Jody Byrne

Jody Byrne

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Byrne
Date of birth	(1963-04-30) 30 April 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1983	Dundalk F.C.	2	(0)
1983–1990	Shamrock Rovers	196	(0)
1990–1994	Shelbourne	135	(1)
1994–1995	Dundalk F.C.	15	(0)
1995–1996	Cork City F.C.	29	(0)
1996–1997	Drogheda United	27	(0)
1997	Waterford United	5	(0)
1997–1998	Finn Harps	27	(0)
1998–2001	Waterford United	7	(0)
2001–2002	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	?	(0)
2001–2002	Dublin City F.C.	?	(0)
International career
1987–1995	League of Ireland XI	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph "Jody" Byrne (born 30 April 1963) is an Irish retired footballer who played in the League of Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s.

After playing for Cambridge Boys he moved to Dundalk F.C. where he was an understudy to Richie Blackmore. He did make his debut, keeping a clean sheet, at Finn Harps on 13 February 1983. ^[1] He made a total of 2 appearances for Dundalk keeping 2 clean sheets in his 2 years there.

In April 1983 he played for the League of Ireland XI U21s against their Italian League counterparts who included Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli in their team. ^[2]

In May 1983, Jim McLaughlin brought Byrne to Shamrock Rovers ^[3] and at Milltown he went to win four League medals and the FAI Cup three times.^{[ citation needed ]}

In his 7 years at Rovers Byrne played 196 league games keeping 76 clean sheets. He played 302 competitive games altogether including 8 games in the European Champion Clubs' Cup keeping 2 clean sheets. He was Player of the Year on two occasions in 1986/87 and 1988/89 Shamrock Rovers#Player of the Year Award recipients. He was everpresent for two consecutive seasons: 1987/88 and 1988/89.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1990, he moved to Shelbourne ^[4] where he helped the Reds to their first league title in 30 years in 1992 and their first FAI Cup success in thirty years in 1993. He got sent off after only 27 seconds on St Patrick's Day 1992!. ^[5]

He then had spells at Cork City and Dundalk again.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honours

Club

Shamrock Rovers

• League of Ireland / League of Ireland Premier Division (4): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87
• FAI Cup (3): 1985, 1986, 1987
• LFA President's Cup (2): 1984-85, 1987–88
• Dublin City Cup (1): 1983-84

Shelbourne

• League of Ireland Premier Division (1): 1991-92
• FAI Cup (1): 1993

Dundalk

• League of Ireland Premier Division (1): 1994-95

Individual

• Shamrock Rovers Player of the Year (2): 1986-87, 1988–89

References

1. "The Irish Times - Monday, February 14, 1983 - Page 15". The Irish Times .
2. The Irish Times . Dublin. 1 December 1983. ISSN   0791-5144 https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/1201/Pg003.html .{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "The Irish Times - Thursday, August 11, 1983 - Page 003". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
4. "The Irish Times - Monday, May 21, 1990 - Page 015". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
5. "The Irish Times - Wednesday, March 18, 1992 - Page 017". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.