From eleven-a-side.com:
After losing highly-rated Barry Ryan to Shamrock Rovers, UCD manager Paul Doolin has moved to increase his goalkeeping options for next season by snapping up out-of-contract former Leyton Orient keeper Barry Andrews.
Ryan – selected on the eircom League Team of the Season – has been widely regarded as the best netminder in the league in recent seasons, and his departure will be a real blow to UCD’s hopes of maintaining their Premier Division status in the coming season.
The Shamrock Rovers newboy – in conjunction with centre half Clive Delaney, now with West Ham – was held up as a major reason behind the club’s climb away from the relegation places last season.
Pat Jennings Jnr, the son of the legendary former Arsenal, Spurs and Northern Ireland goalkeeper, is expected to be the first-choice ‘keeper at Belfield Park for the start of the season, although Doolin’s options have been widened by the signing of a second keeper.
After being released by Orient in the summer of 2000, Dubliner Andrews was unable to nail down a contract in England after a trial with Conference side Hereford United, and returned to Ireland, where he had unsuccessful spells at Bohemians and St Patrick’s Athletic before joining Leinster Senior League side Glebe North.
After losing highly-rated Barry Ryan to Shamrock Rovers, UCD manager Paul Doolin has moved to increase his goalkeeping options for next season by snapping up out-of-contract former Leyton Orient keeper Barry Andrews.
Ryan – selected on the eircom League Team of the Season – has been widely regarded as the best netminder in the league in recent seasons, and his departure will be a real blow to UCD’s hopes of maintaining their Premier Division status in the coming season.
The Shamrock Rovers newboy – in conjunction with centre half Clive Delaney, now with West Ham – was held up as a major reason behind the club’s climb away from the relegation places last season.
Pat Jennings Jnr, the son of the legendary former Arsenal, Spurs and Northern Ireland goalkeeper, is expected to be the first-choice ‘keeper at Belfield Park for the start of the season, although Doolin’s options have been widened by the signing of a second keeper.
After being released by Orient in the summer of 2000, Dubliner Andrews was unable to nail down a contract in England after a trial with Conference side Hereford United, and returned to Ireland, where he had unsuccessful spells at Bohemians and St Patrick’s Athletic before joining Leinster Senior League side Glebe North.
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