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Our Ireland U15 side played their second match in the International Tournament taking place at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain against Holland this Friday afternoon. Jason Donohue’s charges again performed  with distinction and twice came from behind to earn a two all draw with the goals scored by captain Cian Kelly of Bohemian and Shamrock Rovers striker Michael Leddy. The team will complete their involvement against Hungary at 1pm (Irish time) on Sunday afternoon.

Team: Lee Morris (Dundalk); Craig King (St Patrick’s Athletic), Sean Grehan, Aaron O’Reilly(St Patrick’s Athletic), Cian Kelly(Bohemian);
Glory Nzingo (St Patrick’s Athletic), Jamis Mullins (Bohemian), Edwin Abaje (Shamrock Rovers); Ben Quinn (Cherry Orchard), Evan Ferguson (Bohemian), Ciaran O’Sullivan (Mallow United)
Substitutes: Ben Curtis (Shamrock Rovers) for King 44′, Michael Leddy (Shamrock Rovers) for Abaje 44′, John Ryan (Shamrock Rovers) for O’Sullivan 44′, Luke McGlynn (Finn Harps) for Nzingo 52′, Darragh Reilly (Sligo Rovers) for Mullins 52′

 

January 2019 Transfers

The current UK transfer window opened on Tuesday the 1st January 2019 and concluded at 11.00pm on Thursday the 31st January 2019. The Irish players detailed below have been involved in some form of transfer during the relevant period.

NAME	FROM	TO	DETAILS
Cian Bolger	Fleetwood Town	Lincoln City	Undisclosed
Andy Boyle	Preston North End	Ross County	End of Season Loan
Graham Burke	Preston North End	Gillingham	End of Season Loan
Canice Carroll	Brentford	Swindon Town	End of Season Loan
Billy Clarke	Charlton Athletic	Bradford City	Free
Aaron Connolly	Brighton & Hove A	Luton Town	End of Season Loan
Dylan Connolly	Dundalk	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed
Mark Connolly	Crawley Town	Dundee United	Undisclosed
Barry Corr	Cambridge United		Released
Michael Doyle	Coventry City	Notts County	Undisclosed
Jake Doyle-Hayes	Aston Villa	Cambridge United	End of Season Loan
Courtney Duffus	Oldham Athletic	Yeovil Town	Undisclosed
Jimmy Dunne	Burnley	Sunderland	End of Season Loan
Scott Hogan	Aston Villa	Sheffield United	End of Season Loan
William Hondermarck	Drogheda United	Norwich City	Undisclosed
Alan Judge	Brentford	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed
Will Keane	Hull City	Ipswich Town	End of Season Loan
Joe Mason	Wolverhampton W		Released
Shane McLoughlin	Ipswich Town	AFC Wimbledon	Free Transfer
David McMillan	St Johnstone	Hamilton Accedemicals	End of Season Loan
David Meyler	Reading	Coventry City	End of Season Loan
Paudie O’Connor	Leeds United	Bradford City	End of Season Loan
John O’Sullivan	Blackpool	Dundee	End of Season Loan
Alex Pearce	Derby County	Millwall	End of Season Loan
Anthony Pilkington	Cardiff City	Wigan Athletic	Free – 18 Mth C
Joe Rafferty	Rochdale	Preston North End	Undisclosed
Connor Ronan	Wolverhampton W	Dunajska Streda (Slovakia)	End of Season Loan
Conor Shaughnessy	Leeds United	Hearts	End of Season Loan
Ryan Sweeney	Stoke City	Mansfield Town	Free – 2.5 yr Ctct

Bohemian resume competitive action when they play host to East Fife FC in the quarter-final of the IRN-BRU Cup in Dalymount Park at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. The ‘Gypsies’ have made several exciting new signings during the Irish close season but their lack of competitive action is likely to amplify the challenge presented by their opponents who currently sit third in the Scottish League One.

Alan Browne, who has scored ten goals from midfield for Preston North End this season, was in Championship action on Friday evening when the ‘Lilywhites’ played out a scoreless draw with visitors Derby County and Richard Keogh at Deepdale. The Cork man was joined in the home side by striker Sean Maguire.
Third met fifth in the Scottish Premier League on Friday night when Kilmarnock, with former U21 internationals Gary Dicker and Alan Power in their starting midfield, went down to a two one defeat by visitors  Heart of Midlothian who included Leeds United loanee Conor Shaughnessy, goalkeeper Colin Doyle and U21 midfielder Jake Mulraney in their starting eleven while teenage striker Aiden Keena remained unused on the substitute bench at Rugby Park. 

 

Our Republic of Ireland Under 15 side, guided by Head Coach Jason Donohue and assisted by Technical Advisor Sean St Ledger, drew one each with Spain in their opening contest of an Invitation Tournament taking place at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain this Wednesday afternoon. Bohemian striker Cian Kelly gave Ireland the lead on the stroke of half-time but the Tournament hosts equalised ten minutes into the second half. We will face Holland in our second contest at the same venue on Friday afternoon at 5pm (4pm Irish time) before completing our schedule against Hungary at 2pm (1pm Irish time)on Sunday.

Team: Aaron Maguire (Tottenham Hotspur); Tom Fogarty (Birmingham City), Ben Curtis [c] (Shamrock Rovers), Darragh Reilly (Sligo Rovers), John Ryan (Shamrock Rovers); Glory Nzingo (St Patrick’s Athletic), Luke McGlynn (Finn Harps), John Joe Power (Burton Albion); Conor Campbell (Finn Harps), Michael Leddy (Shamrock Rovers), Cian Kelly (Bohemian)
Substitutes: Ben Quinn (Cherry Orchard)for Campbell 36′,  Edwin Agbaje (Shamrock Rovers)for Kelly 44′, Evan Ferguson (Bohemian)for Power 44′, Jamie Mullins (Bohemian)for McGlynn 50′, Aaron O’Reilly (St Patrick’s Athletic)for Leddy 54′.  

Struggling Cardiff City and their Irish duo of Harry Arter, who started, and Greg Cunningham who was unused on the bench went down to a two one defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Defenders, Cyrus Christie for Fulham and Shane Duffy with Brighton & Hove Albion were in opposition at Craven Cottage where the hosts recovered from a two nil half-time deficit to secure a four two victory. Seamus Coleman started for Everton, with James McCarthy an unused substitute following his lengthy injury absence, as they scored the only goal for victory at Huddersfield Town. Jeff Hendrick started for Burnley who held Manchester United to a two all draw at  Old Trafford but a groin injury ruled out Robbie Brady with Stephen Ward an unused substitute. Ciaran Clark was an unused substitute for Newcastle United as they shocked visitors Manchester City, who took the lead in the first minute, by recovering for a two one victory.   Matt Doherty and his Wolverhampton Wanderers colleagues secured a comfortable three nil victory over visitors West Ham United at Molineaux where Declan Rice started for the visitors with Conor Coventry unused on the substitute bench.

The Championship continued on Tuesday evening with struggling sides Bolton Wanderers and Reading playing out a one all draw at the Macron Stadium  where seventeen year old midfielder Luca Connell was named in the starting eleven for the hosts following his fine debut start at Bristol City last Friday evening. The versatile Connell stood out for Ireland during the U17 European Championship Finals last summer. Physically imposing striker Lukas Jutkievicz started for Birmingham City who earned a three all draw with Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
In the First Division, new leaders Luton Town extended their lead over second place Portsmouth, who had led the table from the outset until last weekend, to five points with a three two victory over the visiting ‘Pompey’ side at Kenilworth Road. Striker James Collins scored twice for the victors while Ronan Curtis also found the net for Portsmouth.