19th eircom / FAI International Awards

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Originally Posted by Dodge

I didn't think Spillane was still u19. Remember seeing him play u19s about 2/3 years ago at centre half beside Noel Haverty and thinking he was the only player likely to make the senior side. He was a man amongst boys

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He's one of those players that developed earlier than the norm i.e. he was about 6ft tall at 16, so it wouldn't be hard to look like a man amongst boys :)
Will be interesting to see how he gets on later in his career when he won't have such an obvious advantage.

Ceremony online already on rte.ie: http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/...awards_av.html

Not much interest in this affair but I'd say it was a big night for all the young footballers in for the many underage awards.

U19 Michael Spillane, at last a decent sized midfielder.
U21 Owen Garvan
LOI POTY Brian Murphy, looks to be a fine goalkeeper, as good as I've seen since 3 or 4 recessions ago.