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red bellied
14/10/2007, 9:34 PM
Reckon Sligo Rovers first black player was in the 82/83 season was called Mick Grahman and he was from the Sheffield area. He scored the the all important equalising goal in the first game against Cobh in 1983 cup semi final. Think there was a different black lad that could of played for Rovers before that?

Thats Mick on the left 1983! (http://homepage.eircom.net/~sligoroverssc/Top100/Top100f.htm) keep scrolling down to the end of the page.
kdjaC
14/10/2007, 9:52 PM
1981-1982
St Patrick's Athletic

Gwan guess who :confused:

Think Bohs had a black player in the 70s not sure tho.

kdjac
shelbourne1904
14/10/2007, 10:50 PM
Ray something Drogheda 1969
pineapple stu
14/10/2007, 11:04 PM
Honestly can't remember a black player at UCD.
LukeO
14/10/2007, 11:36 PM
Darky Keogh?

And I'm not being racist by calling him that. That's what he was known as everywhere.
Patrick Dunne
14/10/2007, 11:41 PM
An iconic figure who apparently played for Sligo Rovers (briefly) in the 1960s.

According to Eamon Sweeneys tome about the Bit O'Red, he was one of the worst players to play for Shhhligo.
Risteard
15/10/2007, 12:20 AM
1981-1982
St Patrick's Athletic

Gwan guess who :confused:


Ooh?
Aah?
CollegeTillIDie
15/10/2007, 7:16 AM
pineapple stu

UCD had a Nigerian student played in the FAI Cup runs during the mid 1950's played in the same team as Brian Lenihan (RIP). Cannot spell or pronounce the name. We also had Native Canadian Sammy Saundh who played for us in the 1981/82 season on loan from the Vancouver Whitecaps. He didn't get irony though. Sammy Saundh was a very slightly built winger standing 5 foot 5.
Regular encouragements from the sideline included '' Come on Sammy Use your height! Come on Sammy through your weight around !'' :D
shelbourne1904
15/10/2007, 8:18 AM
Darky Keogh?

And I'm not being racist by calling him that. That's what he was known as everywhere.

You'right Ray Keogh.....but I never the other name!!!
oriel
15/10/2007, 8:31 AM
Dundlak had a great striker called Benny Laryea, season 1984/85 - he played the full season too, scored over 10 league goals if i recall correctly - was a cult figure - really popular player - went back to England for the next season, think he played div 4 with torquay - then driffted to non lge.
pineapple stu
15/10/2007, 12:44 PM
Ooh?
Aah?
Curtis Fleming?
Sam_Heggy
15/10/2007, 12:49 PM
Mukendi would have played for Derry and Harps in the 80's AFAIK.
Jerry The Saint
15/10/2007, 1:16 PM
Curtis Fleming?

In 1981:confused: He's aged tremendously well - looks a lot better than Felix :)
drummerboy
15/10/2007, 1:18 PM
A lad called Tony Owens played for Home Farm back in the mid 70s.
ghBohs
15/10/2007, 1:21 PM
Thats Mick on the left

Thanks for the directions RB. I'd never have picked him out of the team line up.
Jerry The Saint
15/10/2007, 1:34 PM
Thats Mick on the left 1983! (http://homepage.eircom.net/~sligoroverssc/Top100/Top100f.htm) keep scrolling down to the end of the page.

Can't believe you missed this guy ;)


Paddy "black" Rooney

Black Rooney was a full back who played for Rovers in their Junior days from 1932 to 34. He won a Leinster Senior League winners medal and an Intermediate Cup winners medal. In that time he scored four goals for the club. He left in 1934 to join Athlone Town although he returned to Rovers in 1937
pete
15/10/2007, 4:07 PM
Paul McGrath first LOI black player?

Not sure who the first City player was as many loan players from the UK in the early 90s. Probably the first I noticed was Jason Kabia who despite being largely useless won more than his fair share of free kicks. We certainly had our fair share of useless non-black players too.

IMO there was a stage in Irish football when people thought players better than they actually were just because they were black. This was a time when not many foreign black people in this country especially outside urban areas & Dublin in particular. Possibly all foreigners were thought be better as could not have Irish professional footballers.
gufct
15/10/2007, 4:23 PM
Didnt Clyde Best play for Pats under Barry Bridges was it.
Knappagh Red
15/10/2007, 4:42 PM
1950's=Patrick Dunne;790279]An iconic figure who apparently played for Sligo Rovers (briefly) in the 1960s.

According to Eamon Sweeneys tome about the Bit O'Red, he was one of the worst players to play for Shhhligo.[/quote]
Ojo appeared in the 1950's I would think he was the first black player to play in the league almost 30 years before a little team from Galway joined. I can understand why you can't spell Sligo because of your Irish language hangover that the rest of the country dumped 100 years ago, and ye call us backward!
Patrick Dunne
15/10/2007, 9:55 PM
Anyone who describes their own language and culture as a "hangover" is backward.

Back on topic. GUFC signed three Bajan internationals in the 1990s, they were our first non-Caucasian players.
sonofstan
15/10/2007, 10:00 PM
Anyone who describes their own language and culture as a "hangover" is backward.


Bite!
CollegeTillIDie
16/10/2007, 5:30 AM
1950's=Patrick Dunne;790279]I can understand why you can't spell Sligo because of your Irish language hangover that the rest of the country dumped 100 years ago, and ye call us backward!

The country with no culture of it's own is not a real independent state. And the fact that you were too incapable to learn your own language says a lot more about your incapacity to cope with more than one language than anything.
Why don't you go the whole hog and invite the British back to rule us?

Back on topic. Incredibly ironic, that the town Benny Laryea plied his trade in this country, is one of the most xenophobic and racist spots in the Republic.
AustinoAsprilla
17/10/2007, 11:01 AM
Ooh?
Aah?
Cantona?
Dodge
17/10/2007, 11:10 AM
Didnt Clyde Best play for Pats under Barry Bridges was it.

Don't think so.
alkev
17/10/2007, 12:50 PM
You'right Ray Keogh.....but I never the other name!!!

Ray Keogh played for Drums in the early sixties he was a fantastic footballer and got some Inter League caps. He must have been at the end of his playing days if he was with Drogs in 1969.

He was never referred to as darkey in his Drums days but was called "Blessed Martin" by some Drums fans after the now saint, because of their similarities.

As I said he was a great player and will be a Drums legend forever
GuisaSaigon
17/10/2007, 1:44 PM
Ooh?
Aah?
Johnny Morris Burke:D
dortie
17/10/2007, 7:38 PM
Nelson Da Silva (RIP) and Owen 'Supero' Da Gama...DCFC 86
CollegeTillIDie
17/10/2007, 7:44 PM
dortie

What about Jose Mokendi ( a.k.a Joey McKenzie) who played for the Stripes an Harps in his time ?. A contemporary of Da Silva and Da Gama I think.
dortie
17/10/2007, 8:38 PM
dortie

What about Jose Mokendi ( a.k.a Joey McKenzie) who played for the Stripes an Harps in his time ?. A contemporary of Da Silva and Da Gama I think.

Yep, he was mentionied earlier on the thread, Jose was with us 85 i think, he was always a crowd favourite for different reasons...his son lives in Derry.
Martinho II
21/10/2007, 6:55 PM
Johnny Morris Burke:D

brings back memories when jmb played for us around 1988 to early nineties! oh the memories!!:)
Ronnie
23/10/2007, 11:24 AM
What about Haysham El Kershi, legendary Egyptian who graced Abbeycartron in the 80's!
CollegeTillIDie
23/10/2007, 2:08 PM
Haysham El Khershi ( Arab names get different English spellings depending on the translator) was as I understand it a Lawyer married to a Longford woman.
At one point he was considered one of the '' local'' players in the squad.
From Alexandria to Abbeycartron... Haysham you can use that as the name of your autobiography. :D