Defenders

(With thanks to extratime.ie for the player info)

DOB: 25/07/90

Graham played with St Patrick’s Athletic in 2010 and joined Longford Town at the start of the 2011 season. He made his league bow away to Wexford Youths on March 11th 2011.

DOB: 05/01/85

Longford Town announced the signing of Chris Deans in January 2010, following his release by Bray Wanderers, who signed the defender at the end of the transfer window in July 2006.

Chris has also played for Waterford United, Dundalk and Dublin City following spells at Coventry City and Derby County in England.

A real leader on the pitch and off it, Chris is a tough tackling no-nonsense defender.

Has represented Ireland at underage level and captained the under 19s. He represented Ireland in the U21 Madeira Tournament held in early 2006 – which was won by Ireland

DOB: 12/01/82

Des joined Athlone Town Under-21′s from Mervue United in 2000/01, but learned his trade with Ballinasloe Town. He quickly made the step up to the First Team, and enjoyed his most consistent season to date in the 2006 season making 34 appearances in all competitions. He then missed virtually the whole of the 2007 season through injury.

Des remained at Athlone until the end of the 2010 season but prior to the start of 2011 he signed for Tony Cousins at Longford Town.

DOB: 29/01/90

Michael is a full back who started with Bohemians but moved to Longford Town in 2008 and made his league debut for the club against Dundalk on July 28th 2008. Michael won the Longford Town player of the year in 2010 and went on trial to Carlisle Utd prior to the 2011 season. He also made a famous TV appearance on TV3′s dating show Take Me Out!

DOB: 24/02/89

Noel was a successful member of the St Patrick’s Athletic Schoolboys section for a number of years befoe breaking into the club’s U21 team while still playing with the U16s. He was a part of the FAI FS training scheme and has won Irish under age international caps, most notably as captain for an Under 17 friendly match in Dalymount Park in 2006 and as part of the Under 18 International squad for 2007.

In July 2007 Noel went on loan to Shelbourne where he made his League debut on 1st September in a 4-0 win over Limerick 37 at Tolka Park. He made a total of 8 league appearances for Shels before returning to St Pats at the end of the 2007 season.

Back at St Pats he continued as a squad player, making 31 league appearances over the next three seasons, but at the end of 2010 he was released by the club. In January of 2011 it was announced that he had signed for Alan Mathews at Shelbourne. However, one month later, it emerged that Noel would not be joining the club after all and he took no part in the 2011 season.

In January 2012 Noel returned to League football, signing for Tony Cousins at Longford Town.

DOB: 22/02/91

Jeff is a younger brother of Anto Flood and joined the Shamrock Rovers U20 side from St Kevin’s Boys in the summer of 2010. He was in discussions with Mike Kerley of Athlone Town as late as the eve of the 2011 league season, however he chose to remain at Rovers for the 2011 season.

In July 2011 Jeff signed for Tony Cousins at Longford Town.

DOB: 16/03/79

Gary started out his playing days with Stella Maris in Dublin before heading across the water to join Middlesborough where he played alongside Sean Prunty during his time there. He returned home to play with St. Patrick’s Athletic for a brief period before signing for Drogheda United, where he played for six seasons, winning the First Division League title in the 2001/02 season.

In 2005 Gary joined Longford Town but moved on to Bray Wanderers at the end of the 2006 season. He spent three seasons at Bray before returning to Longford at the start of the 2010 season.

DOB: 12/04/87

A member of Belvedere’s U17 FAI Cup winning side in 2004, Niall signed for Bohemians in 2005. He made his League debut for Bohs on 11th August 2005 when he helped them to a 1-0 win over Bray Wanderers.

Shelbourne manager Dermot Keely signed Reilly from Bohemians in February 2007 and he made 15 league appearances before being released at the end of the season.

In 2008 he signed for St Patrick’s Athletic but failed to make the breakthrough to the first team, moving on to Athlone Town for the 2009 season. He made 11 league appearances under Brendan Place and signed for Tony Cousins at Longford Town in February 2010.