League of Ireland Legends

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 1:09am #1

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/features/loilegends.html

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Who is the greatest player in your club's history? Who is the best player to have ever graced a League of Ireland pitch? These are the questions we would like you to answer.

With the start of the new eircom League season fast approaching, we would like to find out who you think is the greatest player to play for your club, as well as the League of Ireland's greatest player of all time.

We would like fans to nominate the player they think has been their club's most significant ambassador, be it because of their ability to thrill the crowd, because of their strength in the tackle, or because of their unerring loyalty to the cause.

We are also requesting nominations on who is the greatest player ever to play in the league, and with Irish players of the calibre of Mick Leech, John Herrick, Brendan Bradley, Donie Leahy, Shay Gibbon, Tony Fagan, Jackie Jameson and Frank O'Neill, or English players like Bobby Charlton and Dixie Dean, the choices are plentiful and sure to be contentious.

Send all nominations to sportonline@rte.ie with clubs' and players' names in the subject line and feel free to send us a couple of lines on why you think your nominees deserve your support. We would also encourage you to send any photographs (in .jpg format) to enhance the feature, so get your entries in as soon as possible. Include your name, age and town/city you live in.

All contributions - including all nominations, text and photographs - shall be subject to the Terms and Conditions accessed via the attached link. By submitting a contribution, you agree to comply with the attached Terms and Conditions.

Entries close at 5pm on Thursday 28 February, 2008 and we will publish the results for each club as soon as possible thereafter.

As a Shels fan and picking players from my lifetime I'd have to go with Mick Neville and Stephen Geoghegan. Both absolute legends.

Outside of Shels, somebody like Liam Coyle is bound to be up there.

So who would you vote for?

estebancambias · 23-01-2008 1:16am

The Shelbourne award should go to Dessie Baker!!!!!!!!! Closely followed by Richie.

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 1:21am

estebancambias wrote: »

The Shelbourne award should go to Dessie Baker!!!!!!!!! Closely followed by Richie.

I hope you're joking. I'd have Shero, Heary, McCarthy and plenty of others before them.

bohsman · 23-01-2008 1:28am

Jackie Jameson and Kevin Hunt for Bohs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrV2zLmd1Ek

LuckyLloyd · 23-01-2008 2:45am

Tony McDonnell, UCD.

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 8:52am

Xavi6 wrote: »

So who would you vote for?

Shero.

estebancambias wrote: »

The Shelbourne award should go to Dessie Baker!!!!!!!!! Closely followed by Richie.

AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Thanks for that laugh so early on a wednesday morning. I needed that.

KdjaCL · 23-01-2008 9:32am

Shay Gibbons Pats
Paul Mc Grath Pats
Paul Osam Pats

kdjac

gimmick · 23-01-2008 9:49am

Pat Morley, John Caulfield, Patsy Freyne, Dave Barry and George O Callaghan for Cork City.

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 9:52am

gimmick wrote: »

George O Callaghan

BOO!

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 9:57am

Actually.

Stuart Byrne will always be a legend for this.

Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6i-h65fJY

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 9:59am

DesF wrote: »

Actually.

Stuart Byrne will always be a legend for this.

Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St6i-h65fJY

Lol are you askin for trouble?!

Best night of my Shelbourne supporting life though. Was late for my college graduation ball for this. On the pitch in my suit and all!

gimmick · 23-01-2008 10:03am

A small bitter little man who is indicative of the cynicism of "that" Shels team.

citytillidie · 23-01-2008 10:03am

Derry's has to go to the one and only Laim Coyle

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 10:07am

citytillidie wrote: »

Laim Coyle

nice typo

kryogen · 23-01-2008 10:11am

Alan Reynolds Tony Hall John Frost................**** it, daryl murphy lol

chopperbyrne · 23-01-2008 10:35am

I'm not a Pats fan, but Osam is a legend.

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 10:44am

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I'm not a Pats fan, but Osam is a legend.

Yeah, a legend to insomniacs with his performance on eL Weekly on TV3.

most.boring.voice.ever.

gustavo · 23-01-2008 11:08am

Non Rovers legends

Kevin Hunt , Paul Osam , Tony Sheridan , Stephen Geoghan , Paddy McCourt

Rovers legends

Wesley Charles , Steve Birks , Padraig Moran , Rafael Cretaro

OhNoYouDidn't · 23-01-2008 11:25am

With the exception of Kdjac, you lot are obviously all kids. :eek: And Gustavo is confused, none of those players ever played for Rovers, he must mean Sligo.

Too many to list at Rovers.

O'Neill, Fulham, Coad, Giles, Campbell, Buckley, Beglin, O'Brien, Eccles, Toal, O'Dowd, Cousins etc.

The list goes on and on, and I havent even scratched the suface of the old timers. Rovers have still provided more Irish internationalists than any other club side.

citytillidie · 23-01-2008 11:25am

DesF wrote: »

nice typo

Yea I know Liam Coyle

I am covered for all typo's and miss spellings in my sig

raheny red · 23-01-2008 11:51am

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

With the exception of Kdjac, you lot are obviously all kids. :eek:

I think this vote is just going by a poll on the internet

Therefore it's not going to be a legends of the LoI but rather the best player from the last 15-20 years.

MrJoeSoap · 23-01-2008 6:12pm

Vannnnn der Vellll-den

guinnessdrinker · 23-01-2008 9:20pm

Tony Fagan ftw.

Honourable mention, Wesley Charles.

herbieflowers · 23-01-2008 9:46pm

Roy Keane.

bohsman · 23-01-2008 9:49pm

Mark Rutherford.

DmanDmythDledge · 23-01-2008 11:27pm

Tony McDonnell

redzerdrog · 23-01-2008 11:50pm

paul doolin

Pigman II · 23-01-2008 11:55pm

Jackie Jameson. Before my time but I've seen clips of him and he looked a class apart. Very highly regarded at the club too.

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 11:58pm

redzerdrog wrote: »

paul doolin

Certainly not going on his Shels days. I know he was old but Christ he should have been put down.

redzerdrog · 24-01-2008 12:06am

from what i have heard and seen small bits of during the 80s and early 90s he was one of the best in the league twice player of the year 5 leagues and 5 or 6 cups

Xavi6 · 24-01-2008 12:11am

redzerdrog wrote: »

from what i have heard and seen small bits of during the 80s and early 90s he was one of the best in the league twice player of the year 5 leagues and 5 or 6 cups

Ah yeah I'm sure he was but I wouldn't remember that unfortunately. He was just so slow at Shels it was unreal. Myself and my dad used to cringe every time his name was read out before kick off.

KdjaCL · 24-01-2008 9:16am

boards should rig this and everyone vote for terry Venables (did play in EL )

kdjac

OhNoYouDidn't · 24-01-2008 12:27pm

redzerdrog wrote: »

from what i have heard and seen small bits of during the 80s and early 90s he was one of the best in the league twice player of the year 5 leagues and 5 or 6 cups

was collosal at Rovers in the mid 80's.

JimiTime · 24-01-2008 12:35pm

Paul Osam, Curtis Fleming, Mick Neville. Mick only worked across the road from Richmond Park, yet he played for the enemy:( oh and Derry of course.

Ronan|Raven · 24-01-2008 1:39pm

Vinny Perth.

KdjaCL · 24-01-2008 1:40pm

Charles Mbazazi Livingston

http://www.tinthethao.com.vn/Data/Image/2007/09/23/v%20league.jpg

Currently playing in Vietnam 2nd division, pats fan heading over to get him back

kdjac

_blank_ · 24-01-2008 1:41pm

KdjaCL wrote: »

Currently playing in Vietnam 2nd division, pats fan heading over to get him back

lol, the Vietnamese League.

How random.

raheny red · 24-01-2008 2:19pm

DesF wrote: »

lol, the Vietnamese League.

How random.

Well he is Ugandan so the eL is pretty random as it is

So, this lad is back playing ball?! LOL at the people who donated money to him when he was calling it a day after collapsing

fullstop · 24-01-2008 3:01pm

Brendan Bradley

How the **** did Bobby Charlton make it into the rte list, and to a lesser extent Kevin Doyle?:rolleyes:

MrJoeSoap · 24-01-2008 5:07pm

raheny red wrote: »

So, this lad is back playing ball?! LOL at the people who donated money to him when he was calling it a day after collapsing

Con artist extraordinaire!

raheny red · 24-01-2008 5:33pm

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Con artist extraordinaire!

He may even help out the McCann's with the donations the received :eek:

KdjaCL · 24-01-2008 6:37pm

shels fans and embezzlement ...lol

Charlie can only play where he can get insured he failed a few medicals since and no club will touch him.

Still sending a pats fan to vietnam to "hunt charlie down" :eek:

kdjac

MrJoeSoap · 24-01-2008 6:47pm

Surely it would be against his own interests to play though??

gucci · 24-01-2008 7:20pm

estebancambias wrote: »

The Shelbourne award should go to Dessie Baker!!!!!!!!! Closely followed by Richie.

where do do you nominate the post of the year?:D

Jonny Arson · 24-01-2008 8:57pm

Dave Crawley without question

hooooofffff!!!!

Jonny Arson · 24-01-2008 8:58pm

[biased] if i'll be serious, i'd probably pick between Tony Sheridan or Weso Hoolahan [/biased]

for that runner up spot to Crawley of course

MrJoeSoap · 24-01-2008 9:11pm

Jonny Arson wrote: »

Dave Crawley without question

hooooofffff!!!!

Solely responsible for the comeback vs Lille. Not Glen Fitz, just him.

KdjaCL · 25-01-2008 12:03am

how can anyone pick shero as a legend?

Will him and paul byrne fight it out over a pint for the honour?

Shero is hardly legendary status at least the others mentioned here played football for all of their careers and didnt feck off and become "pats" fans for a while.

kdjac

20 Times 20 Times · 25-01-2008 12:22am

Dundalk

Tommy McConville , Tom McNutly , and my own personal favorite Barry Kehoe !!

raheny red · 29-01-2008 4:05pm

KdjaCL wrote: »

how can anyone pick shero as a legend?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tCLYPvOY6s0

Because of this and many, many other moments of sheer magic

KevIRL · 29-01-2008 4:18pm

Waterford United

Alfie Hale
Paddy Coad (later Rovers)
Peter Thomas (GK)

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