Homegrown Stars - Gareth Maher

Homegrown Stars - Gareth Maher takes a look at some of the league's most exciting young talents.


One of the most encouraging developments in League of Ireland football recently has been the progression made by a host of talented youngsters. It is becoming more common for young players to try their luck with eircom League clubs, which is a sure sign that the improvements made to the domestic game are convincing players to stick around.

Every club has been working hard to advance their youth set-up, so they can keep producing personnel that will able to feature in their first-team and give them more options in their squad for years to come. With many of those young talents already making an impact at their club, Insider’s View decided to profile five players that have stood out in the first half of this season.


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I was absolutely amazed to see that Kenny Browne didn't
make that list. He is the best defender in the First Division
by a mile and is a very good Premier Division defender, and
is well capable of playing in England.

From what ive seen of Coleman, albeit on MNS, he seems the real deal and Sligo look like they'll be doing well to hang on to him!

As a Dundalk fan i'm not surprised to see Tiarnan Mulvenna on it, hes grasped his chances this season and is without a doubt one of the most exciting prospects in the league. 5 goals this season, even though hes been used sparingly, and you can bet there wil be more to come from him, defenders cant handle his pace!, we may struggle to hold on to him aswell.

Very surprised by our selection. I think most others would agree that John Russell is probably our best player and since he's only 21/22 you'd think he would be young enough to include in this:confused:

At any rate Vinny has improved a lot over the past few months, he still needs to add a few more goals though having only scored two since last July albeit both in the past six or seven games!