McPhail’s Hoops dream comes true

Signing for Shamrock Rovers is a homecoming in more ways than one for Stephen McPhail, representing not just a return to the country of his birth after 19 years in English football but also to the team he supported in his youth.

McPhail’s Hoops dream comes true

“It was the only club I wanted to play for here,” said the 34-year-old former Irish international who came to prominence during five years at Leeds United before moving on to Barnsley, Cardiff City and, until just a few days ago, Sheffield Wednesday.

“I supported Rovers as a kid as my granddad Paddy Doran was involved as a physio with the manager then, Ray Treacy [in the early ’90s]. I saw them a lot at the RDS and I travelled with the team up and down the country so I know what it’s all about and what I am coming home to.”

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