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2021 President Of Ireland's Cup
The 2021 President's Cup was the seventh President's Cup contested for. The match was played on 12 March between the champions of the 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division and 2020 FAI Cup, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. The match finished 1–1 after 90 minutes and was decided by a penalty shootout which Dundalk won 4–3 with Albanian goalkeeper Alessio Abibi saving Roberto Lopes penalty to win the game for Dundalk on his competitive debut. Match Summary Sonni Nattestad opened the scoring for Dundalk in the 42nd minute with a downward header after a corner from the left. Five minutes later it was 1-1 when Liam Scales controlled a ball into the penalty area with his right foot, then his left to create space before shooting low to the right corner of the net with his left foot. Sonni Nattestad was sent-off in the 59th minute following a challenge on Graham Burke. The game went to penalties with Dundalk goalkeeper Alessio Abibi diving to his left to save the decisive penalty f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Ireland's Cup
The President of Ireland's Cup, also known simply as the President's Cup, is an association football super cup featuring clubs from the Republic of Ireland football league system. It is a one-off match between the winners of the previous season's League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup, and similarly to the FA Community Shield in England, functions both as a domestic Super cup and a unofficial opener to the football season in Ireland. Because it is organised by the Football Association of Ireland, it is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the FAI President's Cup. However the president in the title refers to the President of Ireland and not the president of the FAI. The FAI has previously organised similar competitions, the Top Four Cup and the FAI Super Cup. A similarly named and formatted competition, the LFA President's Cup was organised by the Leinster Football Association. History The President of Ireland's Cup was introduced in 2014 and the inaugural match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Burke
Graham Dylan Burke (born 21 September 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Shamrock Rovers. Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland at senior level. Club career Aston Villa Burke was born in Dublin. He was first called up to a first-team matchday squad for Aston Villa's 2–0 home defeat against Bolton Wanderers in the third round of the League Cup on 20 September 2011, remaining an unused substitute. On 18 December he was included in the squad for the first time in the Premier League, again unused in a loss by the same score to Liverpool at Villa Park. He made his senior debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Chris Herd in Villa's 3–0 home win over Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the League Cup on 28 August 2012. Burke was the joint top scorer in the 2012–13 NextGen Series under-19 club tournament, scoring both of Aston Villa's goals in the final which they won. Loans to Shrewsbury Town and Notts County Burke joined League One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán Hoare
Seán Hoare (born 15 March 1994) is an Irish professional footballer playing for League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers F.C., Shamrock Rovers Career St Patrick's Athletic Under 19s Hoare signed with St Patrick's Athletic F.C., St Patrick's Athletic's Under 19s in the summer of 2012. He signed on to the scholarship scheme between National University of Ireland, Maynooth, NUI Maynooth and St Patrick's Athletic F.C., St Patrick's Athletic. Hoare's first involvement with the first team squad came on 1 October 2012 when he was an unused substitute in a 5–0 win over University College Dublin A.F.C., UCD. 2013 season Hoare made his first team debut on 4 June 2013 in a 2–0 Overtime (sports), AET win over Longford Town F.C., Longford Town in the 2013 Leinster Senior Cup, Leinster Senior Cup Quarter-final at Richmond Park (football ground), Richmond Park. His next appearance was a Derbies in the League of Ireland, Dublin derby away to Shamrock Rovers F.C., Shamrock Rovers in the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Gannon (footballer)
Sean Gannon (born 11 July 1991) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He previously played for Shamrock Rovers (over 2 spells), St Patrick's Athletic and Dundalk and has won 10 League of Ireland Premier Division winners medals. Gannon has featured regularly in European competition for Dundalk and was part of their team that became only the second Irish side ever to reach the group stage of the UEFA Europa League in August 2016. Early life Gannon grew up in Ringsend and regularly attended Republic of Ireland matches with his father at the nearby Lansdowne Road. He was a ball boy in several games, most notably a 1–1 draw with Portugal in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. In his teenage years, Gannon played for schoolboy clubs Cambridge Boys Home Farm FC and St. Kevin's Boys, before signing for Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 2010. He played in the club's A Championship team and was part of their un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mannus
Alan Mannus (born 19 May 1982) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shamrock Rovers. He began his career at Linfield, and during his time there he had spells on loan at Larne and Carrick Rangers. He then signed for Shamrock Rovers and in 2011, moved to St Johnstone. He has played for Northern Ireland at international level. Career Linfield After rising through Linfield's junior ranks, Mannus made his first senior squad appearance in 2002. He established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper at a young age and made his 250th appearance before his 25th birthday. Mannus is one of the few goalkeepers to have scored a goal in the run of play. In a match against Omagh Town in 2003, his long goal kick bounced over the head of opposing goalkeeper Gavin Cullen and into the net. As a result of scoring his first goal, he was given the Player of the Month award for October 2003. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Mannus signed a two-year cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Boyle
Andrew Boyle (born 7 March 1991) is an Irish professional footballer, who primarily plays as a centre-back. Boyle currently plays for Dundalk. He has previously played for League of Ireland sides Dundalk, UCD and Shelbourne, Scottish club Dundee, English Club Preston North End and on loan at Ross County. With Dundalk, Boyle was the team's vice-captain and was part of the first Irish side to reach the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League in August 2016 and qualified for the Europa League group stages. Boyle also played regularly in 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage. Early career Boyle played for Cherry Orchard at a young age, before joining Crumlin United. He was part of the Crumlin under-15 team that finished runners-up to Belvedere in the NIB SFAI Under-15 Cup. He had trials with various clubs in the United Kingdom and received offers to sign for them, but at the age of 14 he decided it would be more beneficial to stay in Ireland and get his education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Hoban
Patrick James Hoban (born 28 July 1991) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Dundalk in the League of Ireland Premier Division, as a forward. He had his greatest successes in two spells at Dundalk, where he scored over 100 goals in total. He finished as top scorer as they won the League of Ireland Premier Division in 2014 and 2018, and won another title in 2019. Career Early career Born in Loughrea, County Galway, to an English mother, Hoban played both hurling and football as a youth. He represented his town at hurling and Mervue United in football, who he helped to win promotion from the A Championship to the League of Ireland with a 5–2 aggregate victory over Kildare County in the 2008 play-off final. In July 2010, Hoban journeyed to England after being offered to train with Championship club Bristol City, managed by Steve Coppell and having just signed England international goalkeeper David James. In November he signed a one-year contract, along fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Gaffney
Rory Nicholas Gaffney (born 23 October 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League of Ireland Club Shamrock Rovers Career Limerick Gaffney started his career at League of Ireland First Division team Mervue United before joining Premier League team Limerick in July 2011. He completed his studies at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology while playing in Ireland. Cambridge United On 25 November 2014 Gaffney agreed a move to League Two club Cambridge United when the transfer window opened. His first season was beset with injury and he made his Football League debut on 26 September 2015, replacing Conor Newton in the 81st minute in a 1–0 win against Stevenage at the Abbey Stadium providing the cross from which Cambridge scored. Gaffney went on to score twice on his first start for Cambridge United in the 3–2 away win over Yeovil Town on 23 October. Bristol Rovers On 14 January 2016, Gaffney moved permanently to League Two club Bristol Rovers af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Shields
Chris Shields (born 27 December 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Linfield in the Irish Premiership. He previously played for Bray Wanderers where he played for four seasons before joining Dundalk, where he remained for more than nine seasons. Shields won five Premier Division medals during his time with Dundalk, in addition to three FAI Cups. He featured regularly in European competition for the club and was part of the team that became only the second-ever Irish side to reach the group stage of the Europa League in 2016 as well as reaching the same stage in 2020. Career Early career A native of Clondalkin, Shields played youth football for St Francis and spent ten years there before joining League of Ireland side Bray Wanderers where he initially played for their U20 side. Bray Wanderers Shields made his senior League of Ireland debut with the first team in the final game of the 2008 season in a 2-0 defeat away to Sligo Rove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cleary (footballer)
Daniel Cleary (born 9 March 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Shamrock Rovers. His previous clubs are Liverpool, Birmingham City, Solihull Moors, Dundalk and St Johnstone. Club career Early career Cleary grew up in Drimnagh, Dublin and played for local side Crumlin United at schoolboy level, the club that produced several international players including Robbie Keane. Aged 14 he had a trial with Birmingham City, but wasn't signed. He signed for Liverpool's Academy in 2011, aged 15. Liverpool Cleary made his Liverpool first team debut on 2 August 2015 in a pre-season friendly against Swindon Town, coming off the bench in the 57th minute replacing Trent Alexander-Arnold at right back in a 2–1 win at the County Ground. On 17 September 2015 Cleary's first involvement in a first team squad for a competitive match came when was included in the squad by Brendan Rodgers for a UEFA Europa League game away to Bordeaux but remained an unused substi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raivis Jurkovskis
Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (born 7 December 1996) is a Latvian international footballer who plays for Riga, as a left back. Club career Born in Liepāja, he has played club football for Liepājas Metalurgs 2, FK Liepāja and FK RFS. In January 2021 he signed for Irish club Dundalk. In December 2021, it was announced that Jurkovskis had returned to Latvia to sign for Riga. International career After playing for multiple Latvian youth national teams, he made his senior international debut for the Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ... in 2018. References 1996 births Living people Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers FK Liepājas Metalurgs players FK Liepāja players FK RFS players Dundalk F.C. players Riga FC players League of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey O'Brien
Joseph Martin O'Brien (born 17 February 1986) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played as a full-back and defensive midfielder for Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Shamrock Rovers. He was capped 5 times by the Republic of Ireland at senior level between 2006 and 2012. In the year 2016, O'Brien was among thirteen people to be named as a victim of fraud and he testified in court for the trial. In 2021 he became the assistant manager of Shelbourne. Playing career Bolton Wanderers O'Brien started his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2004 after starting out his first year scholarships in 2002. To gain further experience, O'Brien was loaned out to League One team Sheffield Wednesday for the most part of the 2004–05 season, making 15 appearances and scoring two goals, including one on his debut. After extending his loan spell at the club twice times, O'Brien was named as captain for the last game of his loan spell in honour of his contributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
