull and another from the Championship, and at the moment only Hull are preparing a larger bid.

[El-Pietro]

itll likely end up in the 100 to 150k range with a host of add ons

[nr637]

I doubt it, will likely be a lower six-figure fee with significant add-ons. I don't think the talk of a bidding war is accurate either - from what I've heard there have been two five-figure bids, one from Hull and another from the Championship, and at the moment only Hull are preparing a larger bid.

€130,000 bid from Crystal Palace regected and another €100,000 bid from Hull City also rejected....!

[CityRebel]

€130,000 bid from Crystal Palace regected and another €100,000 bid from Hull City also rejected....!
Hull Daily Mail have those figures as sterling amounts http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-City-transfer-talk-Tigers-bid-100k-Brian/story-22085829-detail/story.html

Although I doubt any of the papers will have correct figures.

[ger121]

itll likely end up in the 100 to 150k range with a host of add ons

Sterling or Euro? £150k with decent add ons would represent a good deal considering recent transfer prices for LOI players. Still saddens me though,that which such interest in a player from so many clubs, that the figure wouldn't be higher.

[El-Pietro]

Sterling or Euro? £150k with decent add ons would represent a good deal considering recent transfer prices for LOI players. Still saddens me though,that which such interest in a player from so many clubs, that the figure wouldn't be higher.

Euro.

[Acornvilla]

Don't understand that figure to be honest. If he's so good, Cork should be holding out for at least 250k plus add ons. They're in a relatively strong position financially with probably the biggest current active fanbase in the league. A strong league position and the likelyhood of European football next season.

No need to let lads go on the cheap.

[nigel-harps1954]

Don't understand that figure to be honest. If he's so good, Cork should be holding out for at least 250k plus add ons. They're in a relatively strong position financially with probably the biggest current active fanbase in the league. A strong league position and the likelyhood of European football next season.

No need to let lads go on the cheap.


100%. Cork are probably in the best position financially in the whole league at the minute and don't really need to sell the player. They're set for a top two finish, European football and the highest attendance figures in the league. They'd be mad to settle for anything less than €250k plus add-ons.

It all goes back to LOI clubs selling themselves short for the past few years. This is a growing league, and clubs need to start putting the foot down, especially those in a decent financial situation.

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town FC
In - Sam O'Connor (Hull City)

[El-Pietro]

Don't understand that figure to be honest. If he's so good, Cork should be holding out for at least 250k plus add ons. They're in a relatively strong position financially with probably the biggest current active fanbase in the league. A strong league position and the likelyhood of European football next season.

No need to let lads go on the cheap.

He's out of contract in November and would go for a compensation figure of no more than 275k euro at that point if a Premier League club signed him

[Acornvilla]

He's out of contract in November and would go for a compensation figure of no more than 275k euro at that point if a Premier League club signed him

If clubs seriously want him they won't wait until November and risk missing out on him (letting someone else steal in). Those few months can also be spent trying to win things with Cork and convince the lad another year with you might be worth his while.

Easy to say things like this when the money wouldn't be effecting my club, but here we go, that's just how I see it. The 200-275k as a consolation prize wouldn't be the end of the world anyway if he did leave then.

[Jofspring]

What kind of money would you be talking about for a bigger club in England to sign a similar prospect from a league one or two club be?

[Charlie Darwin]

Aston Villa paid between £1 million and £3 million for players from League One and League Two in 2012, but they went more or less straight into the first team.

[Acornvilla]

Also depends on if they're English or not.

[El-Pietro]

If clubs seriously want him they won't wait until November and risk missing out on him (letting someone else steal in). Those few months can also be spent trying to win things with Cork and convince the lad another year with you might be worth his while.

Easy to say things like this when the money wouldn't be effecting my club, but here we go, that's just how I see it. The 200-275k as a consolation prize wouldn't be the end of the world anyway if he did leave then.

But why would any club offer us more than that? They know we'd be mad to turn it down, and then it will come down to what the player wants. A Championship club could sign him for even less.
If we get €200k I'll be delighted, but I'd be more than happy with something like:
€150,000
10-15% sell on
€50k for international cap
€50-100k for x number of first team appearances - say in the region of 30-50

[Acornvilla]

But why would any club offer us more than that? They know we'd be mad to turn it down, and then it will come down to what the player wants. A Championship club could sign him for even less.
If we get €200k I'll be delighted, but I'd be more than happy with something like:
€150,000
10-15% sell on
€50k for international cap
€50-100k for x number of first team appearances - say in the region of 30-50

But I was saying, and my reasoning was based around the fact that, IMO they'd not be mad to be turning it down, Ted.
It's grand anyway we don't need to agree, and you don't need to keep justifying your reasoning either :)

[CraftyToePoke]

First half a million signing from League of Ireland? If Cork City push it right, and if the interest reported is true, they should be able to command a very sizeable fee.


Didn't Roy O'Donovan hit that mark already ? His move to Sunderland maybe.

[Charlie Darwin]

Think O'Donovan was supposed to be around €500k with add-ons, but that included Premier League appearances, international caps, etc. so obviously weren't realised.