Sam Byrne

[Charlie Darwin]

18-year-old Manchester United loanee has just put Graham Kavanagh's Carlisle 2-1 at Coventry (well, Northampton), having replaced his U19 team mate Michael Drennan.

[Charlie Darwin]

Goal at 1:40 here - nice control and tidy finish.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=szMOxBjudME#t=92

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Great finish. That poise augurs well for the future. He hasn't even started a game yet and he has already scored.

Drennan has yet to score in 6 games though.

[DeLorean]

Scored our two goals v Romania.

Man Utd tweeted their approval (http://www.joe.ie/football/football-features/manchester-united-tweet-praise-for-sam-byrne-after-his-brace-for-irelands-u19s-today/)

[Crosby87]

Supposedly his cousin is David of Talking Heads. Take that, Morrissey.

[Charlie Darwin]

I doubt that, but his brother Adam plays rugby for Leinster and is in the Irish U20 team that will take on Italy tonight.

[DeLorean]

Supposedly his cousin is David of Talking Heads. Take that, Morrissey.

I actually suspected he might be related to Nicky of Westlife!

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1317462.ece/ALTERNATES/s298/Topix-Nicky%20Byrne%20-1317462http://mufclatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sam-Byrne.jpg

[back of the net]

I actually suspected he might be related to Nicky of Westlife!

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1317462.ece/ALTERNATES/s298/Topix-Nicky%20Byrne%20-1317462http://mufclatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sam-Byrne.jpg


Sam probably has a much better singing voice though

[DeLorean]

Aul Nicky was a pretty handy footballer though by all accounts too... trials at Leeds I think.

[back of the net]

Aul Nicky was a pretty handy footballer by all accounts too... trials at Leeds I think.

Goalkeeper at leeds if memory serves me correct

Played underage internationals with a few of our snr internationals on the ireland side at underage level


Still doesnt make him good singer though

[tetsujin1979]

released by United this morning, hope he can get a contract with Carlisle or somewhere

[Charlie Darwin]

That's disappointing. Hopefully he can find a new club at a good level and rebuild.

[Crosby87]

He's destined for Stevenage if rumors are correct.

[gastric]

Bad week for the Byrne's family as Adam is injured and misses the U20 RWC. Sam has a bit of potential, reckon he might be one for the future. Experience at the lower levels now will help him develop possibly quicker than hanging around Utd's reserves.

[gastric]

Claims on here that Byrne has signed for Everton. Nothing official, but hopefully there is some truth to the rumours!

http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/sam-byrne.68219/

[Charlie Darwin]

Claims on here that Byrne has signed for Everton. Nothing official, but hopefully there is some truth to the rumours!

http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/sam-byrne.68219/
Some of the people in that thread are dangerously stupid.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://toffeeweb.com/season/13-14/rumour-mill/27861.html

More on the unconfirmed rumours linking Byrne to Everton's academy team.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2014/07/18/youngsters-sign-pro-deals

Everton recruit Sam Byrne; Harry Charsley signs his first professional contract.

[Olé Olé]

Excellent move. If you look at it in the context of the league standings, he's moved to a better side! Very positive to see him going to Everton rather than Stevenage or Carlisle, at the age of 18 anyway. He'll be exposed to better coaching at Everton and if things don't work out he'll have a longer slide down the leagues as opposed to having to push up the leagues if he had gone to Stevenage or Carlisle.

EDIT: Things might not have been as dour as the earlier Carlisle and Stevenage rumours after all; this article reckons Celtic were interested also- http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-championships/celtic-target-byrnes-brace-puts-ireland-in-pole-position-for-finals-berth-30313693.html

[BonnieShels]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2014/07/18/youngsters-sign-pro-deals

Everton recruit Sam Byrne; Harry Charsley signs his first professional contract.


How did we miss out on a lad called Jonjoe Kenny?

[gastric]

Charsley played in this u18 game, but no sign of your man Kenny, Bonnie. A lot of Irish names (as expected) in this team, are any Irish like Liam Walsh for example?

http://toffeeweb.com/season/14-15/news/27940.html

[Olé Olé]

The diaspora in Liverpool is such that the place is awash with Irish names but they are a generation too far out to qualify.

The lad Kinsella is highly rated. From Dublin. http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/everton-win-race-to-sign-hotshot-kinsella-29933813.html

[centre mid]

Starts for Everton reserves against Southport today.

http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/1415/southport-v-everton-u21s?t=3

[Stuttgart88]

The twitter feed on that link says Richie Baker, a trialliist, has just put Southend in front.

That Richie Baker?

[centre mid]

He must be about 40 by now, cant be him.

[pineapple stu]

Only 34.

But it's not him (http://www.teamtalk.com/southend-united/player-profile/4310/Richie-Baker).

[centre mid]

Byrne taken off at HT along with 5 others.

[liamoo11]

Byrne taken off at HT along with 5 others.

I wonder will Mclaughlin go on loan. Must be 19 now he was playing first team football for dundalk 2 years ago so must be keen for first team football

[tetsujin1979]

Byrne has desire to reach the top: http://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/2015/07/24/byrne-ing-desire-to-reach-the-top/

[samhaydenjr]

Really could do with a good loan move this season with a view to a possible permanent move to a Championship or bigger League One club next season, should he not be in Everton's plans

[Charlie Darwin]

Lukaku's injured now, but realistically he won't be in their first team plans barring a massive pre-season. Hopefully he's fit enough that his coaches will think he'll benefit from a loan at a club at a decent level with a view to eventually making a push for the senior squad.

[BonnieShels]

Suffered freak leg break yesterday in training

http://www.newstalk.com/Ireland-Under21-Sam-Byrne-suffers-a-freak-legbreak

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

A rite of passage for every talented young Irish footballer.

[BonnieShels]

A rite of passage for every talented young Irish footballer.

Precisely my thought when I read it.

A nation of porcelain boned people.

[tetsujin1979]

not much of an update, he helped out with the other members of Everton's U23 team at the Whitechapel homeless charity over Christmas: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/unsworths-everton-make-blue-christmas-12335733

and posted this on his twitter when some of the patients from Alder Hey Children's Hospital visited the Everton training centre: https://twitter.com/SamByrne200/status/808338585703292929

Can't find any mention of him playing for the U23 side though

[RiffRaff]

not much of an update, he helped out with the other members of Everton's U23 team at the Whitechapel homeless charity over Christmas: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/unsworths-everton-make-blue-christmas-12335733

and posted this on his twitter when some of the patients from Alder Hey Children's Hospital visited the Everton training centre: https://twitter.com/SamByrne200/status/808338585703292929

Can't find any mention of him playing for the U23 side though

Don't think he made a huge impression when he was fit so I'd say its unlikely he'll get his contract extended beyond the season

[Wangball]

He's been hugely unfortunate with injuries, but is lucky insofar as he doesn't have to look far for inspiration to fuel a comeback. His brother, Adam Byrne, bounced back from back to back broken legs to make the Leinster first team this year and isn't far off of the Ireland squad.

[tetsujin1979]

Byrne made his comeback for Everton's U23s a few weeks ago: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/02/08/byrne-delighted-to-return

[Closed Account]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/07/18/new-contract-for-byrne
Sam Byrne (http://www.evertonfc.com/players/s/sb/sam-byrne) says a new one-year contract at Everton has given him a “big boost” after an injury-hit couple of seasons with the Blues.

[Closed Account]

Interestingly names in Evertons 25 man squad. Positive but not sure exactly what it means his chances are

[Olé Olé]

Fair play. Worst scenario would be that he's being given false hope but hopefully not.

[liamoo11]

Been no sign of him in their 23s so far this season

[Olé Olé]

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/2143995/dundalk-on-verge-of-signing-striker-sam-byrne-on-loan-from-everton/

Looks to be heading on loan to Dundalk. That could spell the end of his time at Everton unless he's granted an extension which I doubt is likely.

He'll be competing with two established LOI strikers in Ronan Murray and Pat Hoban at Dundalk so it will be a tough spot to get a run.

[TrapAPony]

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/2143995/dundalk-on-verge-of-signing-striker-sam-byrne-on-loan-from-everton/

Looks to be heading on loan to Dundalk. That could spell the end of his time at Everton unless he's granted an extension which I doubt is likely.

He'll be competing with two established LOI strikers in Ronan Murray and Pat Hoban at Dundalk so it will be a tough spot to get a run.

He'll be going 23 this year. It makes no sense for him to stay at Everton considering he isn't and never has been next nor near the first team squad.

[tetsujin1979]

Released by Everton: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2018/06/08/robles-among-seven-set-to-leave

[liamoo11]

Released by Everton: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2018/06/08/robles-among-seven-set-to-leave
is kinsella still there?

[Olé Olé]

Byrne hasn't made any impact at Dundalk from what I can tell? Hoban and Murray preferred, as well as a couple others.