DARRAGH BURNS BAGGED two goals and an assist for MK Dons in a pre-season friendly against Norwich U23s today.
Burns, 19, made the move to the League One side from Saint Patrick’s Athletic earlier this month, and officially opened the next chapter on a high today.
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Conor Grant scored too — Burns provided a stunning assist — and Dawson Devoy started for Dons, both recently joining from Rochdale and Bohemians respectively.
Fellow ex-Bohs man Warren O’Hora also featured as a second-half substitute.
But Meath teenager Burns grabbed the headlines, hailed the ‘Irish Messi’ by fans on Twitter.
You can relive the action on the MK Dons account.
Bit Harsh on Rovers that. There fans are always really well behaved and never cause hassle for anyone .. ever
@Gary O’Rourke: the goalkeeper through the first bottle into the crowd Gary
@Shane Lad: threw
@Gary O’Rourke: love the sarcasm
@Shane Lad: I know he did Shane , I was at it. Rovers fans are very good in comparison to others …. like Say UCD for Example
@Gary O’Rourke: lol……. Sure they are.
@Gary O’Rourke: biggest crowds in the league brings more trouble. Tends to get highlighted more with rovers though. Not excusing idiots that throw bottles in anyway, but these things happen in a lot of grounds around the country.
@Kevin: Nonsense. It’s not the new fans and families Rovers have attracted since moving to Tallaght causing the problems. Rovers have always had a minority element of trouble makers that give ye a bad name no matter how much crowds have wavered over the years.
@Brian Murphy: so which bit is nonsense?
@Kevin: The bit where you draw a correlation with bigger crowds and trouble. The troublesome element has always been there.
@Brian Murphy: 100%