League of Ireland Legends

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 02:09AM #1

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

Stay tuned to RTÉ Sport for all your eircom League action and analysis on television, radio, online and Aertel.

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 02:16AM

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

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 02:21AM

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 02:28AM

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

LuckyLloyd · 23-01-2008 03:45AM

Tony McDonnell, UCD.

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 09:52AM

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 10:32AM

Shay Gibbons Pats
Paul Mc Grath Pats
Paul Osam Pats

kdjac

gimmick · 23-01-2008 10:49AM

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

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 10:52AM

gimmick wrote: »

George O Callaghan

BOO!

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 10:57AM

Actually.

Stuart Byrne will always be a legend for this.

Genius.

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

Xavi6 · 23-01-2008 10:59AM

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 11:03AM

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

citytillidie · 23-01-2008 11:03AM

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

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 11:07AM

citytillidie wrote: »

Laim Coyle

nice typo

kryogen · 23-01-2008 11:11AM

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

chopperbyrne · 23-01-2008 11:35AM

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

_blank_ · 23-01-2008 11:44AM

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 12:08PM

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 12:25PM

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 12:25PM

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 12:51PM

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 07:12PM

Vannnnn der Vellll-den

guinnessdrinker · 23-01-2008 10:20PM

Tony Fagan ftw.

Honourable mention, Wesley Charles.

herbieflowers · 23-01-2008 10:46PM

Roy Keane.

bohsman · 23-01-2008 10:49PM

Mark Rutherford.

DmanDmythDledge · 24-01-2008 12:27AM

Tony McDonnell

redzerdrog · 24-01-2008 12:50AM

paul doolin

Pigman II · 24-01-2008 12:55AM

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 · 24-01-2008 12:58AM

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 01:06AM

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 01:11AM

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.

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