Joe Rafferty was very much a fringe player in his third season at Preston NE. Danny Cowley pleased to have signed him for Portsmouth (The News, 12 July).
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Joe Rafferty was very much a fringe player in his third season at Preston NE. Danny Cowley pleased to have signed him for Portsmouth (The News, 12 July).
Jeff Hendrick signs on a season-long loan for Reading. (The MAG, 12 July).
George Nunn leaves Chelsea for Derby, on a two-year contract.
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2022/07/...-of-new-season
Anselmo Garcia MacNulty, the greatest name in football, is going to Dutch second division side NAC Breda on loan for the season
https://www.nac.nl/nieuws/garcia-mac...basis-naar-nac
Even better than his surprisingly similarly-named NI and QPR counterpart, Amrit Pádraig Singh Bansal-McNulty?
(And neither beats Cristiano Fitzgerald btw)
Ed McGinty moves from Sligo to Oxford Utd on a three-year contract.
https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2022/jul...oxford-united/
Frankie deane has signed for Burnley released by Celtic
Former Wolves and Ireland U-21 midfielder/winger Anthony Forde (28) has left Oxford Utd (League 1) for Wrexham (National League), according to the Wrexham AFC website.
39 transfers, 15 loans, 11 contracts, and two managerial appointments for Irish players in July 2022
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...73560897998394
Jamie Egan (19), Bristol Rovers defender, going on a one-month loan to Gloucester City of National League North (Bristol Rovers FC website).
Deji Sotona signs for Kilmarnock on loan: https://kilmarnockfc.co.uk/news/deji...illie-on-loan/
Interesting one, Ola Lawal joins Falkirk from Chippenham, brother of Bosun Lawal I believe, who has been posted to the Scottish Lowland League back end of nowhere by Celtic with his lesser favoured brother now in a better situation than him. Arguably. Hopefully temporarily too.
https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2022/08/...ns-the-bairns/
Youth international goalkeeper Joe O'Shaughnessy (19) has moved from Wolves to Bradford City on a season-long loan. During last season he had a loan spell with non-league Hednesford Town. (BBC Football, 19 August).
Johnny Kenny loaned to Queens Park…
Would have been as well sticking around Sligo as going to a side who'll be fighting against relegation from Scottish Championship. Celtic is really an awful choice for any young player now.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
There's a bit of money in Queen's Park these days; they're currently joint top of the Championship. Mightn't be as bad a move as two years ago, when they were fourth tier
Absolutely. Waste of a move really with Sligo and LOI Premier Division standard well superior to Scottish Championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I like this move. I had actually hoped for it when I saw him playing for the Celtic colts again in the lowlands/highlands debacle. Stays in Glasgow, has Owen Coyle who is a solid manager, queens park should be reasonably competitive in the scottish championship given their financial backing. He’s still only 19, not 20 until next June. Let’s see if he can prove himself and bang in 20+ goals and take his game to the next level next summer
Very unlikely he'll score anything like that number of goals. The Scottish Championship isn't like the league of Ireland, it's hard, physical, attritional football played on ploughed up grass pitches and even worse astro ones in bad weather through the cold Scottish winter in bleak provincial towns.
If he gets through the season without having lost all enthusiasm for the game he'll have done well.
Don’t bother applying for that job at the Scottish Tourist Board ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
He was wanted by another team at the next level back in January who would have given him a chance in the SPL. His old club just beat a team from the next level home and away knocking them out of Europe. At least it's not Scottish fifth tier but it's still a backwards step from where he was before he moved to Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Stays at his home and plays Scottish championship football, still having access to Celtics facilities. Could have been a lot worse. Beating Motherwell during their preseason while you’re in mid season doesn’t necessarily translate to Sligo Rovers being SPL level….
For what it's worth, a struggling, mid table, Sligo side, who just lost their starting goalkeeper, easily dispatched Motherwell in both legs.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Also, it wasn't suggested they're SPL level, it was suggested they're better than Championship level.
[QUOTE=nigel-harps1954;2121676 it was suggested they're better than Championship level.[/QUOTE]
debatable tbh
Mipo Odubeko (West Ham) is joining EFL 1 side Port Vale on a season-long loan (Port Vale website, 26 August).
Jake O’Brien (CB, 21, Crystal Palace) is to join Belgian First Division B side RWD Molenbeek on a season-long loan, subject to international clearance. (Crystal Palace website, 26 August).
Our next breakthrough keeper? Joe O'Shaughnessy has gone on loan from Wolves to Bradford City: https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news...keeping-ranks/
Callum Robinson has signed for Cardiff City on a three-year contract. (Cardiff City website, 1 Sept)
Anthony Scully to Wigan is a welcome move late in the transfer window
https://wiganathletic.com/news/2022/...-lincoln-city/
Really glad to see that - now we can more directly compare Scully, Keane, Parrott, Obafemi, Idah, Ogbene, Oko-Flex, Robinson, Hogan, Armstrong, Costelloe and KellyQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
25 transfers, 15 loans, nine new contracts, and three managerial appointments for Ireland players in August 2022
http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...85289199096424
Kerry FC forward Daniel Okwute signed for Stockport County; https://www.stockportcounty.com/exci...ns-from-kerry/
Fellow Irishman Paddy Madden currently the main striker and veteran leader at Edgeley Park, but with The Hatters struggling near the foot of League Two, Daniel may well find himself clocking up some minutes earlier than would be usual for a 19 year old.
Didn't see this mentioned anywhere else (apologies if i missed it) but John Ryan of UCD joined Sassuolo of Serie A. Another positive move for an Irish youngster.
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soc...serie-27887850
Pineapple - any intel? (also, were you asleep at the wheel on Thursday not posting this?!)
Ha! It's in the LoI forum transfer thread. I didn't really think he'd be troubling the national team any time soon, so that seemed a better place for it :)
U18 cap, and recent call up to the U19 training camp, Harry Nevin has gone on loan to Stafford Rangers for a month
https://www.pnefc.net/news/2022/sept...fford-rangers/
Bohemians defender Ciaran Kelly signs for Bradford
https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news...-join-bantams/