A Championship Squad

Abiola Sanussi

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Craig Rothery

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James Mooney

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Patrick Cannon

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Robbie Cullivan

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Darren Murray

Defender

Former Club: WFTA

Firstly a defender but can play in Midfield too. Former schoolboy international. Darren is a quick strong defender with a knack for getting forward. 19 years old.

Paul Sharry

Defender

Former Club: Cherry Orchard

Left Full Paul can also play at centre back. Has been involved with the 1st team squad under Pat Scully. 20 years old.

Lloyd Massey

Defender

Former Club: Bray Wanderers

Comfortable in a range of positions in defence and midfield and an excellent technical footballer. Brother of Bray left full Dane. 19 years old.

Victor Ekanem

Defender

Former Club: UCD

Quick tough centre half. Victor has impressed in the 2009 A team pre-season.21 years old.

Karl Keogh

Defender

Former Club: Swansea

Commanding centre back in his second year with rovers. Former schholboy international. 19 years old.

Michael McLoughlin

Midfield

Former Club: Cherry Orchard

Gifted centre midfielder with a great eye for a pass. One of the most talented members of the squad. 18 years old.

Keith O'Neill

Midfield

Former Club: Kilnamanagh

Pacy winger who rejoins Rovers from Kilnamanagh after a bad injury. Previously involved with 1st team under Pat Scully. 22 years old.

Ian Byrne

Midfield

Former Club: Shelbourne

Former schoolboy international Ian joins from Shelbourne. On a scholarship at DCU, what Ian lacks in size he more than makes up for in ability. 18 years old.

Colm Daly

Midfield

Former Club: UCD

Colm can operate on the left wing or upfront, pacy player with great stamina. 1st year in senior football but is adapting very well. 19 years old.

Jason Oladele

Midfield

Former Club: Longford

Jason plays on the right wing and joins having played with Longford Town in the first Division in 2008. On his day a defenders Nightmare. 19 years old.

Don Cowen

Forward

Former Club: Crumlin United

Quick strong centre forward Don is in his second year with Rovers. Scored plenty of goals towards the end of the 2008 season. 19 years old. Made his senior debut on 16/07/09 at Drogheda in the FAI Cup.

Darren Good

Forward

Former Club: Greenpark

Prolific goalscorer at Junior level, Darren makes the step up this season and is expected to continue scoring as before. Great eye for goal with excellent awareness. 19 years old.

Garreth Edwards

Forward

Former Club: Crumlin United

Quick tricky striker who much is expected from this year. Former schoolboy international. 20 years old.

Team Management

Andy Myler

Manager

Highly respected striker who played for almost 15 years in the League. Retired at the end of the 2008 season with a total of 133 career league goals and a place in the top 20 all-time League of Ireland goal scorers. Played two seasons at Rovers under Pat Scully grabbing 20 goals in 48 appearances.

Declan Heavey

Assistant

Declan has a wealth of coaching experience having previously been involved with the U16 international set up and with Man Utd's youth set up in Dublin.