Carlow soccer star Padraig Amond of the famed Shamrock Rovers and a former county Carlow hurler, has been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for next week’s friendly match against Lithuania.
Amond replaces Cillian Sheridan of Celtic who has withdrawn from the squad.
He told the Carlow First '' I haven’t really had a chance to think about the under-21s because I have two club games this week and I’m trying to concentrate on them before I get my head around the Ireland game, I’ve been really busy all week so I don’t know much about the player I’m replacing either’’.
Padraig scored Shamrock Rovers 4,000th league goal in a 4-0 win over Galway United on September 14 of 2007.
He earned his first cap for the Republic of Ireland U-21 game in Austria on August 19 of this year and
followed this up with a second cap in Bulgaria. He made his first start against Portugal for his third cap in the
international under-21 friendly.
The Republic of Ireland squad set to face Lithuania on October 14 is as follows:
Padraig Amond Shamrock Rovers, Stephen Henderson Bristol City, Shane Redmond Nottingham Forest, Seamus Coleman Sligo Rovers, Eddie Nolan Blackburn Rovers, Michael Spillane Norwich City, Ian Bermingham UCD, Michael Liddle Sunderland, Darren Dennehy Cardiff City, John-Joe O’Toole Watford, Stephen Gleeson Stockport County, Owen Garvan Ipswich Town, Jimmy Ryan Accrington Stanley, James McCarthy Hamilton Academical, James O’Shea Galway United, James Berrett Huddersfield Town, Keith Treacy Blackburn Rovers and Sean Scannell, Crystal Palace.
