Help with info about irish football

[shaharv]

My name is shahar and i make some project about local leauges in europe, i will be appreciate if you can help me with that quastions:
1- how many Irelands players play aboard (out from ireland). roughly, not the exact number. who is the most famous players that play aboard?
2- which Ireland team get most far in europe tournaments and when it was.
3- what is the number of avarage supporters in in league matches and the national matcesh?
4- which teams have the high and the low budget in the the ireland leauge?
5-the most expensive transfet in ireland and in europe , but just irelands players.
6- WC 2010. what the goal of the national team, did they think that qualified?

Thanks

Shahar

[boovidge]

Hey shahar, you might want to post this in the "eircom league" section because the people who post there regularly know alot about domestic Irish soccer.

[irishultra]

3.I read its 2,500 for League of Ireland Premier matches.

[boovidge]

Question 1:

The vast majority of our players play in England and Scotland.

Question 6:

People expect either a 2nd (playoff place) or 3rd place finish in our qualification group.

[Theskinloyal]

1. All of the Irish national team play abroad. The most famous players are Robbie Keane and Steve Finnan (Liverpool), John O'Shea (Man Utd), Aiden McGeady (Glasgow Celtic), and Damien Duff (Newcastle United).

2. In 2004 Shelbourne FC made the best progress of any Irish team, beating Hajduk Split and qualifying for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League where they lost to Deportivo and then to Lille in the UEFA Cup 1st round. Derry City also got to the UEFA Cup 1st round in 2006 losing to Paris St Germain. In 2008 current champions Drogheda United were eliminated by Dynamo Kiev.

3. Average league games get 1500 - 2000, national team games can get 80,000. Most Irish people don't care about the League of Ireland.

4. Currently nearly every team in the league have huge financial problems therefore it would be difficult say who are the most well off. If I had to guess I would say St Patricks Athletic or Derry City.

5. That would be Robbie Keane who moved from Tottenham to Liverpool over the last summer for 24million. The biggest transfer involving an Irish team is currently ongoing as Dave Mooney from Cork City is expected to move to Reading in England for over 200,000 euros

6. Most people believe that new manager Giovanni Trappatoni will lead Ireland to the World Cup in 2010, I do not believe so as I do not believe the players are committed enough to playing for Ireland.

Hope that helps.

[sullanefc]

5. That would be Robbie Keane who moved from Tottenham to Liverpool over the last summer for 24million. The biggest transfer involving an Irish team is currently ongoing as Dave Mooney from Cork City is expected to move to Reading in England for over 200,000 euros

Alan Bennett and Roy O'Donovan were sold for higher fees than what Dave Mooney is being sold for now. Bennett's fee was closer to €500,000.

[youngirish]

Alan Bennett and Roy O'Donovan were sold for higher fees than what Dave Mooney is being sold for now. Bennett's fee was closer to €500,000.

Both Bennett and O'Donovan were about 500,000 euros.

[Saint_Charlie]

2. In 2004 Shelbourne FC made the best progress of any Irish team, beating Hajduk Split and qualifying for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League where they lost to Deportivo and then to Lille in the UEFA Cup 1st round. Derry City also got to the UEFA Cup 1st round in 2006 losing to Paris St Germain. In 2008 current champions Drogheda United were eliminated by Dynamo Kiev.

That's in recent times alright but didn't someone (Dundalk?) get ridiculously far in the UEFA cup back in the days when it was an open draw and wasn't a complete uphill battle for the little teams?

[Sheridan]

1980, I think. They made the last 16, lost 3-2 on aggregate to Celtic.

[shaharv]

Thanks guys.
Anyone can tell me what is the higt transfer inside the eircom league?
I know it wasn't alot of money...but i need irish player that move bewteen Two irish teams.

[niallsparky]

Thanks guys.
Anyone can tell me what is the higt transfer inside the eircom league?
I know it wasn't alot of money...but i need irish player that move bewteen Two irish teams.

Not sure. The highest I know of would be Chris Turner from Sligo Rovers to Bohemians for about 30k.

[barney]

1980, I think. They made the last 16, lost 3-2 on aggregate to Celtic.

It was the European Cup AFAIK and you're spot on, they got to the second round/last sixteen having won a preliminary round and first round tie.

Also to the joker who says Ireland wont qualify coz the players aren't committed enough :confused::confused::confused:

[Theskinloyal]

You rang?

[Dublin12]

2- which Ireland team get most far in europe tournaments and when it was.


Celtic..European cup winners 1967:eek: :D :p

[Mayo_Bhoy]

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