2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

**Ol� Ol�** · 16/10/2017, 10:12 PM

I've done a bit of digging. His mother's name is Fiona so I assume his Nigerian heritage is on his father's side. Hopefully we are fairly safe.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...63651?mode=amp

http://www.collegecorinthians.com/ad...land-15-squad/

**samhaydenjr** · 17/10/2017, 1:06 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Finished 3-1 to Ireland, Idah with two and O'Reilly with the other. Ireland top the group with a 100% record and concede only one goal in the qualifying round!

Draw for the Elite qualifying round is on 6th December

Originally Posted by Ol� Ol�

Idah is a bloody goal-machine.

By my count, that's eighteen goals for the U-17s for Idah since he started playing for them in August of last year

Originally Posted by liamoo11

it will be an interesting likely totally irrelevant comparison case study to see how 2 of our most talented goalscorers underage Of The last 20 yrs fare over the next 5 years one mccauley at a massive club with crazy resources playing with the best young talent and been coached by Gerard and the other idah at a small club like Norwich With limited resources. Hopefully both go on to play top flight football despite being at such different UK clubs

And don't forget Aaran Connolly, who scored seven in last year's U-17 campaign who's already playing for Brighton's U-23s (played 30 mins tonight) and got some First-team minutes in the Carabao Cup earlier this season.

**tetsujin1979** · 06/11/2017, 5:06 PM

The last of the U17 qualifying groups finished last week, with the Ireland U17s ranked the best of the qualified sides, and Idah the current leading goalscorer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_U...on#Elite_round
Germany and Portugal went straight into the elite round and are the top ranked sides

**liamoo11** · 06/11/2017, 6:39 PM

The north didnt qualify dedpite their undetage players been far superior to ours took two heavy defeats dan mcdonnell wept

**tetsujin1979** · 06/11/2017, 8:49 PM

Originally Posted by liamoo11

The north didnt qualify dedpite their undetage players been far superior to ours took two heavy defeats dan mcdonnell wept

to be fair, they were in a tough group with Belgium and Switzerland

**tetsujin1979** · 06/12/2017, 10:19 AM

draw for the elite round made today, Ireland facing Poland, Georgia and Macedonia

**samhaydenjr** · 07/12/2017, 1:59 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

draw for the elite round made today, Ireland facing Poland, Georgia and Macedonia

Not bad, nothing to fear there, especially with seven of the eight second-placed teams also qualifying - let's hope top-scorer Idah can keep his phenomenal run going and/or Troy Parrott breaks through, after two sub appearances in the qualifying round

**Closed Account** · 15/02/2018, 11:21 AM

Following the inclement weather in Galway, #IRLU17�s clash with Turkey will now take place in Mervue instead of Eamonn Deacy Park this afternoon with a 1pm kick off. #COYBIG

**Closed Account** · 16/03/2018, 11:40 AM

Mentioned in another thread but just keeping it ordered:
http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/irela...fa-elite-round

Republic of Ireland U17 squad
Goalkeepers: Kian Clarke (Shamrock Rovers), Jimmy Corcoran (Cherry Orchard)
Defenders: Nathan Collins (Stoke City), Kameron Ledwidge (Southampton), Oisin McEntee (Newcastle United), Max Murphy (Stoke City), Ray O�Sullivan (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Midfielders: Sean Brennan (Southampton), Barry Coffey (Celtic), Luca Connell (Bolton Wanderers), James Furlong (Shamrock Rovers), Conor Grant (Sheffield Wednesday), Jason Knight (Derby County) Adam O�Reilly (Preston North End), Callum Thompson (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Marc Walsh (Swansea City)
Forwards: Adam Idah (Nowrich City), Jordan McEneff (Arsenal), Troy Parrott (Tottenham Hotspur), Tyriek Wright (Aston Villa)
Fixtures - UEFA European Under-17 Championship Elite Round Group 3
March 21: Republic of Ireland v Macedonia, Stadion Chrobrego Głog�w, Głog�w, KO 17:30 (16:30 Irish Time)
March 24: Republic of Ireland v Georgia, Stadion Chrobrego Głog�w, Głog�w, KO 17:30 (16:30 Irish Time)
March 27: Poland v Republic of Ireland, Stadion Miejski, Legnica, KO 16:30 (15:30 Irish Time)

**Closed Account** · 21/03/2018, 2:27 PM

http://www.uefa.com/under17/index.ht.../match/2023609

**Kingdom** · 21/03/2018, 3:56 PM

Luca Connell is in trouble. Could see Red before ht at this rate.

**Closed Account** · 21/03/2018, 4:46 PM

1-0 Ireland, Idah (pen

)

Article here on Idah recently:
http://www.calciomercato.com/news/ir...re-mouri-10521

Originally Posted by google translation of above

Ireland, here is the heir of Robbie Keane: Idah has also bewitched Mourinho
LIKE TO MOURINHO- A striker of Nigerian origins grew up in the Corinthians College of Cork, his hometown, Idah is a player of great physical skills combined with an excellent basic technique and a moderate speed in tight spaces . These skills convinced the Canaries to engage him after a test match in which he signed a triplet to Peterborough; a vice that with multiple markings, as shown by the 3 goals scored also at Barnsley in an FA Youth Cup match at Carrow Road under the eyes of the first team technician Daniel Farke, who is keeping him under observation. Exactly like the Manchester United of Jos� Mourinho, who in June will lose Zlatan Ibrahimovic and who has seen in Idah a player of sure future .

**Closed Account** · 21/03/2018, 4:51 PM

2-0 Ireland, Brennan

**Closed Account** · 21/03/2018, 4:57 PM

3-0 Ireland, Wright

**tetsujin1979** · 21/03/2018, 5:06 PM

currently 2-2 in the other game in the group between Poland and Georgia, which is a great result for us if it stays that way
Ireland face Georgia on Saturday

**Ol� Ol�** · 21/03/2018, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by joe_denilson

1-0 Ireland, Idah (pen

)

Article here on Idah recently:
http://www.calciomercato.com/news/ir...re-mouri-10521

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Very sprculatory isn't it with the United links? The "Nigerian origin" piece may be lost in translation as, I'm almost certain, his mother is Irish.

**samhaydenjr** · 22/03/2018, 12:16 AM

Great start for the U-17s - let's hope they can get a similar result against Georgia to secure qualification before facing Poland. One concern, though - Troy Parrott came on as a sub after 52 mins and was taken off on 74 mins, which is never a good thing - let's hope it isn't a serious injury

**CraftyToePoke** · 22/03/2018, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by samhaydenjr

Great start for the U-17s - let's hope they can get a similar result against Georgia to secure qualification before facing Poland. One concern, though - Troy Parrott came on as a sub after 52 mins and was taken off on 74 mins, which is never a good thing - let's hope it isn't a serious injury

Is it so that they are the top scoring team in Europe in this and Idah the top scorer in this competition in Europe also ?

**tetsujin1979** · 22/03/2018, 9:47 PM

Highlights on YouTube

**Closed Account** · 24/03/2018, 5:36 PM

Great win today 2-0, Parrot(possible og) and Brennan. FAI twitter saying they've qualified, assumably because it looks like Macedonia beat Poland 1-0, however, some places are reporting Poland 3-0. On mobile so maybe 2 Teams go through.

Forget all that, too much sauce today.