Was just reading about it, delighted for him (and a little for Hartlepool after Stelling's antics).
Mark O'Brien Twitter
Last edited by DeLorean; 06/05/2017 at 10:15 PM.
I couldn't help notice a Balls.ie tweet on Saturday saying "Incredible scenes. Absolutely gutted for Jeff."
They did make a 'by the way' reference to "Dubliner Mark O'Brien" in the article that went along with the tweet, but you'd think for any self respecting Irish sports website that would have been the story.
Or, indeed, as one person also replied, "Forget over the top Jeff, more gutted for @padraigamond21".
Anyway, the BBC paid a nice little tribute to Newport's great escape...
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39839371
Mark O'Brien, a name which will forever be remembered by Jeff Stelling of Sky Sports:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/f...ndits-12998097
The three different reactions are what we have all felt at times and this time I don't think it's just Sky hype.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Extensive and very good interview with O'Brien on Newstalk while ago. Was going around on circles for a bit at the start but I'd blame the questions more than him for that. Worth listening til the end I think when it's up on the podcast.
Interview here... might have to skip past a little bit at the start.
http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Off...l__Mark_OBrien
Great performance tonight by O'Brien - really impressive.
Good to see - at 26, there's still the chance that such an eye-catching performance could lead to a bigger club taking a punt on him - if there's been no extension that I'm unaware of, his contract expires in May and will be available for free - so not much to lose for a frugal Championship club, say. He's had a tough time with injuries, so I'm sure nobody would begrudge him leveraging today's game to get a good contract in the Summer
Agree - did a better job at shutting out the City attack than some Premier defences.
Two years after scoring the goal that kept Newport in the Football League, he scores the opening goal in a victory that puts them into the play-off positions: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48018491
This lad deserves good thing. Worth remembering he played in the championship as a 17 year old
New two-year contract at Newport - https://twitter.com/NewportCounty/st...44443152146432
Good to see the positive comments despite possibly costing them promotion last weekend, he seems to be a very important player for them and still, somehow, only 26
https://www.newport-county.co.uk/new...igns-new-deal/
Has to retire due to his ongoing heart problems, only 27: https://www.newport-county.co.uk/new...ub-news-15-06/
Interviewed on the Life Outside Of Sport podcast
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR...gxYWMzZDM4Y2E3
Here's the amazon link in case anyone wants to add it to a wishlist or something: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Two-He...s%2C101&sr=8-4
You can't spell failure without FAI
"Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock."
Edit - in fact, probably because it hasn't been released as a title yet...
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