Eoin Bradley

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Eoin Bradley
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Personal information
Irish name Eoin Ó Brolcháin
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Right Corner Forward
Born (1983-12-30) 30 December 1983 (age 40)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname Skinner[1]
Occupation Plasterer[2]
Club(s)
Years Club
2000– Glenullin
Club titles
Derry titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004– Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

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Eoin Bradley
Personal information
Full name Eoin Bradley
Date of birth (1983-12-30) 30 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
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Position(s) Midfielder/Striker
Team information
Current team
 Glenavon
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Ballymoney United 2 (3)
2013–2014 Coleraine 23 (12)
2014– Glenavon 39 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2014

Eoin Bradley (commonly known by his nickname Skinner;[1] born 31 December 1983)[2] is a Gaelic footballer and association footballer from Glenullin, Northern Ireland,[3] who plays for Glenullin GAC, with whom he won a Derry Senior Football Championship, and for the Derry GAA team, with whom he has won a National League title. He also plays association football as a striker for Glenavon, moving from fellow NIFL Premiership side Coleraine at the end of the 2013–14 NIFL Premiership season.[4]

Bradley usually plays corner forward for both club and county – often paired in a two-man inside forward line with brother Paddy,[5] but has also played in the half-forward line.[6] He is known for his searing pace,[1] point scoring abilities, fantastic goals[1] and surging runs through opposing teams' defence. His "reckless adventure" and liability to do the unexpected is also part of his effectiveness.[1] Although a great talent, in the past he has been criticised for some of his shot selections from ridiculous angles.[1] However since 2011 his decision-making in front of goal has greatly improved,[1] which has put down to new Derry manager John Brennan.[1]

Personal life

Bradley's family is from Glenullin near Garvagh,[3] with Eoin himself now living in Kilrea.[7] He went to secondary school at St. Pat's College in Maghera.

His brother Paddy and cousin Gerard O'Kane both also play for Derry. His father Liam is current manager of Antrim.[8] Eoin's uncle Gabriel Bradley won the Ulster Championship twice with Derry in 1975 and 1976.[9]

Playing career

Club

Bradley (green and yellow, 15) in action against Ballinderry in the 2008 Ulster Senior Club Football League final

Bradley plays club football for John Mitchel's Glenullin. Up until the age of 14 he played as a goalkeeper and it wasn't until Under 16 level that he played in the forwards.[10]

Bradley has played for the Glenullin Senior team since 15 years old. He won the Derry Senior Football Championship with Glenullin in 2007.[2] Glenullin met Bellaghy in the final and after a replay, won the title.[11] Bradley was man of the match in the drawn final against Bellaghy. Irish News journalist Paddy Heaney described him as the "player who ripped the Blues apart" over the course of the two games.[1]

Earlier that year Glenullin won the Ulster Senior Club Football League,[2] beating Latton of Monaghan in the final.[12] The club reached the Ulster League final again the following year, but were defeated by fellow Derry club Ballinderry.[13]

In 2008 the club reached the final of the All-Ireland Sevens Championship, organised by Kilmacud Crokes. They were however beaten 1–11 to 0–13 by St. Gall's of Antrim in the decider, with Bradley scoring 0–05 in the match.[14] He was favourite for player of the tournament which eventually went to one of his St Gall's opponents. Glenullin, jointly with Ballinderry won the 2008 Derry Senior Football League.[15]

Inter-county

File:Aidan O'Mahony & Eoin Bradley1.jpg
Bradley (right) in action against Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony in the 2009 National League final

Bradley was first called up to the Derry Senior panel in 2004 by Mickey Moran.[5] He made his debut in the Dr. McKenna Cup against Antrim, but suffered a horrific leg break against Jordanstown in the next outing and was out for a year and a half.[5]

Bradley and Derry reached the Dr. McKenna Cup final in 2005, where they were beaten by Tyrone.[6] His Championship debut came later that year, when he came off the bench against Monaghan.[5] He had an impressive 2005 Championship campaign,[16] including scoring a brilliant solo goal against Down in the Qualifiers.[5] He collectd the ball inside his own half, ran half the pitch evading four tackles and blasted the ball into the top corner of the net.[1] This brilliant, individual effort won the RTÉ goal of the season.

He continued his fine form into 2006 and collected an Irish News Ulster GAA All-Star award for his performances in that year's Ulster Championship and Qualifiers.

He missed most of the 2007 Championship after having a disagreement with team manager Paddy Crozier during that year's National League campaign,[17] and through suspension after the rift was resolved.[5] His solitary 2007 Championship game was a substitute appearance against Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-final. He came on as a sub and managed to score an excellent point in the defeat, but missed two attempts on goal which may have altered the result.[18]

Derry were once again beaten in the 2008 Dr. McKenna Cup final, this time by Down. He was instrumental in the 2008 National League, which Derry won, defeating Kerry in the final.[19][20] The league success saw Derry become favourites to win the Ulster Championship[21] and one of the top few for the All-Ireland. However, despite a good opening Ulster Championship victory over Donegal,[22] Derry exited the Ulster Championship against Fermanagh at the semi-final stage[23] and were defeated by Monaghan in the first round of the Qualifiers.[24] Bradley scored 1–01 in each of the games. His goal against Fermanagh was a particularly amazing goal – rounding Peter Sherry, running 40 metres before blasting the ball past Fermanagh goalkeeper Ronan Gallagher.[1]

Bradley and Derry also reached the National League final in 2009, but were defeated by Kerry.[25] He captained the side in the group game against Donegal.[1]

In July 2011 Bradley suffered a knee injury in training and may have suffered cruciate ligament damage that could rule him out for the rest of the season.[26]

Province

Bradley was named by manager Joe Kernan in the Ulster panel 2008 Railway Cup.[27]

Career statistics

Association football

As of 28 January 2014[28]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Northern Ireland League Irish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2013–14 Ballymoney United Championship 2 2 3 - - 1 2 - - 3 5
2013–14 Coleraine Premiership 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 12
Career total 20 13 0 0 1 2 0 0 25 15

Honours

Inter-county

Club

File:Eoin Bradley & Dermot McArdle.jpg
Bradley (left) and Monaghan's Dermot McArdle in action in the 2009 Championship

Individual

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

References

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