Away Days: Thirty Years of Irish Footballers in the Premier League
Away Days: Thirty Years of Irish Footballers in the Premier League
by Gareth Maher
9781848408692 | October 14th 2022 | €17.95 | Paperback | 256pp
Over the last thirty years, the English Premier League has grown to become the richest and most popular league in football – and the Irish have been at the heart of its success since the very beginning.
Through exclusive interviews with many of the greatest Irish players to ever play in the Premiership, and an in-depth analysis of Irish players’ involvement of the last three decades of the league, Gareth Maher showcases the astounding contribution that the Republic of Ireland has made to the greatest league on earth.
With insights from Seamus Coleman, John O’Shea, Niall Quinn, Shay Given, Jonathan Walters, Kevin Doyle, Andrew Omobamidele and many more, Away Days uncovers the good, the bad & the ugly of a League that has been home to almost two-hundred Irish players.
This is the telling of Ireland’s impact on the Premier League as told through the stories of the players who have experienced the title wins and the relegation scraps, the big-money moves and the cancelling of contracts, the hero’s acclaim and the villain’s disdain over three whirlwind decades.
Praise for AWAY DAYS:
“An absorbing study, Away Days is a fascinating read. Just perfect for a football nut like me.”
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“‘The transformation of the English Premier League into the most popular league in the world would not have happened without the impact of the Irish players who featured in the first thirty years of its existence. There have been 197 of them, which is considerably more than nations like Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. So the contribution of players with Republic of Ireland passports should be more widely recognised. This book shines a light on thirty of those Irish players, who each have a unique story to tell about their involvement in the most watched league in the world. There are thirty different stories that provide a fascinating insight to what playing in the Premier League is truly like and allow us to better appreciate the influence that they had on the growth of English football’s top tier.’”
