THERE WAS SOME rare Irish interest in the Spanish top flight last night as Getafe travelled to Levante.
Thirteenth-placed Getafe, who suffered a 3-0 defeat, introduced substitute John Joe Patrick Finn in the 84th minute.
As the name suggests, Finn is eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level as his father hailed from Ballyhaunis in Mayo.
The Madrid-born midfielder, who turned 17 in September, also qualifies for Spain and Cameroon, from where his mother hails.
At a stage in the game when Getafe were down to nine men due to red cards shown to Chema and Djene Dakonam, Finn was given his first taste of competitive senior action, having been an unused substitute for last week’s 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao.
Finn, who was signed by Real Madrid at the age of nine, isn’t the only player with Irish connections currently on the books at Getafe.
Clare-born defender Ryan Nolan, 21, joined the club in October and was named among their substitutes for the goalless draw with Eibar a fortnight ago.
Former Liverpool full-back Steve Finnan was the last Irish player to feature in La Liga when he lined out for Espanyol in 2009.
Getafe’s campaign resumes with a home game against Sevilla next Saturday.
And the O’Shea boys bring their parents not some yoke that they were feckin at the time.
That’s pure class lads.. Gone way up in my estimations.
The thing in the long red dress with the serious head on her .. Who on earth does she thing she is with that pose.
You would think she would have known it’s her boyfriend/husbands night.
She is olny looking for a bit of work from the tabloids with a pose like that.
Get over your self love.
Yip that really annoyed me too.. It’s not your night love.. Plus it’s a GAA ball not a Page 3 girl ball!
Sutcliffes bird looks like some craic!
She’s Dolf Lundgrens younger sister
What the hell is it with this site and it’s Dublin bias 70 % of those pics are of the Dublin team
Hi Patrick, as it says above, there are more pics to follow. Coincidentally, many of the early pics sent on to us were of Dublin players. There were also a disproportionately high number of Dublin players attending compared with other counties due to the fact that they had such a successful year.
Paul, I couldn’t care less once you get us a few more snaps of Sutcliffe’s and Flynn’s birds out on the dance floor later on – Gooch brought the sister, legend!!!
He’ll probably still get the ‘cur isteach’ later.
Sure we’ll not bother next year with the championship and hand liam and sam over at ceremony with just the dubs! By the way clare had just as a successful (snr &u21) year and not one clare player. If it were cork players id be saying same…..one sided
Bitchin’ about photographs, quality stuff.
Dublin had 12 nominations, Mayo had 10 you showed the O’Sheas with their parents, well done *clap, clap, clap*
Dublin won the All Ireland & Both Footballer of the year awards :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Keep er chundtree hey!
For a minute there I thought that there was no other counties in Ireland playing football #abitonesided
Started off very one sided surely
Looks like the grad for the boys from Clare
Yes, Paddy looks well in his black shirt and red clip-on dicky bow. Probably thinks he’s real edgy or something with that outfit.
It’s obvious that nobody had a little chat with him about menswear 101.
He probably has loud patterned polyester boxer shorts on underneath and smells of Lynx.
Cian O’Sullivan is passable, but his shirt looks too short, he has committed the clip-on faux pas and has the good sense to hide his lack of waist covering by closing his jacket. 5/10.
You sound like Patrick Bateman in American psycho
It’ll come as a bitter blow to the lads when they read this devastating critique of their dress sense. Hopefully their All Ireland medals, All Star Awards and attractive girlfriends will provide them with some small solace in this difficult time. We all know Jumbotron is the real winner here.
You can’t win class.
No, and you can’t buy class in a shop or have it designed for you either.
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/ThreeTrending/video-dublin-hero-paul-flynn-gives-jersey-to-dublin-schoolgirl-in-croke-park-29601327.html
Carlsberg don’t do Facepalms……………
When you say paddy I think you mean paul.
And I’m pretty sure you don’t know that red is his club colour!
For the benefit of those seeking to avoid the monkey’s tea party look:
http://www.blacktieguide.com/
Ok nice one!
Does the poppy come free with this?
WAGS out in force at the all star awards
Good grief, some of the girlfriends are trying WAY too hard!
I think Cian O’Sullivan is the real winner here!
Didn’t Clare win an All-Ireland title too ??
The WAGS are out in force. The “S” for Gooch’s Sister
Culchies out again moaning about the Dubs, FFS they’re photos of an awards night, does it really bother you all THAT much?
At least ye jacks have stopped moaning! Is that a sunlight peaking through the dark clouds?
You ghetto monkeys are always whinging about culchies taking your jobs and your women, its only banter , get back in your taxi and off the internet
Michael Darragh is a ringer for Emmerdales Cain Dingle
My first thought! Michelle Mooney daaammm girl
Think you will find most off the dubs wags hang around coppers
Some serious female rides in them pics
Jaysus that Michelle Mooney could learn to smile.. State of her.. Totally scarlet the puss on her!!!!
I want to be a dublin hurler!!! They get by far the best looking lady’s!!!
Cannot believe what I have just seen . This cannot be true . Surely I have being mistaken . Is that Steven Clinton smiling ? Is this pic photoshopped ?
Who the f**k is Steven Clinton ?
Stephen Cluxton smiling!??? Hardly :)
Ah who brought their ma??
The mayo man cause she is the only one that remembers when Mayo last won an All Ireland
Can’t even win with red thumbs
Why is Colm Cooper with his sister, being the most famous footballer in Kerry, surely even he could find a female to attend tonight’s ceremony? As Peter Crouch once famously said when asked “what would you be if you weren’t a footballer”, to which he replied “a virgin”, surely there must be some females down in Kerry to take pity on the poor old Gooch.
Delighted all the ABDs have something to complain about (again), get your fix in now, it’s going to be a long winter till you can moan about us on the pitch again!
Yep, their current complaints are Cluxton doesn’t smile and there’s too many photos of Dublin players!
All it takes is a few pics of Dublin players at the end of season awards ceremony to cause a stink of Benji proportions among the ABD brigade, loving it !!!!
ABDs what are you on about Aideen?? That’s the kind of comment that makes people dislike Dublin fans. Ever try being gracious in victory maybe?!
How ya niallo, still on the methadone ?
It’s not about being gracious in victory Joe, before Aideen even posted, the usual anti Dublin/”The Journal are Pro Dublin” posts were coming in. It’s a few photos at an awards ceremony FFS, if they had a hundred photos of the Gooch in the nip I wouldn’t have been bitchin like some of the comments here.
ah Billy did I hit a nerve, you still think drugs are only consumed in Dublin, bless !!!
Still moaning swear ye lost the final!
ABDS?? jesus christ is that a rip off of ABU, invent your own stuff stop aping man united, you’re not from manchester
Aye Paulie it is only a few photos people should remember that. Plus I agree there’s a big anti/ pro dubs debate on here to many people worrying about the articles about the dubs but they are the best football team this year so they will be written about. Ye shouldn’t get suck into these debates with begrudgers!
Love the Auld culchie v dub thing always a winner sure it’s the whole country against the dubs well that’s until it comes 2 Kerry gooch looked great though
Some of the comments here are pathetic. The Dublin footballers won everything except the O Byrne cup, unreal year. 6 players with all star awards. The hurlers also still continue to make a name for themselves. Of course most of the pictures are gonna be of Dubs.
Typical bitter and twisted old Culchies, get over it, your boring!
It’s quite sad really
Yes quite sad really that’s ye are complaining. Ye are worst than old biddys! I’m not fussed about any of the pictures I’m surprised dubs only got six awards
Ye are worst than old biddys!
But we’re better than a pack of congenital chokers!
I don’t want to know anything about you genitals!!!!!!!! Thank you!
Danny sutcliffes missus holy shit!!!!
Oh god help us ^ …..
Typical Kerry man, taking his sister!!!
Cian O’Sullivan’s missus is something else!
Love the way the Clare team were turned out for the awards last night. Well done Patrick Bourkes Menswear Ennis.
Bill s son . Was nt him that played in goals for the dubs this years . The fella looked like grumpy bunny all year
Well done Richie Mc. Great man