Irish players playing in other European Leagues.

**Colbert Report** · 24/05/2009, 3:27 PM

irishultra: there is nothing wrong with that mindset. Here in Canada, players from around the world come here to play ice hockey because it is played here at the highest level in the world.

Not enough people in Ireland are willing or able to pay the money needed to have a top level development system domestically. Sorry, but that's just a fact.

**zackmorris** · 26/08/2009, 1:40 PM

Diarmuid O Carroll on trial at Ujpest:

http://videocelt.blogspot.com/2009/0...at-ujpest.html

**zackmorris** · 21/02/2010, 11:27 AM

Chris Fagan scored twice on his debut for Jerez Industrial in Spain.

**Razors left peg** · 21/02/2010, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by zackmorris

Chris Fagan scored twice on his debut for Jerez Industrial in Spain.

what league in Spain do they play in?

**superfrank** · 21/02/2010, 12:49 PM

They're in Division 2B, the third level.

**Razors left peg** · 21/02/2010, 3:03 PM

Thanks superfrank

**Dodge** · 21/02/2010, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

They're in Division 2B, the third level.

It should be noted that the third level is regional, and there are 80 clubs at that level

**Yard of Pace** · 25/11/2010, 8:33 AM

I couldn't find a more relevant thread but I was reading there about an 18 year old from Craigavon in NI who's signed for Porto Alegre in Brazil. He's a striker and his name is Ciaran Ryan, a name which would suggest perhaps an affinity with the south. Just thought it was an interesting story.

**Closed Account** · 25/11/2010, 8:44 AM

Wrong thread, Doh!

**Stuttgart88** · 25/11/2010, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by zackmorris

Chris Fagan scored twice on his debut for Jerez Industrial in Spain.

Is that the Glenn Hoddle Academy owned team? The GHA is a "second chance" for players released by their clubs. GH and a team of coaches use a high quality facility to continue training young players, with a view to selling them back into football after a year or two. I think the GHA took over a licensed club that was going bankrupt and provided the team with players free of cost. It circumvents the third party ownership rules and will presumably be a route into European football for a lot of young Latin American footballers in future years.

**AlaskaFox** · 25/11/2010, 11:27 AM

Two Irish over there with Jerez, but there's loads more in other countries.
http://greenscene.me/player-lists/ir...ers-in-europe/

Anyone know anything about the French goalkeeper?

**pineapple stu** · 25/11/2010, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Is that the Glenn Hoddle Academy owned team?

That's the one, yep.

**Charlie Darwin** · 25/11/2010, 2:22 PM

Originally Posted by AlaskaFox

Two Irish over there with Jerez, but there's loads more in other countries.
http://greenscene.me/player-lists/ir...ers-in-europe/

Anyone know anything about the French goalkeeper?

All I can find:

Also drafted into the squad is Stade Rennais goalkeeper, Niall Burdon. The French-born goalkeeper, whose father is from Dublin, earned his first call-up last season at Under-15 level.

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3476

Picture of him here: http://www.staderennais.com/index.ph...0-81&id=FC2376

**BonnieShels** · 25/11/2010, 9:57 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Is that the Glenn Hoddle Academy owned team? The GHA is a "second chance" for players released by their clubs. GH and a team of coaches use a high quality facility to continue training young players, with a view to selling them back into football after a year or two. I think the GHA took over a licensed club that was going bankrupt and provided the team with players free of cost. It circumvents the third party ownership rules and will presumably be a route into European football for a lot of young Latin American footballers in future years.

Great article in this month's WSC about that.

**Stuttgart88** · 26/11/2010, 4:42 PM

Bonnie, I'd be interested in seeing that. Is it online?

**Yard of Pace** · 26/11/2010, 11:41 PM

To read WSC articles for nothing you have to use the old-fashioned (and thoroughly enjoyable) method of standing amongst the other freeloaders leafing through magazines in Easons.

They're archiving the old editions for the past while, some super reading at www.wsc.co.uk, you could spend hours on it.

**Yard of Pace** · 02/10/2013, 8:02 AM

Originally Posted by Umberside

Pat Walker is the manager of Sandefjord in Norway and used to play for Gillingham and Bohemians before playing with several Swedish clubs.

I've heard one of this guy's sons is currently appearing in some kind of Swedish X-Factor-style competition and there's uproar as games have started to be rescheduled due to his TV appearances.....!