Robert Bayly

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Robert Bayly
Personal information
Full name Robert Sean Bayly [1]
Date of birth (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Leeds United 3 (0)
2009 Sporting Fingal 26 (3)
2010 Shamrock Rovers 30 (3)
2011 Bohemians 26 (0)
2012 Monaghan United [2] x (x)
2012 Longford Town 11 (0)
2013 Shelbourne 20 (0)
2014 Shamrock Rovers 27 (1)
2015 Cliftonville 6 (1)
2015 Drogheda United 9 (0)
2016 Waterford United 2 (1)
2017 [3] Shelbourne 2 (0)
International career
Republic of Ireland U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Sean Bayly (born 22 February 1988) is an Irish footballer.

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His two uncles Ritchie Bayly and Martin Bayly had distinguished careers in the League of Ireland.

Career

Leeds United

Capped at Ireland youth and Under-18 level while playing for Cherry Orchard, Bayly made his debut for Leeds United as a substitute in an English League Cup match against Southend United on 24 October 2006. On 26 October 2006, Bayly signed a professional two-year contract with Leeds. [4] Bayly made his full debut in the final game of the 2006–07 Championship season away to Derby County. However, it was a debut to forget as he was shown a straight red card attempting to headbutt Craig Fagan. Bayly was released by Leeds early on during the 2008–2009 season despite featuring on a few occasions for Leeds during pre season. During his time in England he also played for the Republic of Ireland U19's.

Sporting Fingal

Bayly joined Sporting Fingal before the start of the 2009 League of Ireland First Division season. He made his League debut on the opening day of the 2009 season against Waterford United [5] In an extraordinary season he scored the goal that clinched Sporting's promotion to the Premier Division against Bray Wanderers in a play-off [6] and then six days later won his first senior medal winning the FAI Cup at Tallaght Stadium following Fingal's 2–1 victory over Sligo Rovers. [7] Despite a successful season at Sporting Fingal, Bayly parted company with the club at the end of the season.

Shamrock Rovers

Bayly signed for Shamrock Rovers on 15 March 2010. [8] He made his debut as a substitute the next day at Tallaght Stadium. [9] He scored Rovers' equaliser in the UEFA Europa League tie against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. in the first European game at Tallaght Stadium. [10] In total, Bayly scored three goals in 35 appearances for the Hoops.

Bohemians

In February 2011, Robert signed for Pat Fenlon's Bohemians just in time for the new season. [11] "Boccer" made his debut for the Gypsies in a Setanta Sports Cup match against Portadown on 1 March but due to suspension would have to wait til the fourth league game of the season until he could make his league debut for the club. This came in a 1–0 defeat to Galway United at Dalymount Park. [12] He scored his first goal for the club against Shelbourne on 25 April in an EA Sports Cup tie at Tolka Park. [13]

Bayly left Bohemians in October 2011 after 26 league appearances for the club. His last appearance came against Shamrock Rovers on 5 October in a 1–1 draw.

Monaghan United

In December 2011, Robert signed for Roddy Collins' Monaghan United team. [14] On 18 June 2012, the club announced their withdrawal from the League of Ireland and all of their playing staff were released by the club. [15]

Longford Town

Robert joined Longford Town on 26 July 2012. He made his debut for the Midlands club the very next day in a 3–1 away win over SD Galway at Eamon Deacy Park. He was released at the end of the 2012 season.

Shelbourne

Bayly joined Shels in January 2013 [16]

Shamrock Rovers

Bayly re-joined Shamrock Rovers in 2014

Cliftonville

Bayly joined Cliftonville in January 2015 and was released in June 2015 after a number of poor performances with champions Cliftonville finishing 5th.

Return to League of Ireland

In July 2015, Bayly returned to the League of Ireland by joining Drogheda United.

Waterford United

In July 2016 he signed for former boss Roddy Collins at Waterford United. He made an impressive debut against Limerick in the RSC. He scored a long range stunner as they gave the runaway league leaders a very good game but a late flurry of Limerick goals saw them run out 5-1 winners.

Personal life

Prison

Bayly was jailed in 2018 for smuggling cannabis. [17]

Honours

Cliftonville
Shamrock Rovers
Sporting Fingal

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References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ↑ All Monaghan United players' statistics for the 2012 season were expunged after Monaghan withdrew from the league mid-season.
  3. ↑ Robert Bayly leaves Shelbourne by mutual consent‚ extratime.ie, 27 March 2017
  4. ↑ Leeds United (26 October 2006). "'Bocca' Bayly inks new deal" LeedsUnited.com (accessed 26 October 2006)
  5. ↑ http://www.sportingfingal.ie/News/tabid/1260/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1333/Late-drama-at-RSC-as-Fingal-held-to-a-draw%5B%5D
  6. ↑ "Fingal win promotion". loi.ie. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Football Association of Ireland".
  8. ↑ "Hoops strengthen midfield with Bayly". extratime.ie. 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Shamrock Rovers 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 2". airtricityleague.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Hoops battle back to rescue a draw". airtricityleague.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Bayly signs for Bohs". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  12. ↑ "Bohemians 0 - 1 Galway United". ExtraTime.com.
  13. ↑ "Shels 4 Bohs 2". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Monaghan United sign deadly dozen for 2012". Monagahan United. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Monaghan United withdraw from league". extratime.ie. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  16. ↑ http://www.shelbournefc.ie/players.php?playerid=1415 [ dead link ]
  17. ↑ McLean, Sonya. "Former 'child prodigy' footballer jailed for transporting drugs". The Irish Times.
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