Family lives in Killucan I think but don't know if he's of Dub stock. Could well be. Vinny used to rate him very highly when he was here a couple of seasons ago, Dean would have been 17 or so at the time I think.
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Family lives in Killucan I think but don't know if he's of Dub stock. Could well be. Vinny used to rate him very highly when he was here a couple of seasons ago, Dean would have been 17 or so at the time I think.
Dean Clarke played for us against Premiership legends in 2008 under Vinny Perth. He hasnt made his first time debut as of yet but has played in friendlies in the past for us..Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Town lost two nil to St Pats Ath last night in Incicore. Town played pretty well throughout and only for two errors one from the sub keeper Conlon who conceded a peno and a derek glynn I thought we were worthy of a draw. Town team is as follows:
Aaron Shanahan(MOM imo) ,tomas hyland,Kevin Cronin, Derek Tyrell,Philip Byrne, John Lester, JP McDonagh, Mark Sammon(triallist ex Athlone Town thanks ruairi h!),Peter Hynes, Derek Glynn,Ian Byrne(shamrock rovers A ). Subs: Cathal Brady, Niall O'Reilly(ex Athlone town), Chris Deans,Stephen Conlon, Dean Clarke)
Pats look very strong this coming season and had a variety of new signings on display.. shame on the pats gouriers who spat at one of our lads and his wee brother at the game:mad:. They were at our side in the first half acting the big man.. I was ever so glad to have seen them disappear in the second half..
Derek Glynn missed a great chance to equalise whilst on one to one with Gary Rogers and Rogers saved easily from him..there was no sign of David Freeman at the game so I am wondering has there being a change of heart with him coming back?
pardon the pun there marty!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
:confused:dont get what you mean ROG...Quote:
Originally Posted by RockofGibraltar
Saw Mark Sammon play for Pat's last year against Chelsea when he was on trial. I thought looked really good but they never signed him. He ended up at Drogheda but I can't remember him playing. He was a Wolves when he was a chissler.....
He had heart problems when he was with us and thats why he couldnt play for the last few months he was with us, but we looked after him through it all then he did the dirt on us
Did the dirt on you by moving to Longford for a pittance?
Thought your no 7 last night (JP something) looked a good footballer. Centrehalves knew what they were doing too.
Happy enough with our performance. Early days but lots of optimism about (for a change)
A few out of the crowd were thrown out (some were stopped going in too). Disgraceful carry on from a few drunk teens.
Thrown out cause I told the stewards I was leaving after been spat on disgusting little s**mbags, freeman got a cup final jersey and was a no show on the day. a young lad could of got to experience cup final day if he had of been just upfront about it
Yeah he got cup final gear and a new suit etc . Not to mention the extra three weeks wages we paid him because the manager wanted him to be part of things on the day. Still there's no point going on about it forever more. If he's back then hopefully he can contribute something on the field.
Sorry, thought Tallanted was a drogs fan talking about Sammon. Total wrong end of the stick there... Apologies Tallanted
No worries, Sammon looks half decent from the couple games ive seen him in, missed a sitter last night thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Did Sammon feature against Rathcoole?. He'll probably be down for the Cork game I guess.
he came on for hyland after bout 25 mins
:osorry I get you now RockofGibraltar...Quote:
Originally Posted by RockofGibraltar
our no 7 dodge is John Paul McDonagh we signed him from Newbridge Town where Tony Cousins younger brother Andy is manager there..hes a good footballer he should have being in loi sooner only for McDonagh wanting to stay as he has a good job workin at god know what? A Kildare Co fan posted on our forum that a lot of the clubs were after Mcdonagh before so we are delighted we have him now..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
I heard from a Boardroom member that Freeman was joining one minute and not the next and then he was joining again!! Apparently he kept changing his mind so maybe Cousins got tired of been messed around and told him he wasn't interested in signing him anymore. What positions do the two lads from Athlone play in? I could be wrong but is O'Reilly a striker?
Ash would be the man in the know on what postions Mark Sammon and Niall O'Reilly play in... answer him ash please!Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Dead right from Cosuins if that's the case. Freeman was probably holding out for a better offer, I wouldn't think he'll be inundated with them however. Wouldn't be at all bothered if he wasn't around, frees up space for another player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Theres a good mix of young and experienced players in the squad, I never read to much into pre season hopefully we get a good start to season and we will start to see how we are shaping up then
Just checked out the Athlone Town website and Niall O'Reilly is down as been a right back. It must of been Noel McGee I was thinking of!!
is many going to the game tonight? cant make it :(
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Originally Posted by Acornvilla
I am heading to it later.. Dont worry I will have the lineup up tomorrow for ye...
where would i be without you? :)
howd it go lads? many at it? by the way how many would you say were at the rovers game last week?
Lost 4-1. We were pretty competitive for most of the game just gave away some stupid goals. We used 19 players in all so there was a bit of a disjointed look to them in the second half in defence but they were trying to play decent football and could have had a couple more goals. Glynn got our goal which made it 1-1. The only trialists were a lad called Darren Forthy (that's how it was spelt on the team sheet anyway) and Niall O'Reilly.Ian Byrne was there too but Im guessing he must be signed at this stage given he's been playing in all of our games. Cork had a strong first eleven including George O'Callaghan and Kudozivic, Greg O'Halloran and Dave Rogers. Don't know who scored for them but I think Kudozivic may have got at least one. They only had three subs including a Liam Collins who is probably a relation of Roddy's.
with the lack of a stadium announcer it was very hard to fathom who was playing..To the best of my knowledge the first team were:Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
shanahan,tyrell,k cronin,deans,p byrne,lester,brady, mooney, hynes,glynn,mcdonagh subs: Ian Byrne,Conlon,Justin Perrin,Clarke, darren forthy(assume the big tall fellow up front for us wonder is it Darren Forsyth Niall O'Reilly.. Didnt see Darren Forthy on the teamsheet though?:confused:
Daisy took his goal very well.. I was talkin to Mickey Lee at the game and he confirmed to me that hes making a comeback next weekend against UCD... I get the impression with him that he wasnt going to comeback so soon but he must have his travel arrangments sorted for goin to Leixlip... I was delighted Justin made his senior debut in flansiro.. thought he played well when he came on.. Conlon was diabolical yet again when he came on as sub and was to blame for at least one of their goals..
The sporting fingal game isnt finalised as of yet for next weekend as fingal are waiting on FAI approval to host the match...
Yeah he was wearing 14 when he came on. Could well be Forsyth spelt wrong alright but it's definitely spelt Forthy on the team sheet, I took a photo of it for reference purposes. Team according to the team sheet was Shanahan, Hyland, K Cronin, Tyrell, Philip Byrne, Lester. Brady, Mooney, Hynes, Glynn, McDonagh .Subs were Ian Byrne, Darren ?, Niall O'Reilly, Conlon, Deans, McArdle, Perrin, Clarke.
dean clarke came on centre half durin the 2nd half
Yeah I edited that, I'd forgotten him. Did reasonably well when he came on as well.
Was there many there?
To add to more confusion on the Freeman saga I was talking to another lad at the game Sat and he said Freeman has definitely signed but has been out of action the past week or so with a cracked rib!!! So it all remains to be seen!!!
Have to agree with you Martinho. If Shanahan gets injured or suspended during the league we might as well hand the opposition the points or at least do what we did in Kildare 2 seasons ago and put one of our outfield players in goals!!! That third goal Cork got was hilarious!!! He would of got it only he pulled out of the tackle!!! Seriously he can't be that bad can he?!!!! He could just be letting on he's the worst keeper we've had since Kevin 'Bobo the Clown' McCormack and be an absolute legend with the club for years to come!!! Sorry lads wasn't in the country at start of last season to compare him to Brendan Murphy.
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Originally Posted by Keen2win
No one from Cork at it from what I seen. Would of been between 50-100 people at it. Probably closer to the 50 mark from where I was standing!!
[QUOTE=Martinho II;1319779]darren forthy(assume the big tall fellow up front for us wonder is it Darren Forsyth Niall O'Reilly.. Didnt see Darren Forthy on the teamsheet though?:confused:
If its a tall floppy haired dark headed bloke it has to be Forsyth, he recently released by Gateshead, he is utterly horrific with the ball at his feet but good in the air on the end of crosses
He fit that description yeah on all counts really. In preseason related news the UCD game is now on Wednesday at 8.00.
forgot to mention that I heard that too about Freeman..So the only person that I was out was Thomas Hyland for Chris Deans... You couldnt miss Deansy when he came on he was givin Dean Clarke awful grief in defence... I dont think I would agree with that sort of carryon...:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
in other news Mark Sammon who played for us against Pats played for Bray in preseason over the weekend.Ex town player Gary Curran played for Galway Utd up in the Brandywell.
Ya im after hearing that,Whys it changed? That keeper we brought on against Cork Is useless. he needs to be got rid of, or else get his eyes checked and learn when to swing his leg when hes kicking the ball. Thats the second time thats happened. i know it only pre season but it not good enough!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
were playing sporting fingal saturday in leinster senior cup id imagine thats why its changed, id give conlon a bit of time he is still young and never played at this level before. Cronin didnt help him against cork with ths ridiculosly poor back pass
I heard another reason why the game was brought forward.. Apprently theres a player from bohs that is on trial with us tomorrow night and he plays tom nite.. I wpuld trust 100% the person who told me this as my source is very reliable..Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallanted
It's better to have a few days between the games anyway for the players sake as much as anything else. Less chance of injuries.
I am surprised nothing has being mentioned on our forum but a big well done to our club for getting the Premier Division licence.. Its a step in the right direction.. It has being a top class job by the exeutive committee and I would like to congratulate them on their feat as its not an easy thing to achieve these days so well done all!:D