Irish abroad stories - October 2000

Delap could be the sacrificial Ram - October 31, 2000
The board of struggling Derby County have told manager Jim Smith that he must sell before he can bring new blood to the squad - which could mean the end of Rory Delap's time at Pride Park.
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McPhail's season in doubt - October 31, 2000
Stephen McPhail might have kicked his last football of the season according to his manager David O'Leary.
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Stan on 24-hour recall - October 31, 2000
Steve Staunton's loan deal at Crystal Palace has a clause included which allows Liverpool recall the player on 24 hours' notice.
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Nolan row brewing - October 31, 2000
Ireland and England are set for a row over the services of highly rated Bolton teenager Kevin Nolan. But if reports are right, and he would rather play for England, then the FAI should wash their hands of him.
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Two-match ban for under-fire Quinn - October 31, 2000
Republic of Ireland u21 international Alan Quinn has been handed a two-match ban following his sending off against Fulham at the weekend.
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Keane says Kinsella deserves award - October 27, 2000
Ireland captain Roy Keane reckons that his midfield partner Mark Kinsella deserves the Eircom/FAI Player of the Year award.
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Gannon working his way back to fitness - October 27, 2000
Stockport's Jim Gannon could be back in action within a month. Jim, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury last season, is back doing light training - to the delight of manager Andy Kilner.
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Quinn confident of Wednesday survival - October 27, 2000
Irish u21 international Alan Quinn is confident that Sheffield Wednesday can survive in the First Division.
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Delaney straight into action for Foxes - October 25, 2000
Damien Delaney completed his £50,000 move from Cork City to English Premiership outfit Leicester City yesterday and went straight into the club's reserve team against Tottenham.
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Lee, McClare and Sadlier break their ducks - October 25, 2000
Irish strikers Alan Lee, Sean McClare and Richard Sadlier all scored their first goals of the season for their respective Nationwide clubs last night.
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Super Saturday for West Ham starlet - October 24, 2000
Saturday, October 21, 2000 will live long in the memory of Irish underage international Darryl McMahon.
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Stan doesn't plan to stay at Selhurst - October 24, 2000
Steve Staunton has made it clear that his month's loan to Crystal Palace is exactly that - a month's loan.
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Stoke interested in Fleming - October 24, 2000
Second Division promotion chasers Stoke City are set to make a bid for Irish international Curtis Fleming.
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Barrett targeted by O'Driscoll - October 24, 2000
Bournemouth manager Sean O'Driscoll is bidding to get Arsenal striker Graham Barrett on loan.
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Good news or bad news for Butler - October 24, 2000
Bolton's bid to bring Paul Butler to the Reebok Stadium on loan has fallen on deaf ears at Sunderland.
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New deal for Holland - October 24, 2000
Matt Holland has shown his commitment to Ipswich Town by singing a new four-and-a-half-year deal which will keep him at Portman Road until 2005.
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Bright future for Irish at Notts County - October 24, 2000
Notts County's young Irish contingent got a serious boost over the last month with both of them signing new contracts at the club.
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Stan doesn't plan to stay at Selhurst - October 24, 2000
Steve Staunton has made it clear that his month's loan to Crystal Palace is exactly that - a month's loan.
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Dunne will make debut - October 23, 2000
Irish international Richard Dunne is set to make his debut for Manchester City at the Dell tonight. City boss Joe Royle has promised Dunne 'some involvement' in the game.
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Carr's contract talks are over - October 19, 2000
Stephen Carr and Tottenham have called off contract talks for the moment, after they failed to reach an agreement on a new deal which would extend the Irish international's stay at White Hart Lane beyond the four years left on his current deal.
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Ireland and Sunderland close to greatness - October 19, 2000
Sunderland's Michael Reddy believes that Ireland and Sunderland are on the verge of something big and he wants a part of it.
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Three-match ban for Kilbane - October 19, 2000
Republic of Ireland winger Kevin Kilbane has been handed down a three-match ban for his dismissal against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light last Saturday.
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Kinnear appointed as Oxford's ...? - October 19, 2000
Joe Kinnear is back in football after being appointed as a consultant to Division Two bottom team Oxford United, but as yet nobody knows what he will be doing - not even the club's chairman, Firoz Kassam!
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Duff out for six weeks - October 19, 2000
Damien Duff has injured his hamstring, which could keep him out of the game for up to six weeks. That means he will almost certainly miss Ireland's next international, which is on November 15 at Lansdowne Road against Finland.
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Irish clearout set to continue at Ewood - October 19, 2000
What is Graeme Souness' problem with Irish players? The Blackburn boss seems to be doing everything in his power to alienate the huge Irish contingent at Ewood Park and it is working.
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Lee wanted for another month - October 19, 2000
Rotherham boss Ronnie Moore has been so impressed by the form of on-loan striker Alan Lee that he has asked Burnley for another month's extension.
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Fitzgerald leaves the Den - October 19, 2000
Scott Fitzgerald has moved from Millwall to Colchester United on a free transfer - three months after he refused to join the Layer Road club.
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Dunne agrees terms - October 18, 2000
Republic of Ireland international defender Richard Dunne will sign for Manchester City today after agreeing terms with the Maine Road club yesterday.
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Anybody looking for an Irish player? - October 18, 2000
Numerous Irish players are currently surplus to requirements at their English clubs and are just waiting for other teams to come and relight their fortunes.
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Dunne set to join Man City - October 17, 2000
Richard Dunne's Everton nightmare will soon come to an end if the player can agree personal terms with Manchester City.
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O'Neill injured again - October 16, 2000
Republic of Ireland international Keith O'Neill has been hit by the injury jinx once again. The Middlesbrough star is suffering from a torn hamstring and could miss the next seven weeks of the season.
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Collins ready to turn his back on Bohs - October 16, 2000
Bohemians manager Roddy Collins has applied for the vacant post at Oxford United - and says he would have no problems turning his back on Bohemians after only two years in charge at Dalymount Park.
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World's best midfield pairing? - October 12, 2000
Ireland have relied heavily on Roy Keane over the last number of years. When the Irish captain is missing from the side they have looked a shadow of themselves - but with the emergence of Mark Kinsella things have changed a lot.
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Back to basics - October 12, 2000 - October 12, 2000
Ireland's two u21 goalkeepers were back to the mundane of reserve football last night, as Joe Murphy and Dean Delaney came face to face at Prenton Park when Tranmere faced Port Vale.
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O'Driscoll ready to give Gareth his chance - October 11, 2000
Gareth O'Connor has taken a while to settle in at Bournemouth since his summer move from Bohemians but he is now beginning to make his mark and as a reward he could start his first league game at the weekend.
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Quinn out of u21 game
- October 10, 2000
Ireland u21 manager Don Givens' attempt to placate club managers by releasing key players between important European qualifiers has backfired badly.
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Staunton poised to join ...? - October 9, 2000
Republic of Ireland international Steve Staunton is set to join some team! Since the defender got a free transfer from Liverpool last week he has been linked with at least five clubs.
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Stan holds no grudge against Liverpool - October 6, 2000
Republic of Ireland international Steve Staunton holds no grudge against Liverpool even though he has been frozen out at the club since Gerrard Houllier took sole charge of team affairs.
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David is a Freeman again - October 6, 2000
Nottingham Forest's transfer-listed Irish striker David Freeman has failed to impress at Port Vale after a month's loan at the club and has returned to the City Ground.
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Reid believes Quinn is being unfairly treated - October 5, 2000
Sunderland boss Peter Reid has called on the FA disciplinary committee to use some common sense when investigating the bust-up between Ireland's Niall Quinn and Northern Ireland's Gerry Taggart.
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Rags to riches - October 5, 2000
Derry City were a spent force less than two months ago, when were threatened with a winding up order - but now they look safe after Manchester United agreed to follow in the footsteps of Celtic and play a friendly at the Brandywell.
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Kennedy and Babb will come in from the cold - October 5, 2000
Mark Kennedy and Phil Babb both have a future with Ireland - which is good news for the team and for the players.
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Kelly comes through training - October 5, 2000
Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Alan Kelly came through training yesterday with the Irish team and is now definite to start against Portugal on Saturday night in Portugal.
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Shock attack on Rowlands by Noades - October 5, 2000
Brentford boss Ron Noades has never been shy about letting his feelings be known - but he has gone a step too far by washing his dirty laundry in public with a shock attack on his star midfielder, Martin Rowlands.
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Sheffield take the biscuit! - October 5, 2000
Sheffield Wednesday are a team in crisis and it is understandable that they need their best players on the pitch - but it is taking the biscuit that they want the Ireland u21 set-up to release Alan Quinn to play for them against West Brom on Sunday, smack in the middle of two internationals.
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McPhail hopes rest will cure his injury - October 4, 2000
People were questioning Ireland manager Mick McCarthy's decision not to pick Stephen McPhail for the two upcoming World Cup qualifiers - but if they had bothered asking the player himself they would have found out that he is struggling badly with injury.
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Kerr unsure about Burgess move - October 4, 2000
Ben Burgess' year-long loan to Australian side Northern Spirit has left Irish underage kingpin Brian Kerr a little confused.
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Macca show Durkan the door - October 4, 2000
Macclesfield have sent former Irish u21 international Kieron Durkan on a month's loan to struggling York.
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Burgess is Spirited away to Australia - October 3, 2000
Irish youth international Ben Burgess will have a long journey ahead of him if he is to play for his country this season. The 18-year-old Blackburn Rovers striker has been loaned out for the season to Australian side Northern Spirit.
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Phelan returns to training today - October 3, 2000
Irish international full back Terry Phelan will return to training with Fulham today.
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Molby's bid to sign Doyle fails - October 3, 2000
Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby has failed in his attempt to sign 19-year-old Dubliner Daire Doyle.
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Ireland lose Gary Kelly - October 3, 2000
Ireland have lost their third player in three days as they get ready for the task of facing Portugal and Estonia over four days next week.
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Molby's bid to sign Doyle fails - October 3, 2000
Kidderminster Harriers boss Jan Molby has failed in his attempt to sign 19-year-old Dubliner Daire Doyle.
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Spurs deny Carr rumours - October 2, 2000
Tottenham Hotspur have dismissed rumours in a Sunday newspaper that contract talks between the club and Stephen Carr have broken down.
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No joke - Dunne needs to get away from Goodison - October 2, 2000
Richard Dunne had the last laugh at the expense of Everton boss Walter Smith at the weekend after the manager dropped him from what turned out to be a humiliating home defeat by Ipswich.
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O'Brien won't rush back - October 2, 2000
Ireland u21 defender Andy O'Brien has no intention of rushing back to first-team action after injuring his collar-bone five weeks ago.
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