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U17 Mini-Tournament kicks off this afternoon…08/11/2018

With the European U17 Championship Finals set for Ireland next May, we are hosting a Four Nation mini-Tournament which kicks off this afternoon at 3pm in the UCD Bowl with Germany taking on the Czech Republic. This evening at 7pm we will face England in Tallaght Stadium in the second contest.

Head Coach Colin O’Brien has named a 21 man squad for the Tournament:

Goalkeepers: Gavin Bazunu (Shamrock Rovers), Jimmy Corcoran (Preston North End), Harry Halwax (Derby County)
Defenders: Thomas Considine (Bohemian), Alex Dunne (Shamrock Rovers), James Furlong (Shamrock Rovers), Anselmo Garcia-McNulty (Real Betis), Cian Kelly (Shamrock Rovers), Luke Turner (Aberdeen)
Midfielders: Kyle Conway (St Patrick’s Athletic), Matthew Healy (Ipswich Town), Joe Hodge (Manchester City), Brandon Holt (St Patrick’s Athletic), Seamas Keogh (Southampton), Ronan McKinley (Derry City), Timi Sobowale (Manchester City)
Forwards: Conor Carty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Festy Ebosele (Derby County), Matt Everitt (Brighton & Hove Albion), Joshua Giurgi (Norwich City), Sean Kennedy (Sunderland)

Fixtures:
08/11: Germany v Czech Republic – UCD Bowl – 15.00
Ireland v England  – Tallaght Stadium – 19.00
11/11: Ireland v Czech Republic – Tallaght Stadium – 15.00
England v Germany – UCD Bowl – 19.00
14/11: Czech Republic v England – Home Farm FC – 13.00
Germany v Ireland – Tallaght Stadium – 13.00 

O’Neill names 36 man provisional squad…06/11/2018

Martin O’Neill has named a thirty six man provisional squad for the upcoming senior international fixtures against Northern Ireland and Denmark. The squad includes Glenn Whelan who will captain Ireland in his farewell appearance against Northern Ireland before departing the squad. There are four players named in the squad for the first time, Caoimhin Kelleher, Jimmy Dunne, Ryan Manning and Michael Obafemi. Recent U21 captain Josh Cullen is a disappointing and surprising omission. The final reduced squad will be confirmed on Monday 12 November.
Goalkeepers: Colin Doyle (Heart of Midlothian), Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Sean McDermott (Kristiansund BK), Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough)
Defenders: Cyrus Christie (Fulham), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Greg Cunningham (Cardiff City), Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shane Duffy (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jimmy Dunne (Heart of Midlothian-loan from Burnley), John Egan (Sheffield United), Richard Keogh (Derby County), Darragh Lenihan (Blackburn Rovers) Kevin Long (Burnley), Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers)
Midfielders: Harry Arter (Cardiff City-loan from AFC Bournemouth), Robbie Brady (Burnley), Alan Browne (Preston North End), Jeff Hendrick (Burnley), Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), Ryan Manning (Rotherham United-loan from QPR), James McClean (Stoke City), David Meyler (Reading), Callum O’Dowda (Bristol City), Richie Towell (Rotherham United-loan from Brighton & Hove Albion), Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa), Shaun Williams (Millwall)
Forwards: Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth), Scott Hogan (Aston Villa), Shane Long (Southampton), Sean Maguire (Preston North End), Michael Obafemi (Southampton), Aiden O’Brien (Millwall), Callum Robinson (Preston North End)  

Irish in mid-week club action…08/11/2018

With Europe again on the agenda there is very little club action this week. Cyrus Christie was introduced as a half-time substitute for Fulham who went down to a one nil defeat at Huddersfield Town on Monday evening and have now dropped to the basement of the Premier League.
Our recent U21 captain Josh Cullen of West Ham United was in action for his loan club Charlton Athletic who secured a two nil victory at Walsall in the First Division on Tuesday evening. Another of our U21 players, Liam Kinsella, son of former hero Mark, was a second half substitute for Walsall and Wolverhampton Wanderers loanee Connor Ronan was also a very late substitute.
Wednesday afternoon saw our U19 captain Lee O’Connor in action for Manchester United in their UEFA Youth League contest against Juventus in Turin. O’Connor, playing the sweeper role, had a fine match as the sides played out a two all draw.
The Sheffield duo of United and Wednesday are set to meet at Bramall Lane in the Championship on Friday evening. The host ‘Blades’ include John Egan, Enda Stevens and David McGoldrick in their ranks.

 

Next Club Meeting – Friday 9 November…05/11/2018

 

Dec and his Committee colleagues would be delighted if you were able to join us for our final Club Meeting of 2018 which takes place next Friday evening, the 9th November at the Claddagh Ring , 10 Church Road, Hendon, London NW4 4EA.

We are set to commence at 7.30pm and invite our regular and occasional attendees and indeed any of you who have not yet been able to attend a Club meeting to come and have a drink with us and partake of the excellent savouries provided by our host Finbar and his team at the Claddagh.

We will be joined on the night by our special guests Mark O’Toole and Brendan O’Dowda, to talk about the current situation surrounding our senior international team and their hopes for the future of all of our international teams.

Mark is the UK Southern Region Scout for the FAI and is responsible for identifying and introducing numerous young players to our various international management teams while Brendan, the father of current senior international Callum O’Dowda, is an FA Licensed Intermediary and a director of Summit Sports Management, providing representation services for Professional Footballers.

We also extend our sincere gratitude to those of you who were able to join us on the occasion of our Special Celebratory Dinner Function last month and thank you for the many kind comments made in relation to the evening. Hopefully you will be imbued with the spirit to return next Friday evening and as always we will be delighted to welcome members of your family and friends

Dundalk complete double with Cup victory…04/11/2018

Following their Airtricity League Premier Division success, Dundalk completed the domestic double with a two one victory over Cork City in the 2018 Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium this Sunday afternoon. This was the fourth successive final between the two sides and in a keenly contested match, Dundalk took the lead on nineteen minutes through centre back Sean Hoare who headed powerfully home following a corner. The opening goal came very much against the run of play but parity was restored two minutes later when Kieran Sadlier scored from the penalty spot following a foul by the aforementioned Hoare. The contest continued on an even keel with the possibility of extra-time coming into mind as it had done in each of their previous final encounters. It was however settled on seventy three minutes when Patrick McAleney headed home a splendid cross from Sean Gannon to complete the ‘double’ for Dundalk

Saturday afternoon in the Premier League…03/11/2018

Following last Saturday’s post match Helicopter tragedy, Leicester City travelled to face Cardiff City in the Premier League and secured a one nil victory. Harry Arter started for the hosts while Greg Cunningham was unused on the substitute bench. Seamus Coleman scored for Everton who defeated Chris Hughton’s Brighton & Hove Albion and Shane Duffy by three goals to one at Goodison Park. Declan Rice was in midfield for West Ham United who defeated visitors Burnley by four goals to two at the London Stadium. Robbie Brady was a seventy fifth minute substitute for the visiting ‘Clarets’ while Jeff Hendrick and Kevin Long were unused substitutes. The late kick-off featured Wolverhampton Wanderers and Matt Doherty in a three two Molineaux defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.