Ward turns down Norway move

Ward turns down Norway move


Bohemians and Republic of Ireland under-21 star Stephen Ward has decided against a proposed move to Norwegian top flight side Fredrikstad. Ward has been linked with several clubs across the water over the past 18 months, spending time on trial at Sunderland while Ipswich Town were also monitoring his progress.

The 21-year-old helped the Irish under-21s to victory over Greece in a Uefa qualifier last week and is again expected to play a central role when Belgium come to Galway next week.


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he would be a loss to the league if he ends up moving :( he is a terrific player :)

Ah pox, I was hoping he's be out of the cup game! Probably a smart move by him though. If he has patience I'm sure he'll get a better move than Norway.

I reckon Bohs are not too happy that he turned this down as he is quoted as saying that he is out of contract at the end of this season and would prefer to move to England as he will be a free agent!

Anything less than a move to Championship is astep down for eircom league players now. He did the right thing turning down a move to Norway.

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Originally Posted by finnpark

Anything less than a move to Championship is astep down for eircom league players now. He did the right thing turning down a move to Norway.

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So your telling me a player in the eL (for example - Finn Harps, Bray, Kildare, UCD, St. Pats, Longford etc....) would be taking a step down if they moved to a club like Notts Forest, Port Vale, Tranmere, Bradford or Brighton ?

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Originally Posted by BrayUnknowns

So your telling me a player in the eL (for example - Finn Harps, Bray, Kildare, UCD, St. Pats, Longford etc....) would be taking a step down if they moved to a club like Notts Forest, Port Vale, Tranmere, Bradford or Brighton ?

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I was on about the top players in the eircom league so most teams mentioned above would not have these. For most players moving to Div 2 clubs in England (league 1) would have no real benefit for their career. In fact they would have more chance of being spotted playing in Europe and Eircom league than playing in the English 3rd division.

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Originally Posted by Raheny Red

I reckon Bohs are not too happy that he turned this down as he is quoted as saying that he is out of contract at the end of this season

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you really should have read it right, as he's out of contract at the end of NEXT season (ie Nov '07).

Still a prck for saying that.

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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

Still a prck for saying that.

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He's just repeating what his "advisor" Don Givens told him to say. Givens has brainwashed him at this stage.

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Originally Posted by ifk101

He's just repeating what his "advisor" Don Givens told him to say. Givens has brainwashed him at this stage.

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Surely you are wrong there .... i mean Givens is an employee of the FAI, he would only be working in Irish footballs and the domestic leagues interest :eek: