Synan Braddish

Synan Braddish
Personal information
Full name	Synan Braddish
Date of birth	9 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Finglas, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
19xx–1975	Raven Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1978	Dundalk
1978–1979	Liverpool
1979–1981	Dundalk
1981–1986	St Patrick's Athletic
1986–1988	Athlone Town
1988–1990	Drogheda United
1990–1991	Kilkenny City
1991–1993	Longford Town
International career
1977–1978	Republic of Ireland U21
1978	Republic of Ireland
Managerial career
1988–1990	Drogheda Utd
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Synan Braddish (born 27 January 1958) is an Irish former footballer who spent most of his career playing in the League of Ireland, most notably with Dundalk. As an international, Braddish also played for the Republic of Ireland.

Club career

Born Finglas, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Braddish initially played junior football with Raven Athletic in his local Finglas area. During the 1970s this club served as a nursery team for Dundalk and in 1975 they recruited Braddish.^[1] Braddish subsequently played five seasons with Dundalk under manager Jim McLaughlin, helping the club win seven trophies including the League of Ireland title in 1976 and the FAI Cup in both 1977 and 1981. His team-mates at the club included, among others, Terry Flanagan, Dermot Keely and Cathal Muckian. Described as an elegant and intelligent midfielder, Braddish scored 17 goals during his time at Dundalk – 12 in the league and 7 in cup competitions. He scored his first goal for the club on 17 August 1975 against Drogheda United in a 2–2 draw in the Donegan Cup. Dundalk eventually won the game 3–1 on penalties.^[2]^[3] On 6 April 1977 at Dalymount Park, Braddish scored in a 1–0 win against St Patrick's Athletic in an FAI Cup semi-final replay.^[4] On 23 January 1978 he scored a hat-trick in the league in a 6–2 win against Shelbourne.^[5]

Braddish was on the verge of signing for Los Angeles Skyhawks when in April 1978 he was offered a contract by Liverpool. Together with Derek Carroll and Brian Duff, he was one of three Dundalk players Liverpool signed for a combined fee of £50,000. However, none of the trio managed to get a first team game and all of them subsequently returned to Dundalk. On 29 January 1980 Braddish scored a second hat trick for Dundalk, again against Shelbourne, helping the club to a 9–0 win in the league.^[6]

After leaving Dundalk, Braddish went on to play for St Patrick's Athletic for a further five seasons. Among his teammates at this club were Dave Henderson and a young Paul McGrath.^[7]^[8]

Republic of Ireland international

Braddish represented the Republic of Ireland at schoolboy, youth, amateur and under 21 levels. After an impressive performance in an under 21 international against Northern Ireland in March 1978, he was then called up to the senior squad. He made 2 appearances for the Republic of Ireland, winning both caps in April 1978. He made his senior international debut, under Johnny Giles, on 5 April in a 4–2 win against Turkey. He came on as a late substitute in the 67th minute during a friendly at Lansdowne Road. He then won his second and last cap on 12 April when he started for the Republic in a 3–0 away defeat against Poland.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Honours

Player

Dundalk F.C.

League of Ireland: 1975–76
FAI Cup: 1977, 1981
League of Ireland Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81
Leinster Senior Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78

St Patrick's Athletic

Leinster Senior Cup: 1982–83

Manager

League of Ireland First Division
- Drogheda United- 1988–89

References

^ The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [1]
^ Dundalk F.C. 1970s
^ Dundalk F.C. 1975–76
^ Dundalk F.C. 1976–77
^ Dundalk F.C. 1977–78
^ Dundalk F.C. 1979–80
^ McGrath, Paul; Hogan, Vincent (2006), Back From the Brink, Arrow, ISBN 978-0-09-949955-8
^ The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [2]
^ Republic of Ireland stats
^ Gifted in Green, Adam Ward, 1999. PB ISBN 0-600-59739-3 p.74
^ The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [3]

[1] The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [1]

[2] Dundalk F.C. 1970s

[3] Dundalk F.C. 1975–76

[4] Dundalk F.C. 1976–77

[5] Dundalk F.C. 1977–78

[6] Dundalk F.C. 1979–80

[Brink-7] McGrath, Paul; Hogan, Vincent (2006), Back From the Brink, Arrow, ISBN 978-0-09-949955-8

[8] The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [2]

[9] Republic of Ireland stats

[10] Gifted in Green, Adam Ward, 1999. PB ISBN 0-600-59739-3 p.74

[11] The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle [3]

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