I see in one of the local papers here in London there's a spread on Paul Keegan and Eamon Zayed being talked to by Milwall.
Rather commically, Zayed is described as "well built...." !
David Forde has been Milwall's No 1 choice keeper since the Summer, where the reputation he earned as a shot-stopper at City has continued.
Club history? Founded around thirty years after us, elected to the league fifteen years before us, propped up the table for a bit, had a decent spell in the mid and late 70s, then yo-yoed between divisions for a few decades, racking up debts sufficient that the FAI had to buy their ground from them, before recently buying a little success with money they didn't have. I'm deeply impressed. I'm reasonably sure that before they started mortaging their future, the club had won squat. Maybe there's a cup win somewhere I've forgotten about, but even UCD have that. I'm not sure how this constitutes 'history' we don't have.
Oh, and fans are the guys who turn up when you aren't winning. Drogheda had few enough of those.
You can't spell failure without FAI
I think he may have earned that reputation before joining Derry...
I guess the term "shot-stopper" refers to a keeper who can't catch a cross to save his life and can't kick the ball straight.
To be fair though he's done really well for himself and it's good to see him playing in England.
I remember one game in Belfield that we beat UCD 1-0 and he was unbelievable. Shots on target must have been about 25-1 in UCD's favour!!
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
Facts shmacts, eh?![]()
Funnily enough, some of schumi's earliest UCD memories date from around two years after that.
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