Declan Carville

Last updated

Declan Carville (born 13 December 1989) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Banbridge Town.

Contents

Early life

As a youth player, Carville played for Orchard City and Bessbrook United. [1]

Football career

In 2015, Carville signed for Northern Irish lower league side Newry City, was regarded as an instrumental figure in the 2017/18 season, the season the club earned promotion to the Northern Irish top flight. [2] In January 2019, he rejected offers from other top-flight clubs to stay at Newry City, but the club were relegated to the Northern Irish second tier that season. [3] Later that year, he was released due to "breach of club discipline". [4]

In 2019, he signed for Ballymena United in the Northern Irish top flight. That December, he played the last twenty-five minutes of a 0–2 loss to Coleraine as a goalkeeper before starting as goalkeeper again during the next match, a 0–1 loss to Glenatoran. [5] [6] He made twenty-six appearances for the club and played in their Europa League qualifying rounds. [7] In 2020, he returned to Northern Irish lower league club Newry City after leaving Ballymena United due to the travel issues and lack of consistent playing time. [3] During the 2021/22 season, he helped the club earn promotion to the Northern Irish top flight again. [8]

GAA career

Besides football, Carville has played competitive GAA at senior level. [9] [10] [11]

Style of play

Carville mainly operates as a midfielder but has played as a striker. [12]

Personal life

Carville has two children. [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portadown F.C.</span> Association football club in Northern Ireland

Portadown Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club who are due to compete in the NIFL Premiership in the 2024-25 season following promotion from the NIFL Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballymena United F.C.</span> Association football club in Northern Ireland

Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the NIFL Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds. The club has been managed by former captain Jim Ervin since 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrick Rangers F.C.</span> Association football club in Northern Ireland

Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as the Loughview Leisure Arena due to sponsorship reasons, which is owned by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Carrick Rangers main rivals are Larne, with matches between the sides being known as, "The East Antrim Derby." Ballyclare Comrades are also local rivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northern Ireland Football League Cup</span> Football tournament

The Northern Ireland Football League Cup is a national football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland open to all member clubs of the Northern Ireland Football League. It is the third-most prestigious competition in domestic Northern Irish football after the NIFL Premiership and Irish Cup. It should not be confused with the Irish League Floodlit Cup which ran from 1987–88 to 1997–98. Unlike the Irish Cup, the League Cup does not have a berth for UEFA Europa Conference League qualification. The cup has been operated by the Northern Ireland Football League since the 2013–14 season when it took over the administration from the Irish Football Association (IFA), after which the cup was renamed to the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)</span> Northern Irish footballer (1928–2014)

James Jones was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a forward. He is the leading goalscorer in the history of Irish League football with a total of 647 goals. According to RSSSF, he scored more than 809 goals in official matches, which makes him one of the most prolific goal scorers of all time.

James Archibald Platt is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Northern Ireland.

Mark Dickson is a former semi-professional footballer from Northern Ireland. He began his football career as a trainee with Northampton Town, for whom he made one first-team appearance in the Football League Trophy, before returning to his native country, where he played for Newry Town, Larne, Linfield, Crusaders and Donegal Celtic. He won the Irish League and Cup double in successive seasons with Linfield, and scored the winning goal for Crusaders in the 2008–09 Irish Cup Final.

Chris Morrow is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Brantwood.

The 2011–12 Irish Cup was the 132nd edition of the Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition.. The competition began on 17 September 2011 with the first round and ended on 5 May 2012 with the final.

Ruaridhri James Patrick Donnelly is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently a free agent.

The 2012–13 IFA Premiership was the 5th season of the IFA Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, and the 112th season of Irish league football overall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derry City F.C. Women</span> Football club

Derry City F.C. Women is the women's association football department of Derry City F.C., in Derry, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 2002 by Declan Devine and in 2007 affiliated to the Northern Ireland Women's Football Association; since 2015 it has played in the Women's Premiership. Its home matches have been played at various grounds, recently including the Brandywell Stadium used by the men's senior team.

The 2018–19 NIFL Premiership was the 11th season of the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, the 118th season of Irish league football overall, and the 6th season of the league operating as part of the Northern Ireland Football League.

Edward Carroll was an Irish footballer who played as a centre forward. He played for clubs in Ireland and Scotland and made one international appearance for the Ireland (IFA) national team in 1925.

The 2022–23 season is Linfield's 122nd season in the top flight of the Northern Ireland Football League having never been relegated since the league's formation in 1890. In addition to the domestic league, they will also compete in the Irish Cup, the League Cup, the County Antrim Shield, the Scottish Challenge Cup, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aimee Mackin</span> Irish footballer

Aimee Mackin is an Irish dual code footballer from Camlough in County Armagh. In association football she has played for Women's Premiership clubs Newry City and Sion Swifts, and represented the Northern Ireland women's national football team at both youth and senior level. She also played ladies' Gaelic football for Shane O'Neill's GAC and at senior level for Armagh GAA, competing in the Ladies' National Football League and All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. She was named the 2020 TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year.

Callum Marshall is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for West Bromwich Albion on loan from West Ham United, and the Northern Ireland national team.

Matthew Shevlin is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Coleraine.

Conor Keeley is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic. His previous clubs are Shelbourne, Cabinteely, Ballymena United and Drogheda United.

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the players: Declan Carville".
  2. ↑ "Declan Carville - Belfast Live article".
  3. 1 2 "CARVILLE IS BACK FOR A PREM PUSH". Mirror.
  4. ↑ "Newry City pair axed following 'breach of club discipline". belfastlive.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Declan Carville: Ballymena midfielder starts in goal and holds out for 86 minutes". bbc.com.
  6. ↑ "Moment of Irish League folklore as Ballymena Utd midfielder Declan Carville starts Glens game in goal". belfastlive.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Declan Carville - Extra Time article".
  8. ↑ "Carville says boss will keep them fully focused". thefreelibrary.com.
  9. ↑ "Carville set to be picked by Armagh after stealing spotlight". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Carville hat-trick helps sets up last four datewith Crossmaglen". northernirelandworld.com.
  11. ↑ "MORE ties in the Newry AOH Cup competition were played on Saturday with Bessbrook United, the holders, enjoying a comfortable 5-0 win over Newry Juventus with Declan Carville bagging a hat-trick in the process". Belfast Telegraph. 26 March 2012. p. 6. ProQuest   940785019.
  12. ↑ "Carville adapting to striker's role as Newry learn to deal with Premiership opposition". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Declan Carville hails Newry City response after being served 'wake-up call'". belfastlive.co.uk.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.