SHELBOURNE MANAGER IAN Morris is delighted to have secured the signing of experienced goalkeeper Brendan Clarke for the 2021 season.
The 35-year-old returned to his local club, St Patrick’s Athletic, for a third spell in 2018 and was recently named the Saints’ Player of the Year.
However, Clarke has decided to depart Inchicore and link up recently-relegated Shels, who will be aiming to bounce straight back up to the Premier Division next season.
He has also enjoyed stints with Sporting Fingal, Sligo Rovers and Limerick over a 17-year long career in the League of Ireland.
“Ian Morris was straight on to me with a clear plan of winning the First Division next year,” Clarke told Shels’ podcast, The 1895.
“His pursuit of me really showed that he wanted me to come to the club, and he spoke about the respect he had for me as a player and a person.
He described to me what he wants to do at the club and bring it forward, and that is something I want to be a part of.”
Morris added: “He’s had a huge career in the League of Ireland while being fantastically successful and he’ll help us evolve as a team.”
Delighted to be on board for next season with @shelsfc. Looking forward to a big 2021 and gettin back to enjoying my football. Can't wait to get working with the manager, @pskins1 and everyone else who'll be involved with us 👊⚽️ https://t.co/mxg2jnaNCL
— Brendan Clarke (@BrenClarke1) November 26, 2020
Great interview …. no better sight in LOI football than Derek Pender tearing up the right wing
@Tom Beary: beg to differ,,,,Mr beattie and company would have different views
Just because its a big club doesn’t mean Jack s**t. Get over the sense of entitlement, the reason they are not top of the table is because they haven’t the players or management.
The same could be said to Shamrock Rovers but you don’t hear them moaning about it. Get the fook over yourselves and show the rest of the league that you really want it. If you are good enough and want it enough you might just get somewhere.
Ask Dundalk or Cork ffs!!!
@Patrick Kavanagh: He doesn’t moan at all that Bohs aren’t top of the table, Patrick. In fact he says the exact opposite, repeatedly. He says that their aim is to avoid relegation, and anything more than that is a bonus.
And when he says Bohs are too big to go down, he obviously isn’t speaking literally. He means that it would be a shame for one of the largest and most successful clubs in the league to go down. But it doesn’t look like they will anyway. Even with their team of part timers they’re doing better than full time teams like Sligo and Pats.
I hasten to add that I am confident that 99% of Bohemian football fans would agree with the above comment!
The league needs a resurgence of the Dublin teams
@Jah: no it doesn’t less Dublin teams maybe.
@Jah: and they need to hurry,doldrums last few years,loi needs competitive Dublin teams or it’ll be city,Dundalk,city , Dundalk,etc,etc
@Ultan: ha,ha,devil
Love it Pender, proper leader