QuoteFormer Ireland underage cap Rob Kelly has been sacked as Leicester manager.
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...09503,00.html?
Taken from the Indo
Elsewhere, Director of the Wolves academy Chris Evans says there is great excitement in Molineux about the prospects of Irish teenager Stephen Gleeson.
The Dubliner made his first team debut for Mick McCarthy's side as a late sub in Monday's 3-1 win over Hull.
And after making a big impression at Stockport while on loan earlier in the campaign, Evans is tipping the playmaker for big things.
"He is someone who is talked about as playing at a very high level and he does have great ability and a good attitude to match it," said Evans.
Gleeson was so popular during his time at Stockport that the club's supporters made the last day of his loan period "Stephen Gleeson Day" to mark his contribution to their charge for promotion from League Two under ex-Dundalk manager Jim Gannon.
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Former Ireland underage cap Rob Kelly has been sacked as Leicester manager.
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page...09503,00.html?
David Connolly is 3rd in the voting for Sunderland's player of the season, no other Irishman is in the top 6 (a bit surprising considering how many there are). Stokes was up for young player of the season but is not in the top 3.
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There's a clip to Cillian Sheridan's goal against Aberdeen reserves on the Celtic website:
http://www.celticfc.net
Just scroll down to Desktop highlights, click on his name and click play. What a goal.
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
nice goal for a big man, or big kid I guess
Stephen Hunt has scored for Reading
Martin Rowlands scored with a penalty for QPR
Steven O'Leary scored for Luton
Marc Wilson scored for Bournemouth
David McGoldrick scored for Bournemouth
Lee Trundle scored for Swansea
Wes Hoolahan scored with a penalty for Blackpool
Alan Dunne scored 2 for Millwall
Connolly had an assist on Whitehead's goal
Keogh had an assist on Bothroyd's 2nd Goal
Last edited by theworm2345; 14/04/2007 at 5:08 PM.
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Irish Abroad for 14 April 2007
English Premier
Arsenal 2-1 Bolton
No Irish players.
Man City 0-0 Liverpool
Man City's Irish Players: Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland[introduced on 62]
Liverpool's Irish Players: Steve Finnan
Irish bookings: Steve Finnan
Middlesbro 1-3 Aston Villa
No Irish players.
Portsmouth 2-1 Newcastle
Newcastle's Irish Players: Stephen Carr, Damien Duff[substituted on 81]
Reading 1-0 Fulham
Reading's Irish Players: Stephen Hunt, Shane Long[introduced on 70], Kevin Doyle
Irish goalscorers: Stephen Hunt[15]
Irish bookings: Stephen Hunt
Sheff Utd 3-0 West Ham
Sheff Utd's Irish Players: Paddy Kenny, Derek Geary, Alan Quinn[introduced on 61]
I'm not 100% if Luton's Stephen O'Leary is Irish, can someone confirm this?
Football League Championship
Birmingham 2-1 Southampton
Birmingham's Irish Players: Colin Doyle, Stephen Kelly
Southampton's Irish Players: Leon Best
C Palace 2-2 Wolves
C Palace's Irish Players: Clinton Morrison
C Palace's unused Irish substitutes: Mark Kennedy
Wolves's Irish Players: Gary Breen, Darren Potter, Andy Keogh
Wolves's unused Irish substitutes: Stephen Ward, Stephen Gleeson
Cardiff 1-1 Stoke
Cardiff's Irish Players: David Forde, Stephen McPhail
Cardiff's unused Irish substitutes: Willo Flood
Stoke's Irish Players: Liam Lawrence
Coventry 0-4 Preston
Coventry's Irish Players: Jay Tabb
Preston's Irish Players: Wayne Henderson, Sean St Ledger
Hull City 1-1 Colchester
Hull City's Irish Players: Damien Delaney
Ipswich 2-1 Derby
Ipswich's Irish Players: Shane Supple, Alex Bruce, Owen Garvan, Jonathan Walters
Ipswich's unused Irish substitutes: Alan Lee, George O'Callaghan
Irish sendings off: Alex Bruce
Leeds 1-0 Burnley
Leeds's unused Irish substitutes: Graham Stack
Burnley's Irish Players: James O'Connor
Burnley's unused Irish substitutes: Graham Coughlan, Chris McCann
Leicester 1-2 Norwich
Leicester's Irish Players: Conrad Logan
Norwich's Irish Players: Michael Spillane
Luton 1-2 Plymouth
Luton's Irish Players: Kevin Foley, Lewis Emanuel, Keith Keane, David Bell, Stephen O'Leary[introduced on 46]
Irish goalscorers: Stephen O'Leary[51]
Southend 1-3 Barnsley
Southend's Irish Players: Alan McCormack, Kevin Maher, Richie Foran
Barnsley's Irish Players: Nicky Colgan, Martin Devaney
Sunderland 2-1 QPR
Sunderland's Irish Players: David Connolly, Daryl Murphy
Sunderland's unused Irish substitutes: Anthony Stokes, Stephen Elliott
QPR's Irish Players: Martin Rowlands
Irish goalscorers: Martin Rowlands[23, p]
Football League One
Blackpool 4-1 Northampton
Blackpool's Irish Players: Wes Hoolahan
Irish goalscorers: Wes Hoolahan[55, p]
Bournemouth 2-2 Swansea
Bournemouth's Irish Players: Marc Wilson, David McGoldrick
Swansea's Irish Players: Marcos Painter, Thomas Butler, Lee Trundle
Irish goalscorers: Marc Wilson[22], David McGoldrick[60], Lee Trundle[88]
Brentford 2-4 Nottm Forest
Brentford's Irish Players: Kevin O'Connor
Brighton 0-1 Bradford
No Irish players.
Bristol C 2-0 Yeovil
Bristol C's unused Irish substitutes: Richard Keogh
Yeovil's unused Irish substitutes: Adam Rooney
Chesterfield 0-1 Gillingham
Chesterfield's unused Irish substitutes: Alan O'Hare
Leyton Orient 1-1 Doncaster
Doncaster's Irish Players: James O'Connor, Sean Thornton
Millwall 2-2 Tranmere
Millwall's Irish Players: Alan Dunne
Tranmere's Irish Players: John Thompson
Irish goalscorers: Alan Dunne[49], Alan Dunne[67]
Oldham 0-2 Cheltenham
Cheltenham's Irish Players: JJ Melligan
Port Vale 3-0 Crewe
Crewe's Irish Players: Michael O'Connor
Rotherham 0-1 Carlisle
Rotherham's Irish Players: David Worrell
Rotherham's unused Irish substitutes: Michael Keane
Carlisle's Irish Players: Peter Murphy
S****horpe 2-0 Huddersfield
S****horpe's Irish Players: Joe Murphy, Cliff Byrne, Jim Goodwin
Huddersfield's Irish Players: Michael Collins, John McAliskey
Football League Two
Accrington 4-1 Grimsby
Accrington's Irish Players: Robbie Williams
Accrington's unused Irish substitutes: Michael Welch
Barnet 1-1 Bristol R
Barnet's Irish Players: Barry Cogan
Bury 0-1 Swindon
Bury's unused Irish substitutes: John Fitzgerald
Swindon's Irish Players: Barry Corr
Swindon's unused Irish substitutes: Michael Timlin
Hereford 3-0 Boston Utd
Boston Utd's Irish Players: Colin Cryan
Lincoln 0-3 Wrexham
No Irish players.
Macclesfield 2-0 Stockport
No Irish players.
Mansfield 1-2 Rochdale
Mansfield's Irish Players: Stephen Dawson, Barry Conlon
Milton Keynes 1-0 Darlington
Milton Keynes's unused Irish substitutes: Jonathan Hayes
Darlington's Irish Players: Michael Cummins
Notts Co 1-2 Walsall
Walsall's Irish Players: Anthony Gerrard[substituted on 46]
Torquay 1-1 Peterborough
Peterborough's Irish Players: Peter Gain
Wycombe 0-1 Hartlepool
Hartlepool's Irish Players: Willie Boland
Scottish FA Cup
St Johnstone 1-2 Celtic
St Johnstone's unused Irish substitutes: Andy Jackson
Celtic's Irish Players: Aiden McGeady
Excellent! He's the new Terry Dixon, call him immediately
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Keano scored 2 (one penalty) and Kilbane scored in a 3-3 draw this morning
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Excellent goal by Keane too. Typical that he's hitting one of his purple patches when Ireland's next competitive game is 5 months away. Expect him to have his usual slow start to the season when we will need him most.
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Irish Abroad For 15 April 2007
English Premier
Everton 2-1 Charlton
Everton's Irish Players: Lee Carsley
Charlton's Irish Players: Matt Holland[introduced on 55]
Charlton's unused Irish substitutes: Darren Randolph
Wigan 3-3 Tottenham
Wigan's Irish Players: Kevin Kilbane, Caleb Folan[introduced on 66]
Tottenham's Irish Players: Robbie Keane
Irish goalscorers: Kevin Kilbane[60], Robbie Keane[35, p], Robbie Keane[68]
Football League Two
Chester 0-0 Shrewsbury
Chester's unused Irish substitutes: Glen Cronin
English FA Cup
Blackburn 1-2 Chelsea
No Irish players.
Scottish FA Cup
Hibernian 0-0 Dunfermline
Dunfermline's Irish Players: Jim O'Brien
Irish bookings: Jim O'Brien
leicester v norwich 1-2.
Logan was recalled for this one, with both other keepers fit and available as the new manager made some surprising changes to the 16, another one being the dropping of Maybury completely, who had actually done ok in recent games, as had Henderson, who Logan replaced. Yeates remains outside the frame.
Logan did fine on his return, was beaten by an Earnshaw penalty and an own goal from one of his CB's from a corner, he took all crosses well, and some under pressure but he handled them cleanly and at the first attempt. He also kicked well, with good distance, he did tend to overcook kicks onto the right chanel as he looked at it, putting too much on them and 3 or 4 carried right through to his opposite number, but on one occasion he took a back pass on the right hand side of his area, took a touch and kicked superbly right accross the field and onto the chest of his left winger, this was enough to draw widespread applause from a home crowd who arent in a very forgiving mood at present.
He made half a dozen or so stops in the game, including one for the cameras from a shot from distance, which he flew through the air for, as it headed for the top corner and which he palmed behind for a corner, he came twice and didnt claim in the whole game, once rushing out on Huckerby whose lob landed on the roof of the net and once when his defender panicked and kicked it blind downfield and left Logan chasing back to his unprotected net, luckily he wasnt punished on either occasion.
It will be interesting to see of he holds the spot for tuesdays visit of birmingham and for the remainder of the season.
For Norwich, no Doherty but Michael Spillane played in midfield, it was my first chance to have a look at this player, i had thought he was a CB but soccerbase and norwich OS have him down as a midfielder but the OS also says he plays equally well at the back.
He is a tall, rangey and athletic looking player, he wore a cast on his left arm from halfway along his arm to his knuckles and may have gotten his chance through a big injury problem at his club at present. He played the holding position.He took 6 minutes to touch the ball and even then it was just to show for it from a throw and give it straight back to the thrower, but on 9 mins he came off the keeper at a corner and filcked on accross the face of goal brilliantly.
He was good in the air, but usually in an offensive role from corners or from half-cleared throws, when he often headed well from his position outside the area back into the box, but if time allowed i noticed he was happy to bring it down and pick nice passes from these situations also, and had the ability to do so off either foot. He is a constrictive player in posession, looking for and generally finding passes which keep his side in posession and on the front foot when high up the park.
What he didnt do nearly enough of was the basic holding play, taking basic passes from fullbacks or midfielders and finding 10/15 yard balls to keep his side on the ball, he actually only attempted this twice in the match, and on the latter of these occasions, he gave it away cheaply on the edge of his area and was immediately subbed, i dont know if this was connected or not.
He had one goalbound effort blocked and produced one lovely raking diagonal ball over the opposing fullback which put his winger in and his side had a penalty appeal turned down as a result of this.He as subbed with 20 to play, after which his side scored 2 to win the game.
I liked the look of this player, very constructive on the ball, good in the air, made a few well timed tackles,etc, but didnt do enough basic stuff to play the deep middle role yesterday. My pennies are on him ending up as a footballing CB.
here he is: http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/...~36101,00.html
Colin Doyle, David Forde, Wayne Henderson, Shane Supple, Graham Stack, Conrad Logan & Nicky Colgan.
7 Irish goalies playing first team football in The Championship on the same day.
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