Irish Abroad 2015/16 [Archive]

tetsujin1979

02/07/2015, 9:14 AM

Less than a month after the Champions League final, the new season for Irish players based in England and Scotland starts tonight with West Ham, Aberdeen and St Johnstone kicking off their Europa League campaigns in the first qualifying round.

Josh Cullen and Joey O’Brien are named in the West Ham squad for the EL, but Darren Randolph misses out for now, since he only officially signed for them on July 1st. The Hammers’ game against Andorran side FC Lusitans will be streamed live on whufc.com for anyone who wants to watch it: http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/July/1-July/Europa-League-live-on-whufc-com (http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/July/1-July/Europa-League-live-on-whufc-com)

Graeme Cummins could make his debut for St Johnstone against Alashket of Armenia, with Joe Shaughnessy also expected to feature

Adam Rooney, Jonathan Hayes and Willo Flood have travelled with the rest of the Aberdeen squad to Macedonia for their tie with Shkëndija

The live blog will be running tonight with the lineups, and updates here: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live (http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live)

nigel-harps1954

02/07/2015, 1:08 PM

Darren Randolph has been named to start for West Ham. They announced their starting lineup yesterday. Joey O'Brien also starts.

tetsujin1979

02/07/2015, 1:41 PM

Darren Randolph has been named to start for West Ham. They announced their starting lineup yesterday. Joey O'Brien also starts.
I didn't see that, some of the West Ham forums were saying he wasn't eligible. good news that he's starting anyway.

nigel-harps1954

02/07/2015, 2:32 PM

Joe Shaughnessy down to start for St Johnstone in Europa League. Graham Cummins not in the squad.

tetsujin1979

02/07/2015, 3:04 PM

Short interview with Kyle McFadden talking about trying to find a new club this summer: http://www.shoot.co.uk/category/news/former-norwich-star-seeking-a-fresh-challenge/

Stuttgart88

03/07/2015, 8:03 AM

Irish teenager Rian O'Sullivan from Kerry signs for Brighton, under John Morling

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?323851-O-Brighton-and-Hove-O-Albion

TheOneWhoKnocks

06/07/2015, 11:00 AM

19 year old winger Dean O'Halloran has signed a renewed deal until December 31st 2015.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2015/july/06/trio-sign-extensions

He already has a full sleeve of tattoos so he must be close to the first team.

tetsujin1979

06/07/2015, 11:23 AM

This is Dean O'Halloran
http://inpho.ie/cache/inpho/6d/11/fe/e7d9e34e3752d790d9a5f2b4f817c9b221f37739c2/INPHO_00730058.jpg

TheOneWhoKnocks

06/07/2015, 11:51 AM

I know. Since that picture was taken he has acquired a full sleeve. Is the upper arm part of the sleeve?

Here is a more recent pic.

http://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/dean-o-halloran

TheOneWhoKnocks

06/07/2015, 6:12 PM

This one slipped under the radar...

http://www.vavel.com/en/football/499611-bantams-release-yeates-as-clear-out-continues.html

Mark Yeates released by Bradford.

tetsujin1979

06/07/2015, 8:59 PM

Cliff Byrne has retired from football, and will take up a coaching role at Sunderland: https://twitter.com/cliff_byrne/status/618143368749694976

TheOneWhoKnocks

09/07/2015, 3:07 PM

Tom Holland has signed a one-year deal with Swansea.

https://twitter.com/SwansOfficial/status/619127942489219073

TheOneWhoKnocks

25/07/2015, 1:54 PM

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/new-signing-catches-eyelid-training-6135651

Graham Cummins got his eyelid caught in a zip.

gastric

26/07/2015, 2:20 AM

We will all be keeping a close eye on this to see his explanation!

gastric

27/07/2015, 10:22 AM

Greg Cunningham supposedly moving to fellow new boys - Preston.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-City-left-Greg-Cunningham-set-join/story-27486789-detail/story.html

tetsujin1979

28/07/2015, 8:44 PM

Harry Charsley was Everton U18 player of the season for 2014/15 and also scored the U18 goal of the season
Player of the Season: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/05/20/under-18s-player-of-the-year
Goal of the Season: http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/05/30/charsley-pleased-with-goal-gong

Charlie Darwin

06/08/2015, 5:05 PM

Randolph and Cullen both start for West Ham away at Astra.

tetsujin1979

06/08/2015, 5:10 PM

Randolph and Cullen both start for West Ham away at Astra.
it's a massive gamble by Bilic. they need a win, and he's made eleven changes, including those two!
If I didn't know any better, I'd swear he didn't want to qualify for the next round. Of course, it could be he doesn't want players exhausted from travelling before playing Arsenal on Sunday

Charlie Darwin

06/08/2015, 5:57 PM

it's a massive gamble by Bilic. they need a win, and he's made eleven changes, including those two!
If I didn't know any better, I'd swear he didn't want to qualify for the next round. Of course, it could be he doesn't want players exhausted from travelling before playing Arsenal on Sunday
I suspect they've just packed it in.

liamoo11

07/08/2015, 9:05 PM

Good to see rea on the bench tonite for brighton hopefully will see a good bit of action this year

tetsujin1979

08/08/2015, 11:26 AM

Live blog up and running again for the new season: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
All the excitement of watching numbers change on a page!

Closed Account

08/08/2015, 1:03 PM

Live blog up and running again for the new season: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live
All the excitement of watching numbers change on a page!
O'Shea suprisingly left out in favour of Kaboul and Coates. Won't be long before Advocaat realises that both those players are accidents waiting to happen

TheOneWhoKnocks

08/08/2015, 2:28 PM

No Grego-Cox, Manning, B. Lenihan, D. Lenihan or O'Sullivan in match day squads this afternoon.

Still hard for young Irish players to get a look in in the top 2 divisions.

TheOneWhoKnocks

08/08/2015, 3:13 PM

Four Irish players have scored on their debut so far today; they are Conor Wilkinson, Graham Carey, Barry Corr and Padraig Amond.

Four Irish players have scored in the same minute (49). A record, perhaps? They are Damien Delaney, Jay O'Shea, John-Joe O'Toole and Graham Carey.

James Collins has scored for Shrewsbury.

Barry Corr on course for a debut hat-trick for Cambridge.

John Egan scores Gillingham's third against Sheffield United. Egan and (Jay) O'Shea are two players that could still make moves before the end of the window.

Graham Cummins now has 2 goals from 2 games for St. Johnstone without even making a start, after his last minute equalizer this afternoon. Doesn't say a lot about the standard of the SPL.

Charlie Darwin

08/08/2015, 9:38 PM

O'Shea suprisingly left out in favour of Kaboul and Coates. Won't be long before Advocaat realises that both those players are accidents waiting to happen
Took about 10 minutes.

No Grego-Cox, Manning, B. Lenihan, D. Lenihan or O'Sullivan in match day squads this afternoon.

Still hard for young Irish players to get a look in in the top 2 divisions.
Usual story. Start of the season and managers are still excited with their shiny new signings. Once they realise most of them are rubbish, the younger players will start to get a look in.

Closed Account

11/08/2015, 1:32 PM

An average start to the Fantasy Football season for Martin O'Neill (36 out of a possible 43)
http://i.imgur.com/roE7lxm.png

tetsujin1979

11/08/2015, 1:34 PM

Should have picked Delaney as captain

Charlie Darwin

11/08/2015, 2:01 PM

Clark is on the Guardian's team of the week and Delaney made Goal's. I guess solid defending doesn't rake in the points.

TheOneWhoKnocks

11/08/2015, 2:11 PM

Clark also made Goal's worst team of the week.

tetsujin1979

11/08/2015, 2:44 PM

Clark made whoscored.com's team of the week as well

nigel-harps1954

12/08/2015, 7:18 AM

liamoo11

12/08/2015, 1:53 PM

Olé Olé

12/08/2015, 2:30 PM

Another player eligible for us last night made his debut for Stevenage. Letterkenny lad Dale Gorman came off the bench for Stevenage in their League Cup game at Portman Road against Ipswich Town.

He's from Letterkenny, just turned 19 at the end of June, son of former Harps, Coleraine and Linfield midfielder Anthony Gorman, but plays currently for Northern Ireland at under-19 level.

I have a nagging memory of DI posting something about this lad but don't know where.

I've had a root on the web about his father and it appears that his father was playing in the North when Dale would have been born: http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.anthony.gorman.75201.en.html From 93-04 he was playing in the North having been in the LOI previous to that.

That link states that his father's club was Waterford so, if this is correct, is his aul man a Waterford man? In this case, he could have married a Northern Irish woman and/or Dale was born there, hence Dale plays for NI even though he resides (when he's not at Stevenage anyway) in Donegal.

nigel-harps1954

12/08/2015, 6:52 PM

I have a nagging memory of DI posting something about this lad but don't know where.

I've had a root on the web about his father and it appears that his father was playing in the North when Dale would have been born: http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.anthony.gorman.75201.en.html From 93-04 he was playing in the North having been in the LOI previous to that.

That link states that his father's club was Waterford so, if this is correct, is his aul man a Waterford man? In this case, he could have married a Northern Irish woman and/or Dale was born there, hence Dale plays for NI even though he resides (when he's not at Stevenage anyway) in Donegal.

Not sure where the Waterford link comes in, apparently started his career there, however strange that is because he is born and bred Letterkenny. His brother Gareth also played League of Ireland with Sligo and Galway.

Dale may well have been born in Portadown while Anthony was up playing there, but he was reared in Letterkenny, his father and grandfather both well known in Letterkenny too. Had always thought Anthony kept base in Letterkenny while playing up the North. My suspicion is that Dales mother is from across the border and he qualifies via that.

Olé Olé

12/08/2015, 7:31 PM

Not sure where the Waterford link comes in, apparently started his career there, however strange that is because he is born and bred Letterkenny. His brother Gareth also played League of Ireland with Sligo and Galway.

Dale may well have been born in Portadown while Anthony was up playing there, but he was reared in Letterkenny, his father and grandfather both well known in Letterkenny too. Had always thought Anthony kept base in Letterkenny while playing up the North. My suspicion is that Dales mother is from across the border and he qualifies via that.

Here we are: http://foot.ie/threads/147164-Eligibility-Rules-Okay/page82

Young 15 year old Letterkenny native Dale Gorman has declared for the Northern Irish under 16 team.

His father Anthony Gorman played for the Republic of Ireland Youth team for a couple of years and played most of his football in the Irish League.

Dale Gorman was born in Derry but has lived in Letterkenny all his life. He has played for Donegal Schoolboys at the Kennedy Cup, Galway Cup & Foyle cup at different age groups.

I wish him the best. At the end of he day its a great opportunity/experience for the young lad. I see on the IFA website that he played in the 2 games for the Northern Irish under 16's in Finland last week.

It appears that the Republic coaches thought he was abit on the small side. I would certainly have question marks over the emerging talent programmes. Are we just looking to bring through 6 foot plus lads. Strange.

http://www.irishfa.com/news/item/6777/under-16s-triumph-in-finland/

Someone else posted that he went to school in Letterkenny. So, it appears he qualifies through birth in Derry and the possibility of an NI mother.

I would imagine he'd be good enough for our underage set-up with, for instance, Jack Connors of Dagenham & Redbridge a regular in our under 21 squads for a while.

Closed Account

30/08/2015, 11:10 AM

good to see rea play full game for brighton. Donal mcdermott scored for rochdale and also started on saturday which is an amazing turn around from where he was at dundalk and aferwards. Lenihan and o sullivan played for blackburn but they went out. Garmston played for gillingham.
Glen Rea has gone on loan to Southend until January. Played 2 games at CB for Brighton in the League Cup this season.

Quite the Irish contingent at Southend now:
Bolger Rea
Keegan Timlin McLaughlin
Hunt Mooney

Olé Olé

31/08/2015, 10:59 AM

Glen Rea has gone on loan to Southend until January. Played 2 games at CB for Brighton in the League Cup this season.

Quite the Irish contingent at Southend now:
Bolger Rea
Keegan Timlin McLaughlin
Hunt Mooney

Phil Brown must have a soft spot for us. In 2009/2010 (his last season in charge of Hull and second in the PL), he had McShane, S. Hunt, Caleb Folan and Kevin Kilbane all in and around the starting team. Hunt and McShane were regulars and Kilbane got his fair share of games. I could be wrong but I think he signed most of them (EDIT: In fact, he signed all four of them).

On a by note, I was listening to Stephen Hunt co-commentating on Newstalk on Southampton v Norwich. He makes it fun to listen to and provides insights, even if his analysis isn't always incredibly technical. At one point, he was referring to how Russell Martin had been sent off and that clubs tend to fine players and how, because Neil is Scottish as well as Martin, the fine would hurt Martin a lot because "the Scots are fairly tight." He then goes "Did I mention Christophe Berra. Played with him at Wolves. He was injured for the Ireland game. He's very tight, did I mention?" Clearly grinding an axe with an old teammate and spouting a generalisation but it was quite funny at the time, I thought.

cestlavie

31/08/2015, 7:26 PM

Here we are: http://foot.ie/threads/147164-Eligibility-Rules-Okay/page82

Someone else posted that he went to school in Letterkenny. So, it appears he qualifies through birth in Derry and the possibility of an NI mother.

I would imagine he'd be good enough for our underage set-up with, for instance, Jack Connors of Dagenham & Redbridge a regular in our under 21 squads for a while.

Dale Gorman has Just been called up for Northern Ireland u21 team to play Scotland & Iceland. Some good players in that team. Ryan McLoughlin (Liverpool currently on loan to Aberdeen, Liam Donnelly Fulham currently on loan to Crawley Town & boys like Michail Kennedy who scored recently in the league cup for Charlton. Josh Doherty Watford & Michael Duffy ex Derry City Celtic on loan to Alloa Athletic. I see some of them have played for the full Northern Ireland team in friendlies. Young Patrick McNair is still eligible to play at this level but is with the senior squad.

BTW: Dales mother is from Letterkenny. He was just born in Altnagalvin Hospital in Derry but has never lived in the North. He is Donegal through & through. It looks like his fathers Wiki page was deleted.

https://twitter.com/OfficialIrishFA

Announced on Aug 28th. Sorry my print screen is not working.

tetsujin1979

31/08/2015, 11:25 PM

Searching around for info on the U17 squad, came across this article about Caoimhin Fowler from a few years ago: http://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/local-sport/the-world-awaits-star-quivi-as-cairns-caoimhin-fowler-gets-on-all-the-right-radars/story-fnjpuwsz-1226784583323
and this about Ryan Nolan of Inter Milan: http://nosoloefese.es/not/14213/el-jugador-ryan-patrick-nolan-de-la-ef-torre-pacheco-firma-por-el-inter-de-milan-rlm-/

tetsujin1979

02/09/2015, 10:22 AM

List of all Irish player transfers from Summer 2015 transfer window: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=3504590965492396984

tetsujin1979

11/09/2015, 12:21 AM

The teams in the group stage of the UEFA Youth League have submitted their squads
Arsenal have U17 player Marcus Agyei-Tabi in their squad: http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2016/clubs/club=2605532/squad/index.html
Manchester City have included Aaron O'Driscoll in their squad: http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2016/clubs/club=2605445/squad/index.html
Manchester United have named James Dunne in their squad: http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2016/clubs/club=2605444/squad/index.html

liamoo11

14/09/2015, 7:27 PM

lyden gooch who played for our under 18s at some stage was on the bench a few weeks ago for sunderland but seems he is firmly with the us now

Paddy Garcia

15/09/2015, 7:22 AM

lyden gooch who played for our under 18s at some stage was on the bench a few weeks ago for sunderland but seems he is firmly with the us now

"It’s a great honour to represent your country. It’s been really good and hopefully I can break into America’s U23 squad soon" From an interview this week.

Also named Barclays U21 Premier League Player of the Month!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3226683/Sunderland-starlet-Lynden-Gooch-named-Barclays-U21-Premier-League-Player-Month-American-teenager.html

tetsujin1979

15/09/2015, 10:46 AM

Conor Masterson training with the Liverpool senior team last week: http://gty.im/487534842

tetsujin1979

02/10/2015, 11:25 AM

Irish Abroad player appearance statistics for September 2015: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=5862642449743036271

tetsujin1979

04/10/2015, 6:37 PM

Might be reading too much into Kyle Callan-McFadden's recent activity on twitter, but it looks like he's going to sign for Orlando City - https://twitter.com/KyleMc4/

Olé Olé

05/10/2015, 5:23 PM

Might be reading too much into Kyle Callan-McFadden's recent activity on twitter, but it looks like he's going to sign for Orlando City - https://twitter.com/KyleMc4/

I noted that too so I did a bit of rooting. That Harrison Heath that he retweeted is the manager of Orlando City's son. Harrison was in the youth system at Norwich from 2012 to 2014 and is the same age as Kyle. Fingers crossed for him.