2006–07 Aston Villa F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Aston Villa F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was Villa's first season under the management of Northern Irishman Martin O'Neill, who was appointed as manager following the sacking of David O'Leary at the end of the previous season.

Aston Villa
2006–07 season
ChairmanRandy Lerner
ManagerMartin O'Neill
FA Premier League11th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gabriel Agbonlahor (9)
All: Gareth Barry
Gabriel Agbonlahor (10)
Highest home attendance42,551 (vs. Tottenham, Man Utd, Liverpool, Sheff Utd)
Lowest home attendance27,450 (vs. Bolton)
Average home league attendance36,214
Second City Derby
50--36--28

In August 2006, it was confirmed Randy Lerner had reached a £62.6m agreement with Aston Villa to take over the club. The statement to the London Stock Exchange confirmed that 60% of the club's shares, including the 39% stake of Doug Ellis had been sold to Lerner, beating competition from consortia led by Michael Neville, Nicholas Padfield QC, and Athole Still. Eleven days after the announcement, the LSE confirmed that Lerner had secured 59.69% of Villa shares, making him the majority shareholder. Lerner appointed himself Chairman of the Board of the club. The BBC reported in September 2006 that Lerner had moved closer to taking full control of the club, after increasing his share to 85.5%.[1]

By the time that the deadline passed in September 2006, Lerner had secured the acceptance of 89.69% of the shareholders. Due to the acceptance only being 0.31% below the conditional limit, Lerner accepted it and made the bid unconditional. On September 19, 2006, Aston Villa PLC executive chairman Doug Ellis and his board resigned, and were replaced by Randy Lerner as chairman with General Charles C. Krulak, Bob Kain and Michael Martin serving as non-executive directors. At the close of the deal in 2006, Lerner became only the second American owner of a Premiership club. Ellis became a President Emeritus (Life President) of the club.[2]

Villa started life under Martin O'Neill strongly and were the last team in the Premier League to be beaten, going nine matches without defeat and taking points against the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea away before a 3–1 loss at Liverpool. A run of 11 games without victory during the middle of the season dragged Villa down to 14th place, putting paid to their early-season hopes of Champions League qualification, but Villa rallied and only lost 3 of their last 15 games to finish comfortably in 11th.

There were debuts for Ashley Young (210), Stiliyan Petrov (185), John Carew (113), Shaun Maloney (30), Isaiah Osbourne (19), Phil Bardsley (13), Chris Sutton (8), Didier Agathe (5), and Gábor Király (5).[3]

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Transfers edit

Transferred in edit

Date Pos Player From Fee
30 August 2006 CM   Stiliyan Petrov   Celtic £6,500,000
12 September 2006 RM   Didier Agathe   Celtic Free transfer
3 October 2006 CF Chris Sutton Birmingham City Free transfer
22 January 2007 CF   John Carew   Olympique Lyon £5,000,000
(P/EX)
23 January 2007 LW Ashley Young Watford £9,650,000
31 January 2007 AM   Shaun Maloney   Celtic £1,000,000
£22,150,000

  Record

Loaned in edit

Date Pos Player From Loan End
13 December 2006 GK   Gábor Király Crystal Palace 8 January 2007
8 January 2007 RB   Phil Bardsley Manchester United 29 April 2007

Transferred out edit

Date Pos Player To Fee
1 July 2006 RB   Ulises de la Cruz Reading Free transfer
1 August 2006 CM   Mathieu Berson   Levante £500,000
22 August 2006 CF Kevin Phillips West Bromwich Albion £700,000
11 January 2007 LM Peter Whittingham   Cardiff City £350,000
11 January 2007 RM   Didier Agathe - Released
22 January 2007 CF   Milan Baroš   Olympique Lyon £5,000,000
(P/EX)
17 April 2007 CF   Juan Pablo Ángel   New York Red Bulls Free transfer
£6,550,000

Loaned out edit

Date Pos Player To Loan End
29 September 2006 RM Lee Hendrie Stoke City 1 January 2007
29 September 2006 CF Sam Williams Brighton & Hove Albion 29 October 2006
20 October 2006 LB   Stephen O'Halloran Wycombe Wanderers 21 January 2007
23 November 2006 AM   Patrik Berger Stoke City 1 January 2007
12 January 2007 DM   Eric Djemba-Djemba Burnley 31 May 2007
30 January 2007 RM Lee Hendrie Stoke City 31 May 2007
8 March 2007 GK   Bobby Olejnik Lincoln City 29 April 2007

Overall transfer activity edit

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Portsmouth 38 14 12 12 45 42 +3 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round[a]
11 Aston Villa 38 11 17 10 43 41 +2 50
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 10 16 44 49 −5 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 38 47 −9 43
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[4] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.

Results edit

Pre-season edit

Date Opponents Home/
Away
Result
F–A
Scorers Competition
21 July 2006 Walsall A 5–0 Agbonlahor (2), Moore (2), Whittingham Friendly
25 July 2006 Hull City A 2–0 Davis, Gardner Friendly
26 July 2006 Chesterfield A 2–0 Bridges (2) Friendly
29 July 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–0 Ridgewell, Barry, Agbonlahor Friendly
5 August 2006 Hannover   A 0–0 Friendly
8 August 2006 NEC Nijmegen   A 1–2 Agbonlahor Friendly
11 August 2006 Groningen   A 2–2 Moore, Ridgewell Friendly

Premier League edit

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWDDWDDDLWWDDLDDLLLLDLWLWLLDDDWDWDWWD
Position10635557677645668891010121315141413131313131413141111111111
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
19 August 2006 1 Arsenal 1–1 Aston Villa Islington, London
15:00 Gilberto   84' Report Mellberg   53' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,023
Referee: Graham Poll
23 August 2006 2 Aston Villa 2–1 Reading Birmingham, West Midlands
Ángel   34' (pen.)
Barry   61'
Report Doyle   4'
Sonko   34'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,329
Referee: Lee Mason
27 August 2006 3 Aston Villa 2–0 Newcastle United Birmingham, West Midlands
Moore   3'
Ángel   38'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,141
Referee: Howard Webb
10 September 2006 4 West Ham United 1–1 Aston Villa Newham, London
16:00 Mullins   45'
Zamora   52'
Zamora   58'
Report Ridgewell   4'
Barry   26'
McCann   55'
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 34,576
Referee: Steve Bennett
16 September 2006 5 Watford 0–0 Aston Villa Watford, Hertfordshire
Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 18,620
Referee: Mike Dean
23 September 2006 6 Aston Villa 2–0 Charlton Athletic Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor   35'
Moore   62'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,513
Referee: Mike Riley
30 September 2006 7 Chelsea 1–1 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Drogba   3' Report Agbonlahor   45' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,951
Referee: Graham Poll
14 October 2006 8 Aston Villa 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   81' Report Davenport   73'
Ángel   76' (o.g.)
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Martin Atkinson
21 October 2006 9 Aston Villa 1–1 Fulham Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   26' (pen.) Report Volz   45' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,919
Referee: Chris Foy
28 October 2006 10 Liverpool 3–1 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside
Kuyt   31'
Crouch   38'
Luis García   44'
Report Agbonlahor   56' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,117
Referee: Steve Bennett
5 November 2006 11 Aston Villa 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   41' (pen.)
Ángel   50'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,089
Referee: Howard Webb
11 November 2006 12 Everton 0–1 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside
Report Sutton   42' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 36,376
Referee: Phil Dowd
19 November 2006 13 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Aston Villa Wigan, Greater Manchester
Report Stadium: JJB Stadium
Attendance: 18,455
Referee: Steve Bennett
25 November 2006 14 Aston Villa 1–1 Middlesbrough Birmingham, West Midlands
Barry   45' (pen.) Report Christie   43' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,162
Referee: Peter Walton
29 November 2006 15 Aston Villa 1–3 Manchester City Birmingham, West Midlands
McCann   66' Report Vassell   18'
Barton   32'
Distin   75'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,124
Referee: Mike Dean
2 December 2006 16 Portsmouth 2–2 Aston Villa Portsmouth, Hampshire
Taylor   52', 80'
Pedro Mendes   86'
Report Barry   37' (pen.)
Ángel   82'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,042
Referee: Uriah Rennie
11 December 2006 17 Sheffield United 2–2 Aston Villa Sheffield, Yorkshire
Quinn   50'
Webber   64'
Report Petrov   2'
Baroš   65'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Mark Halsey
16 December 2006 18 Aston Villa 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Speed   75' (pen.) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,450
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
23 December 2006 19 Aston Villa 0–3 Manchester United Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Ronaldo   58', 85'
Scholes   64'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 December 2006 20 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Defoe   67', 77' Report Barry   81' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,293
Referee: Uriah Rennie
30 December 2006 21 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Aston Villa Greenwich, London
D. Bent   57'
Hughes   90'
Report Barry   40' (pen.)   61' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,699
Referee: Rob Styles
2 January 2007 22 Aston Villa 0–0 Chelsea Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,006
Referee: Phil Dowd
13 January 2007 23 Manchester United 3–1 Aston Villa Trafford, Greater Manchester
Park   11'
Carrick   13'
Ronaldo   35'
Report Agbonlahor   52' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 76,073
Referee: Howard Webb
20 January 2007 24 Aston Villa 2–0 Watford Birmingham, West Midlands
Mahon   86' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor   90'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,892
Referee: Peter Walton
31 January 2007 25 Newcastle United 3–1 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
Milner   5'
Dyer   7'
Sibierski   90'
Report Young   25' Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 49,201
Referee: Howard Webb
3 February 2007 26 Aston Villa 1–0 West Ham United Birmingham, West Midlands
Carew   36' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,202
Referee: Chris Foy
10 February 2007 27 Reading 2–0 Aston Villa Reading, Berkshire
Sidwell   16', 90' Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 24,122
3 March 2007 28 Fulham 1–1 Aston Villa Fulham
Bocanegra   23' Report Carew   21' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,552
Referee: Lee Mason
14 March 2007 29 Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Diaby   10' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Martin Atkinson
18 March 2007 30 Aston Villa 0–0 Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Lee Mason
2 April 2007 31 Aston Villa 1–1 Everton Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor   83' Report Lescott   15' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,407
Referee: Howard Webb
7 April 2007 32 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Aston Villa Blackburn, Lancashire
McCarthy   24' (pen.) Report Berger   34'
Agbonlahor   73'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,211
Referee: Martin Atkinson
9 April 2007 33 Aston Villa 1–1 Wigan Athletic Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor   50' Report Heskey   21'
Valencia   34'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,920
Referee: Mark Halsey
14 April 2007 34 Middlesbrough 1–3 Aston Villa Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Rochemback   13' Report Gardner   45'
Moore   70'
Petrov   77'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 26,959
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
22 April 2007 35 Aston Villa 0–0 Portsmouth Birmingham, West Midlands
16:00 Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,745
Referee: Martin Atkinson
28 April 2007 36 Manchester City 0–2 Aston Villa Manchester
Report Carew   24'
Maloney   75'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 40,799
Referee: Mark Halsey
5 May 2007 37 Aston Villa 3–0 Sheffield United Birmingham, West Midlands
Agbonlahor   25'
Young   42'
Berger   55'
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,551
Referee: Peter Walton
13 May 2007 38 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Aston Villa Bolton, Greater Manchester
Speed   32'
Davies   58'
Report Gardner   37'
Moore   81'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 26,255
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

FA Cup edit

7 January 2007 R3 Manchester United 2–1 Aston Villa Trafford, Greater Manchester
Larsson   55'
Solskjær   90'
Report Baroš   74' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,924
Referee: Martin Atkinson

League Cup edit

20 September 2006 R2 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Aston Villa Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Sharp   73' Report Ángel   42', 64' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 6,502
Referee: Trevor Kettle
24 October 2006 R3 Leicester City 2–3
(a.e.t.)
Aston Villa Leicester, East Midlands
Stearman   42'
Kisnorbo   85'
Report Ángel   5'
Barry   45' (pen.)
Agbonlahor   119'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 27,288
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
8 November 2006 R4 Chelsea 4–0 Aston Villa Fulham, London
Lampard   32'
Shevchenko   65'
Essien   82'
Drogba   84'
Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,156
Referee: Mark Halsey

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[5][6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   DEN Thomas Sørensen
2 DF   WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF   ENG Jlloyd Samuel[notes 1]
4 DF   SWE Olof Mellberg
5 DF   DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF   ENG Gareth Barry
8 MF   ENG Gavin McCann
10 FW   NOR John Carew
11 MF   BUL Stiliyan Petrov
12 MF   NIR Steven Davis
13 GK   ENG Stuart Taylor
15 FW   ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   NED Wilfred Bouma
17 FW   ENG Ashley Young
18 DF   NIR Aaron Hughes
19 DF   ENG Liam Ridgewell
20 FW   ENG Chris Sutton
21 DF   ENG Gary Cahill
22 FW   ENG Luke Moore
23 MF   CZE Patrik Berger
24 DF   ENG Phil Bardsley[notes 2] (on loan from Manchester United)
26 MF   ENG Craig Gardner
27 MF   ENG Isaiah Osbourne
28 MF   SCO Shaun Maloney[notes 3]

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF   ENG Lee Hendrie (on loan to Stoke City)
9 FW   COL Juan Pablo Ángel (to New York Red Bulls)
10 FW   CZE Milan Baroš (to Lyon)
14 MF   CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba (on loan to Burnley)
17 MF   ENG Peter Whittingham (to Cardiff City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   ENG Kevin Phillips (to West Bromwich Albion)
24 MF   FRA Mathieu Berson (to Levante)
28 GK   HUN Gabor Király (on loan from Crystal Palace)
31 DF   REU Didier Agathe (released)

Reserve squad edit

The following players spent most of the season playing for the reserve team, and did not appear for the first team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK   AUT Bobby Olejnik
29 DF   IRL Stephen O'Halloran
DF   ENG Paul Green
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BEL Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 4] (sacked)
FW   ENG Scott Bridges
FW   ENG Sam Williams

Youth squad edit

The following players spent most of the season playing for the youth team, and did not appear for the first team, but may have appeared for the reserve team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ENG Elliot Parish
GK   IRL David Bevan (on loan to Hull City)
GK   IRL Lee Boyle (on loan to Bohemians)
GK   IRL Stephen Henderson
DF   ENG Daniel Bradley
DF   ENG Ciaran Clark[notes 5]
DF   ENG Jordan Collins
DF   ENG Ben Love
DF   ENG Will Ricketts
DF   ENG Matthew Roome
DF   ENG Sam Simmonds
DF   IRL Danny Earls
DF   IRL Shane Lowry[notes 6]
DF   SWE Erik Lund
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   AUS Chris Herd
MF   ENG Marc Albrighton
MF   ENG Jonathan Hogg
MF   SCO Barry Bannan
MF   SUI Damian Bellón
MF   SUI Yagó Bellón
MF   HUN Zoltán Stieber
FW   ENG Nathan Delfouneso
FW   NIR Adam McGurk
FW   SWE Tobias Mikaelsson (on loan to Ljungskile SK)
MF   ENG Josh Burge (on trial from Grimsby Town)
DF    Steven Clancy
MF    Aaron Griffiths
MF    Danny MacDonald (contract terminated by mutual consent)

Other players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   NOR Lasse Staw (on trial from Fredrikstad)
MF   CYP Stefanos Georgiou (on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia)
MF   CYP Feidos Panagiotiu (on trial from Olympiakos Nicosia)
FW   SWE Jacob Flingmark (on trial from Ljungskile SK)
FW   SWE Robin Söder (on trial from Stenungsunds IF)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Phil Green
DF   IRL Mark Power
DF    Seyi Morgan (contracted cancelled)
MF    Morgan Evans

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Sorensen 29 0 0 0 2 0 31 0
3 DF Samuel 2+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+3 0
4 DF Mellberg 38 1 0 0 3 0 41 1
5 DF Laursen 12+2 0 0 0 1 0 13+2 0
6 MD Barry 35 8 1 0 3 1 39 9
8 MF McCann 28+2 1 1 0 2 0 31+2 1
9 FW Angel 18+5 4 1 0 3 3 22+5 7
10 FW Baroš 10+7 1 0+1 1 1+2 0 11+10 2
10 FW Carew 11 3 0 0 0 0 11 3
11 MF Petrov 30 2 1 0 3 0 34 2
12 MF Davis 17+11 0 0 0 3 0 20+11 0
13 GK Taylor 4+2 0 0 0 1 0 5+2 0
14 MF Djemba-Djemba 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 FW Agbonlahor 37+1 9 1 0 0 0 41+1 10
16 DF Bouma 23+2 0 1 0 1+1 0 25+3 0
17 FW Young 11+2 2 0 0 0+1 0 11+2 2
17 MF Whittingham 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+2 0
18 DF Hughes 15+4 0 1 0 3 0 19+4 0
19 DF Ridgewell 19+2 1 1 0 2+1 0 22+3 1
20 FW Sutton 6+2 1 0 0 0+1 0 6+3 1
21 DF Cahill 19+1 1 1 0 0 0 20+1 0
22 FW Moore 7+6 4 0 0 1 0 8+6 4
23 MF Berger 5+8 2 0 0 0+1 0 5+9 2
24 DF Bardsley 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
26 MF Gardner 11+2 2 0 0 0 0 11+2 2
27 MF Osbourne 6+5 0 1 0 1 0 8+5 0
28 GK Kiraly 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
28 MF Maloney 5+3 1 0 0 0 0 5+3 1
31 DF Agathe 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+6 0

[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lerner closer to control of Villa". Article on BBC Sport. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  2. ^ "RIP Sir Doug Ellis". Aston Villa F.C. 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  4. ^ Spurs win may harm Rovers' Intertoto chances
  5. ^ "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2006/07".
  6. ^ "Aston Villa Player Database".
  7. ^ "Villa matches 2006-07" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2012.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-21 level before making his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
  2. ^ Bardsley was born in Salford, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 2010.
  3. ^ Maloney was born in Miri, Malaysia, but was raised in Scotland from the age of 5 and represented them at U-21 level before making his international debut for Scotland in October 2005.
  4. ^ Kabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and has represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
  5. ^ Clark was born in Harrow, England, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-20 level, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2011.
  6. ^ Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.

External links edit