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19-year-old Irish goalkeeper handed Premier League debut for Bournemouth

Mark Travers gets the nod ahead of Asmir Begovic and Artur Boruc against Tottenham.

IRISH TEENAGER MARK Travers makes his Premier League debut this afternoon for Bournemouth after being named in the starting team to face Tottenham at Dean Court.

Mark Travers Ireland goalkeeper, Mark Travers. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO

The 19-year-old gets the nod ahead of Artur Boruc and Asmir Begovic for Saturday’s early kick-off.

“We rate him very highly,” Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe told Sky Sports ahead of kick-off.

“He’s a great character. He’s got a great attitude. Very good goalkeeper, huge potential.

We think this is an ideal game for him to show us what he’s capable of.”

Travers has been included in international squads under Mick McCarthy – most recently Ireland’s Euro 2020 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia.

He was an unused sub for both games.

“A few weeks or months ago, the aim was to get into the 21s squad and then to get into the provisional was obviously great, but to get the phone call that I was in the main squad, it was a bit of a shock to be honest, but it’s an opportunity that I’m looking forward to taking,” he told The42 of his senior international call-up.

The former Cherry Orchard man joined the Bournemouth back in July 2016 after a successful trial with the club.

Having spent the first half of last season on loan at Southern Premier League side, Weymouth, Travers last summer signed a long-term deal with the Cherries. 

Eddie Howe’s are safe from the threat of relegation, but a win today would lift them above Crystal Palace and Newcastle for a couple of hours at least.

Tottenham, meanwhile, can strengthen their hold on third place ahead of Chelsea with a win at the Vitality Stadium.

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    Mute Colm Connolly
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    Apr 29th 2020, 3:10 PM

    This is simply a way of holding onto the money for a few more months until the interest payment covers the losses
    No way this will go ahead especially considering the over 35,000 that have tickets for the game living in the usa

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    Apr 29th 2020, 5:05 PM

    @Colm Connolly: you dont know much about interest rates do ya?!

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    Apr 29th 2020, 5:32 PM

    @Colm Connolly: can I invest my money at your interest rates?

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    Apr 29th 2020, 6:06 PM

    @Dave Harris: all the tickets sold so far are outside of the country in package deals starting at a few thousand dollars , there is nearly 70,000,000 in sales for these packages , it’s also to wait for the government to shut it down so insurance will cover any losses also

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    Apr 29th 2020, 2:55 PM

    It’ll end up “null and void” as Robb Stark would say

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    Apr 29th 2020, 3:39 PM

    @Keelan O’neill: hopefully mate, if it means saving lives.

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    Apr 29th 2020, 3:44 PM

    @Robb Stark: except when it’s Leinster rugby when they could play a one off game

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    Apr 29th 2020, 10:25 PM

    Where are they going to stay if all the hotels are still closed?. Cancel it now. 35,000 is bigger than 5,000 the last time I checked.

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