Season Preview 2014 - Dundalk

Manager: Stephen Kenny

Stadium: Oriel Park

 

Players In: Gabriel Sava (Drogheda), Sean Gannon (St. Pats), Daryl Horgan (Cork), Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry), David McMillan (Sligo), Marc Griffin (Derry)

Players Out: Stephen McDonnell (Shelbourne), John Dillon (Southport), Aaron Shanahan (Ballymena Utd), John Sullivan (Shelbourne), Tiarnan Mulvenna (Glenavon), Vinny Faherty (Galway), Conor Winn (Finn Harps), Jordan Keegan (Shelbourne), Francis McCafferty (Released), Nathan Murphy (Released)

 

Extratime.ie Key Man: Richie Towell

Richie Towell exploded on to the League of Ireland scene last season following his arrival at Dundalk FC from the wilderness of non-league football. The ex-Celtic and Hibernian midfielder grew in stature as the season progressed, adding a goalscoring dimension to his game during the last third of the season and picked up the PFAI Young Player of the Year award for 2013 as well as featuring on the PFAI League of Ireland Team of the Year.     

 

Extratime.ie One to Watch: Daryl Horgan



Dundalk fans have high expectations of Daryl Horgan following the exciting winger’s arrival from Cork City during the off-season. Horgan was selected in the 2013 PFAI League of Ireland Team of the Year and he’ll be looking to justify the €10k that Dundalk forked out for him in compensation to Cork City.

 

How they did last season:

League: 2nd

FAI Cup: Semi-Final

EA Sports Cup: Second Round



Setanta Sports Cup: N/A

Top League Goalscorer: Pat Hoban (14)

 

What to expect for 2014:

Dundalk have had a distinctly average pre-season and lost 3-2 to Coleraine in the first leg of their Setanta Cup tie on Monday (24th Feb). Nonetheless, Stephen Kenny will be hoping the Lillywhites can go one better than their second place finish last season. They have added real quality to the backbone of last season’s squad and on paper look like real contenders.

 

Title Odds: 11/2

First Game: vs Drogheda United (United Park - Fri 7th March 2014)

 

    About Donal Greene

    Donal was born and bred in Dundalk and as such, is a massive Dundalk fan. He signed for Dundalk in 2005 under Jim Gannon and also played under John Gill, Sean Connor and Ian Foster … View Full Profile