2014 Drogheda United F.C. season

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The 2014 season (December 2013 - October 2014) was the 95th season of football for Drogheda United. This was Drogheda United's 13th campaign in the League of Ireland Premier Division since being promoted in the 2001–02 season.

It was the first year that Robbie Horgan was the team's manager, with last season's assistant manager taking over from Mick Cooke after a club statement on 14 November 2013. However after a series of poor results, Horgan and the club parted company on 17 June 2014 after just seven months in the job. On 21 June 2014 Darius Kierans, who had coached the club's U-19 squad, was appointed as caretaker manager while Neale Fenn became assistant manager. This was Kierans second stint in the role, after he took charge following Alan Mathews’ resignation in 2010, but had to subsequently step down, as he had not earned all his coaching badges at the time. On 26 July 2014 Damien Richardson was named as first team manager, ending his six year absence from management. He appointed Darius Kierans as assistant manager.

For the 2014 season, Drogheda's ground reverted to its original name United Park after being known as Hunky Dorys Park for the last three years.

Striker Gary O'Neill was named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for March.

Club staff

Players

First team squad

No.

Name

Nationality

Position (s)

Date of Birth (Age)

Signed from

Goalkeepers

1

David Ryan

GK

Cork City

16

Michael Schlingermann

GK

Monaghan United

40

Dylan Connolly

GK

Drogheda United U-19

Defenders

2

Michael Daly

RB

Free Agent

3

Shane Grimes

LB

Monaghan United

4

Paul Andrews

CB

Shelbourne

5

Alan McNally

CB

UCD

12

Ciarán McGuigan

CB

Syrianska

15

Austin McCann

CB

Glebe North

45

Peter McGlynn

RB

San Jose Earthquakes

Midfielders

6

Paul Crowley

DM

Shelbourne

7

Cathal Brady

CM

Longford Town

8

Gavin Holohan

CM

Alfreton Town

11

Gavin Brennan

LM

Monaghan United

13

Stephen Maher

CM

St. Patrick's Athletic

17

Seán O'Connor

CM

Drogheda United U-19

18

Daire Doyle

CM

Bray Wanderers

20

Dominic Mahon

CM

Drogheda United U-19

21

Fionn Reilly

LM

Drogheda United U-19

22

Eric Foley

CM/RM

Monaghan United

26

Garreth Brady

CM

Shelbourne

28

Dale Harding

CM

Drogheda United U-19

Forwards

9

Philip Hughes

CF

Shelbourne

10

Gary O'Neill

CF

Shamrock Rovers

14

Carl Walshe

CF

Shelbourne

19

Declan O'Brien

CF

Monaghan United

27

Adam Wixted

CF

Derby County

Transfers

In

Name

Nationality

Positions (s)

Date of Birth (Age)

Moving From

Signed

Reference

Permanent Transfer

Carl Walshe

CF

Shelbourne

Nov 2013

Paul Crowley

DM

Shelbourne

Nov 2013

David Ryan

GK

Cork City

Dec 2013

Philip Hughes

CF

Shelbourne

Dec 2013

Paul Anderws

CB

Shelbourne

Jan 2014

Daire Doyle

CM

Bray Wanderers

Jan 2014

Austin McCann

CB

Glebe North

Jan 2014

Ciarán McGuigan

CB

Syrianska

Feb 2014

Stephen Maher

CM

St. Patrick's Athletic

Mar 2014

Peter McGlynn

RB

San Jose Earthquakes

Jul 2014

Garreth Brady

CM

Shelbourne

Jul 2014

Adam Wixted

CF

Derby County

Aug 2014

Out

Name

Nationality

Positions (s)

Date of Birth (Age)

Moving To

Departed

Permanent Transfer

Philip Hand

LB

Shelbourne

Nov 2013

Paul O'Conor

CM

Sligo Rovers

Nov 2013

Alan Byrne

CB

Athlone Town

Nov 2013

Derek Prendergast

CB

Athlone Town

Nov 2013

Jason Marks

RM

Athlone Town

Nov 2013

Peter Hynes

CF

Longford Town

Nov 2013

Ryan Brennan

CM

Shamrock Rovers

Dec 2013

Graham Rusk

CF

Athlone Town

Dec 2013

Gabriel Sava

GK

Dundalk

Jan 2014

David Cassidy

CM

Bray Wanderers

Jan 2014

Eric Foley

CM/RM

Athlone Town

Jun 2014

Philip Hughes

CF

Bray Wanderers

Jul 2014

David Ryan

GK

Released

Jul 2014

Statistics

Last updated on 24 October 2014, 22:30

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.

Pos.

Name

League

FAI Cup

League Cup

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

Apps

Goals

1

GK

David Ryan

15 (1)

0

0 (0)

0

1 (0)

2

RB

Michael Daly

28 (1)

2

3 (0)

0

1 (1)

3

LB

Shane Grimes

31 (0)

0

3 (0)

0

2 (0)

4

CB

Paul Andrews

10 (5)

1

0 (1)

0

1 (0)

5

CB

Alan McNally

30 (0)

0

4 (0)

2

1 (0)

6

CM

Paul Crowley

5 (9)

0

2 (2)

0

2 (0)

7

CM

Cathal Brady

22 (2)

4

2 (0)

0

1 (0)

8

CM

Gavan Holohan

24 (3)

5

2 (1)

3

2 (0)

9

FW

Philip Hughes

1 (7)

1

0 (0)

0

1 (0)

10

FW

Gary O'Neill

28 (1)

6

3 (0)

2

1 (0)

11

LM

Gavin Brennan

21 (0)

6

2 (0)

0

2 (0)

12

LB

Ciarán McGuigan

26 (0)

0

3 (0)

0

2 (0)

13

CM

Stephen Maher

13 (7)

1

2 (0)

0

0 (0)

14

FW

Carl Walshe

23 (8)

2

2 (1)

0

1 (1)

15

CB

Austin McCann

0 (4)

0

0 (0)

0

1 (0)

16

GK

Micheál Schlingermann

16 (0)

0

3 (0)

0

0 (0)

17

CM

Seán O'Connor

3 (5)

0

1 (0)

0

0 (0)

18

CM

Daire Doyle

26 (3)

0

4 (0)

0

1 (1)

19

FW

Declan O'Brien

15 (16)

9

3 (0)

3

1 (1)

20

CM

Dominic Mahon

0 (0)

0

0 (0)

0

0 (0)

21

CM

Fionn Reilly

0 (0)

0

0 (1)

0

0 (0)

22

CM

Eric Foley

11 (2)

1

0 (0)

0

0 (2)

22

CB

Ciarán O'Connor

0 (1)

0

0 (0)

0

0 (0)

24

LB

Rory Kierans

1 (0)

0

1 (1)

0

0 (0)

26

CM

Garreth Brady

3 (2)

0

1 (2)

0

0 (0)

27

CF

Adam Wixted

2 (4)

0

0 (1)

0

0 (0)

40

GK

Dylan Connolly

2 (1)

0

1 (0)

0

1 (0)

45

RB

Peter McGlynn

7 (2)

1

2 (0)

0

0 (0)

Competitions

Pre-season and Friendlies

Note: this section relates to first team friendlies only.

Leinster Senior Cup

League of Ireland Premier Division

Table

Results by round

Matches

March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

League of Ireland Cup

FAI Cup