Top 20 most read extratime.com articles for 2023 – Part 2 (From 10 to 1)

Bohs' Danny Grant, Bastien Hery, Ruesha Littlejohn and Graham Burke

Bohs' Danny Grant, Bastien Hery, Ruesha Littlejohn and Graham Burke Credit: Martin Doherty, Michael P Ryan, Eddie Lennon and Peter Fitzpatrick

Having counted down the first section of our most read articles on extratime.com for the 2023 – see part one: 20 to 11 below – we now reach the top ten for 2023.

10. Boys in Green could bag Nations League group with England along with Greece

Macdara Ferris Dec 03 2023

Damn right we knew what we were doing accompanying a story about Ireland possibly being drawn against The Three Lions in the Nations League with a photo of England players Declan Rice and Jack Grealish.

 

9. Cork City confirm deal for Tiernan Brooks

Philip Morrissey Jul 02 2023

The Leesiders hoped their fortunes would change in the second half of the season and their signing of Tiernan Brooks brought plenty of viewers to extratime.com to read this transfer story.



 

8. Ruesha Littlejohn to depart Aston Villa Women at season's end

Gareth Penrose May 26 2023

A large cohort of the Ireland World Cup squad went into the tournament knowing they were moving club sides after their return from Australia.

In May Aston Villa confirmed that Ruesha Littlejohn would depart Villa Park. The Ireland midfielder is now lining out with the London City Lionesses.

 



7. Ross Tierney: 'I've never played in England before so it's a different challenge but I always think I can do well'

Andrew Dempsey Aug 09 2023

“Leaving Bohs was difficult but I always wanted to move away from home,” explained Tierney when talking with extratime.com in a lengthy interview during the summer ahead of his season long loan with Walsall.

 

6. Stephen Bradley reacts to Shamrock Rovers Champions League defeat: ‘The better team won over both legs. We didn't do enough.’

Macdara Ferris Jul 20 2023

The Hoops were dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers by Icelandic champions Breidablik.

Directly after the defeat our reporter Macdara Ferris sat with Stephen Bradley in the away dug out in the Kopavogsvollur Stadium to hear how the Hoops Head Coach saw his team’s defeat.

 

5. Bastien Hery on his time playing under Alan Reynolds at Waterford: ‘In terms of the dressing room and the experience, it was definitely the best for me”

Dan Lucey Jan 09 2023

Come for the photo of then Cork City boss John Caulfield tackling Bastien Hery but stay for the Dan Lucey interview with the Madagascan international player.  

 

4. League of Ireland clubs ‘not’ in Europe – What did those teams who knocked the LOI sides out of Europe this year go on to do in their Euro campaign?

Tommy Healy Dec 21 2023

An article written in December about League of Ireland clubs in Europe was a late bolter into our top 10.

With the Europa Conference League group stages coming to a conclusion in mid-December, we asked Tommy Healy to have a look at how the clubs who knocked Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, Dundalk and St. Patrick’s Athletic get on in Europe after eliminating the Irish clubs from Europe.

 

3. Former Bohs forward Danny Grant departs Huddersfield Town

Patrick O'Connor May 24 2023

In May Danny Grant’s name was among the 19 players confirmed as departing Huddersfield Town. Grant soon resurfaced back at Bohemians - the side he left in December 2020.

 

2. John O'Sullivan set to swap Bohemians for Europe-bound Shelbourne

Dave Donnelly Dec 04 2023

We never doubt Dave Donnelly’s sources and they proved correct when we brought you this story at the start of December concerning where John O’Sullivan would play his football next year.

Four days after our story was published it was confirmed by his new club Shelbourne that O’Sullivan had switched from Dalymount Park to Tolka Park for 2024.

 

1. League of Ireland expansion planned for Meath

Éanna Mackey Dec 23 2023

What a debut for the new signing at extratime.com Éanna Mackey. He wrote his first story two days before Christmas and it comes in at number one most read for 2023.

Mackey spoke with Athboy Celtic chairman Bernard O’Byrne about the plans for a new Meath based League of Ireland club.

About Macdara Ferris

Macdara Ferris is a contributor since 2007 to Hoops Scene (Shamrock Rovers' match day programme) and is the co-author of two books on Shamrock Rovers - 'Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009 to 2012' (with Karl … View Full Profile