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08/07/2005, 1:05 PM
Oh the irony! :p
From the FAI alleged website -
UCD captain Tony McDonnell is the eircom/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Player of the Month for June. McDonnell was inspirational for the Students during the month as they went unbeaten in their four eircom League matches and one eircom League Cup clash.
Back in midfield after a spell at centre half earlier in the season, McDonnell was also in scoring form netting in a 1-1 draw with Shelbourne and a 2-1 victory over Drogheda United.
Now 29, McDonnell is the longest-serving one club man still playing in the eircom League as he enjoys his 13th season at Belfield Park, during which time he has won the First Division, the First Division Shield (both 1995) and FAI Super Cup in 2000.
He also helped UCD reach the eircom League Cup final in 2001, where they lost to St Patrick's Athletic as well as playing in the 2000 edition of the Intertoto Cup. A regular for the majority of those 13 seasons, he has clocked up 248 League appearances and scored 27 goals during his career with the Students.
So that's the good part. Now for the fun part! I've highlighted the errors (or what I think are errors) in the piece above. A disturbing amount!
1) We played three league games, one eL game and one FAI Cup game in June.
2) Not technically an error I suppose, but he also scored in the FAI Cup game.
3) Don't know if this is correct? Think he signed in 1994 (hence his testimonial last season) - which means this is his twelfth season.
4) He didn't play in the InterToto games - think he was injured.
5) He has 250 appearances - it was in the news towards the end of last week and a presentation was made before the Cork game!
It's the same article, more or less, as appeared in the Mirror, so it appears that the FAI aren't entirely to blame this time. But it's still a very poorly researched article and is typical of the couldn't-give-a-toss nature of eL reporting.
From the FAI alleged website -
UCD captain Tony McDonnell is the eircom/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Player of the Month for June. McDonnell was inspirational for the Students during the month as they went unbeaten in their four eircom League matches and one eircom League Cup clash.
Back in midfield after a spell at centre half earlier in the season, McDonnell was also in scoring form netting in a 1-1 draw with Shelbourne and a 2-1 victory over Drogheda United.
Now 29, McDonnell is the longest-serving one club man still playing in the eircom League as he enjoys his 13th season at Belfield Park, during which time he has won the First Division, the First Division Shield (both 1995) and FAI Super Cup in 2000.
He also helped UCD reach the eircom League Cup final in 2001, where they lost to St Patrick's Athletic as well as playing in the 2000 edition of the Intertoto Cup. A regular for the majority of those 13 seasons, he has clocked up 248 League appearances and scored 27 goals during his career with the Students.
So that's the good part. Now for the fun part! I've highlighted the errors (or what I think are errors) in the piece above. A disturbing amount!
1) We played three league games, one eL game and one FAI Cup game in June.
2) Not technically an error I suppose, but he also scored in the FAI Cup game.
3) Don't know if this is correct? Think he signed in 1994 (hence his testimonial last season) - which means this is his twelfth season.
4) He didn't play in the InterToto games - think he was injured.
5) He has 250 appearances - it was in the news towards the end of last week and a presentation was made before the Cork game!
It's the same article, more or less, as appeared in the Mirror, so it appears that the FAI aren't entirely to blame this time. But it's still a very poorly researched article and is typical of the couldn't-give-a-toss nature of eL reporting.