A thread has recently started about Ireland's greatest ever players. It comes at an interesting time as I recently was told about a guy who is writing a book about Ireland's greatest sportsmen.
He has been asking well respected people in the hockey fraternity to try and come up with the top 30 of all time are. With that in mind, I thought it would be good to centralise all your opinions in one thread. Anyway, whack your best 11 into a comment and we'll see what we come up with. I'll put together a list in a week or so, or when the comments start drying up, with the results.
28 comments:
Ralph Walker,David Judge,Bill Haughton,Jimmy Kirkwood..........too young to see them play (except Kirkwood), so only based on what ive heard.
Yeah from what i have heard Kirkwood and Judge were amazing but im also too young to have seen them play. The best Irish player ive ever seen is justin sherrif when he was at his peak he seemed to just score goals for the laugh.
Terry Gregg was an exceptional Player! WOW he played with real style and commitment
richard wilis i think is up there for reckoning..
jesus without this site i'd be gettin 1,1s all de way..the thought of it
1.Judge
2.Kirkwood
3.T Gregg
4.Marti sloan
5.Dan Clarke
6.Julian Stevenson
7.Liam Canning
8.R Walker
9.B Haughton
10.McElroy
11.D Hennessy
12.W McConnell
Got another one lads: best players (over 21) never/yet to play for Ireland at senior level!
Best ever XI
GK Alvin Carson
D Sam Martin
D Ger Burns
D Paddy Brown
D Billy McConnell
M Terry Gregg
M Martin Sloan
M Jimmy Kirkwood
F Dan Clarke
F Liam Canning
F Justin Sherriff
Best ever XI from Ulster to play for Ireland!
GK Alvin Carson
D Sam Martin
D Alan Dowd
D David Smyth
D Ivan Morris
M Terry Gregg
M Martin Sloan
M Jimmy Kirkwood
F Dan Clarke
F Kenny Morris
F Norman McGladdery
rovers frontline of bill and ken haughton was supposedly very frightening to play against. and that bill had the hardest hit of anyone in the country.
well i cant think up a whole team. But Jonny Goulding, continously scoring over 20 goals a season from open play!!! he will throw himself at anything. and is very strong on the ball!! And never an Ireland call-up!!
defo goulding was a great shout for at least a call up....also clarkie from the glens deserved a call up in his prime.But how colin kelly(wiggy) from pwhc never got one!!!!
dave
Terry Gregg was a forward.
David Judge!!! Man was a Legend!
definitly Warrick Armstrong has to be up there with the greats!!!
johnny cole - has to be in contention as best player all time.
i agree warrick armstrong has to be up there among the greats!
Johnny Cole best ever, the man captained Europe, not alot of people in Europe let alone Ireland can add that to there hockey CV!!
warrick armstrong? who is he?
The name says it all. Armstrong was born with a deformity which meant his left arm was twice the width of his right, allowing for a shot that outpowered all before him. And all since.
What about players like Philip Shire, Eddie Cummins & Alan O'Driscoll?
let keep it on warrick armstrong! wata player u cant deny hes been one of the most prolific goalscorers the leinster league has ever seen!!! (bar gordan watkins) hes been such an influencial figure iver the last few years, its a loss to irish hockey he never played internationally! and yes the myth is true about his arms
what about richard king would he not get a mention in this?
i agree. richard king shud certainly b in the all-star irish team. his commitment to the game is unparalleled and he was born with an uncanny ability to score goals from the slimmest of chances!
I agree King is an allround great player
Definitly Joey o' Meara man was a genius.
Difficult to pick all time best player but on his day there was nobody better to watch than Norman {Frankie}Mcgladdery he was a special talent.He had it all Pace Strength super Finisher and most of all he was an entertainer,Genius with a hockey stick.
Harry Cahill is widely regarded by a certain generation as Irleand's best ever goalkeeper
McGladdery , Sinnamon and McAnulty all great Banbridge players who played for Ireland but best I ever played against were Jimmy Kirkwood and Kenny Morris.Both pure talent
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