View Full Version : UCD’s Quigley begins trial for Spanish side
BohsFans
22/12/2006, 12:33 PM
:eek:
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=205023812&p=zx5xz45y8&n=205024572&t=sport
22/12/2006 - 13:16:02
UCD goalkeeper Darren Quigley is set for a trial with Spanish second division side UD Vecindario.
Based on the island of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, Vecindario are battling against relegation and are keen to bring in the Ireland 'B' international in the January transfer window.
Meanwhile, Quigley's UCD team mate Gary Dicker will embark on a trial with League One outfit Doncaster Rovers, with a view to a permanent deal.
They're 7 pts. adrift at the bottom.
http://futbol24.com/stat_main_70__2/Spain.html
Student Mullet
22/12/2006, 4:41 PM
They're 7 pts. adrift at the bottom.
Yes but
Based on the island of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, I can see the attraction.
centre mid
22/12/2006, 5:03 PM
Would be good exposure for him if he gets into the side
dcfcsteve
22/12/2006, 5:39 PM
"Based on the island of Las Plamas in Gran Canaria ".....!?!
Las Palmas is a town - not an island. It's Gran Canaria that's the island....!
Christmas always brings the pedant out in me..... :D
dancinpants
23/12/2006, 1:25 AM
"Based on the island of Las Plamas in Gran Canaria ".....!?!
Las Palmas is a town - not an island. It's Gran Canaria that's the island....!
Christmas always brings the pedant out in me..... :D
La Palma is an island.
dcfcsteve
23/12/2006, 2:22 AM
La Palma is an island.
If by "La Palma" you mean 'Las Palmas' - capital city of Gran Canaria - then I can assure you that it is not an island.
It is next to a peninsula - La Isleta - but neither that nor the City itself are islands.
Having undergone emergency surgery and recouperation at the local hospital there, I'm painfully familiar with the area..... :eek:
GavinZac
23/12/2006, 6:59 AM
Would be good exposure for him if he gets into the side
why? :confused: the segunda is rubbish, and this team appears to be extra rubbish.
JC_GUFC
23/12/2006, 9:59 AM
Christmas always brings the pedant out in me..... :D
It must feel like Christmas for you every day! ;)
dcfcsteve
23/12/2006, 10:37 AM
It must feel like Christmas for you every day! ;)
Hell yeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh ! :D
P.S It's a bag of coal for you from Santa now for that.... :)
Dodge
23/12/2006, 10:46 AM
Would be good exposure for him if he gets into the side
Chances are he'd never be herd from again.
pineapple stu
23/12/2006, 10:47 AM
La Palma is an island.
Las Palmas, capital of Gran Canaria.
Bit surprised by this, to be honest. Would have thought Gary Dicker would have gotten the move to the sunny location, but there you go.
Why? The segunda is rubbish, and this team appears to be extra rubbish.
Livi were rubbish, but Hoolahan went there, got a move on and now is talked about moving up from Blackpool again. Similar theory here, I'd imagine. Plus, Real Madrid B are in the same division. How many of us would jump at the chance to say we played against David Beckham? :)
Also a win-win anyway - if he stems the goals against, he's done well; if he doesn't, the team were rubbish to begin with.
Dodge
23/12/2006, 10:55 AM
Similar theory here, I'd imagine. Plus, Real Madrid B are in the same division. How many of us would jump at the chance to say we played against David Beckham? :)
Not really how it worls over there stu... They're treated as totally separate clubs. Segunda games are shown live on local tv stations but crowds are roughly LOI standards.
If you can read Spanish here;s their page on Marca http://www.marca.es/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/vecindario/es/index.html
pineapple stu
23/12/2006, 10:58 AM
Vecindario are the lowest supported team in the division and are averaging about 2,400 a game, compared to a division average of 7,735 according to EFS (http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/current/aveesp.htm). Bit of a stretch to call that roughly eL standards. There's still some decent teams in the division - Gijon, Valladolid, Alaves, Malaga, Las Palmas. Plus, the worst he gets is six months in Gran Canaria!
centre mid
23/12/2006, 11:26 AM
why? :confused: the segunda is rubbish, and this team appears to be extra rubbish.
Still good exposure for him, the lad is class and is a future senior international imo, he will be exposed to other spanish clubs etc...
LeixlipRed
23/12/2006, 2:22 PM
There's still some decent teams in the division - Gijon, Valladolid, Alaves, Malaga, Las Palmas.
Same team Liverpool beat in the UEFA Cup Final a few years back? That's some fall from grace
Poor Student
23/12/2006, 2:28 PM
Still good exposure for him, the lad is class and is a future senior international imo, he will be exposed to other spanish clubs etc...
That's a good point. There's an obvious attraction for Darren with this move. It's about a lifestyle decision more than anything. The team does sound very crap though.
why? :confused: the segunda is rubbish, and this team appears to be extra rubbish.
Feeder club for Deportivo, most of Depors untested players go there for climatisation and to get fit. Xisco is there afaik.
kdjac
http://www.soccer-spain.com/ssdocs/archive2006/transfers06b.html
Their transfers this season (including pre-season)
CollegeTillIDie
23/12/2006, 3:46 PM
It's a great move. Very refreshing to see him breaking the mould of moving to the Anglo-Caledonian set-up cross channel. This if it happens , should be the way all future EL players should be looking to move. Since Buckley and Campbell left the League in 1984 when moving from Shamrock Rovers to continental Europe there have been few if any moves, bar Foley to Ghent last season. Darren will learn a lot about what's required to be a top professional in the game in Spanish football, far removed from technique lacking Leagues cross channel.
pineapple stu
23/12/2006, 5:09 PM
Same team Liverpool beat in the UEFA Cup Final a few years back? That's some fall from grace
Yep. I think Valladolid were in Europe a couple of years back too.
GavinZac
24/12/2006, 5:32 PM
This if it happens , should be the way all future EL players should be looking to move
great attitude
pineapple stu
24/12/2006, 7:46 PM
We've a two page thread berating a player for staying in Division One, but now that someone suggests the best way to move on from the league, people get upset?
The eL is not and never will be the pinnacle of football. It's not indicative of any sort of bad attitude to accept that fact. You can talk about players moving on without having some sort of inferiority complex.
pineapple stu
25/12/2006, 7:16 PM
In fairness, I don't think six months at the team bottom of the Spanish Second Division would give you money enough to buy a house in Ireland!
pineapple stu
26/12/2006, 4:51 PM
With average gates of 2,500 and Spanish ticket prices very low, I doubt he'll make a huge amount of money, to be honest. I would imagine there's a huge difference between Spanish First and Second Divisions, and this crowd are effectively Third Division. It'd be purely a shop window move (if he gets it).
BohsFans
26/12/2006, 11:27 PM
purely a shop window
yeah that's some shop window!
GavinZac
27/12/2006, 10:45 AM
It'd be purely a shop window move (if he gets it).
Yeah, I bet Roy O'Donovan wishes he was in a pathetic team on a remote island hundreds of miles from the mainland in a league only marginally better supported on average than the eircom league. That'd get everyone interested.
pineapple stu
27/12/2006, 12:08 PM
Fortunately he's not in the shop window to the team he's (potentially) moving to. He's in a shop window to former and recent Euroean finalists, recently relegated La Liga teams and Real Madrid B. He's in a league with average attendances three or four times the eL, and your point about distance is just bizarre - sure clubs would never think about travelling a couple of hundred miles to see a player? Or even to play against him? Or even - perish the thought - his team might travel to the bigger clubs for what we call "away games"?!
CollegeTillIDie
31/12/2006, 4:47 PM
stu
Any developments on the Dazza for Canaries story?
DmanDmythDledge
31/12/2006, 4:49 PM
Apparantly it never happened.
pineapple stu
05/01/2007, 5:03 PM
Yeah, in today's Star it says he was at Falkirk when the trial was offered, so he couldn't go. However, Falkirk are unlikely to buy him, so he's going to Spain shortly to have his trial. They say they it's possible they'll sort something during the transfer window. Stockport are supposedly still interested.
Also, the paper confirms that Pat Kavanagh has signed for Birmingham and that the world is round.
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