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Emerald exiles : how the Irish made their mark on club football around the world / Barry Landy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : New Island Books, 2021.Description: 256 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781848408180 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.3340922 23
LOC classification:
  • GV942.7.A1
Summary: The vast majority of elite soccer players from the island of Ireland end up playing their football in the UK - where the Premier League and professional Football Leagues below offer, as they have for decades, the most likely route to the professional game for Irish players. Ireland has for years been fertile ground for British clubs to pick up players. If they don't make it, the domestic League of Ireland offers the next best thing - a certain level of professionalism and celebrity. But what of those players who have ventured further afield? 'Emerald Exiles' follows the fascinating lives of these players, who broke the mould and ventured to distant shores, in search of sporting glory, and a new way of living.
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Non Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital General 796.33 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B06056F0499

The vast majority of elite soccer players from the island of Ireland end up playing their football in the UK - where the Premier League and professional Football Leagues below offer, as they have for decades, the most likely route to the professional game for Irish players. Ireland has for years been fertile ground for British clubs to pick up players. If they don't make it, the domestic League of Ireland offers the next best thing - a certain level of professionalism and celebrity. But what of those players who have ventured further afield? 'Emerald Exiles' follows the fascinating lives of these players, who broke the mould and ventured to distant shores, in search of sporting glory, and a new way of living.

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