SHELBOURNE HAVE CONFIRMED the re-signing of Harry Wood on a permanent transfer from Hull City.
The Englishman spent the second half of last season on loan at Tolka Park and has now put pen to paper on a long-term contract with Damien Duffโs side.
It comes as a major boost for Shels as they challenge for the Premier Division title and also prepare for the first round of Europa Conference League qualifying this month.
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Shelbourne FC is delighted to announce the permanent signing of Harry Wood from Hull City, subject to international clearance
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โIโve got unfinished business here, I want to play my part in getting this club back to where it belongs,โ Wood said, with Duff explaining how happy he was to bring the 21-year-old back to Dublin after he was sent on loan to Grimsby Town.
โIt is amazing to have H back after a prolonged holiday in Grimsby. The best football he played in his career was with Shelbourne. The happiest he has been in his career was also with Shelbourne. That is why both parties were so eager to do this.
โLast year he made a massive impression in a short period. Now he will have a much bigger impact over a much longer length of time. Welcome home Harold.โ
There was also good news for Sligo Rovers after they agreed a deal with Oxford United to extend the loan deal for Ed McGinty until the end of this season.
McGinty has been one of the standout goalkeepers this season, keeping eight clean sheets, and he expressed his delight at remaining with the Bit OโRed.
โIt can be a weird time when the window opens so itโs nice to have the peace of mind and security. Itโs great to be able to move on now and stick with Rovers and with John Russell,โ he said.
โJohn spoke to me about extending the deal quite a while back. Iโm ambitious and I want to challenge myself and it felt right to stay in Sligo. There was interest from here and there but for me everything nicely fell into place and it just felt right to stay here.
โI feel the love from the supporters and the people of Sligo and the club is in my heart at this stage.โ
On a busy day of transfer business in the League of Ireland, Bohemians announced the double signing of Scottish midfielder Archie Meekison from Dundee United and Brighton defender Leigh Kavanagh.
Dundalk also added three bodies to their ranks with midfielder Jad Hakiki arriving from Shels and defender Hayden Cann departing Lincoln City after spending the first half of this term with Drogheda United.
Centre back Bobby Faulkner has also agreed a loan deal at Oriel Park from Doncaster Rovers until the end of this season.
I love the Olympics, really enjoying the interactive BBC coverageโฆbrilliantly done but Iโd have to agree with the journalist in the link above who said the coverage is totally jingoistic. Itโs cringey at best. They did a lunchtime filler yesterday of the previous 24 hours in case anyone had missed itโฆ.all it contained was British athletes winning medals and a couple of images of other countries athletesโฆbut only slipping up, falling off the bars, losing basically. No shot of Katie Taylor beating Jones. Their coverage implies that there is only one team in the Olympics, Team GB (cue cringe) who are to be celebratedโฆ.bar maybe Usain Bolt winning the 100m otherwise other countries are barely given a look in.
Watch RTE so.
Lol! The fella is English so I dont have much choice on thisโฆ.heโs gonna go for the Beeb everytime!
Smartypants mcbab
Roll on 2pm tomorrow
Iโm in the USA watching the Olympics and believe me there is no other country in the Olympics except the USA. Even if an American gets bronze, youโre not even told who got hold or silver. And if they donโt get a medal, itโs the judging system thatโs at fault, an injury is being carried, never simply that they just werenโt good enough on the day!
Oops gold!
I have to say these round ups are excellent. Thank you and well done to The Journal!
Delighted for Michael Conlan โ great performance.
โโฆin the form of Sally Pearsonโs stunning victory in the 100m Final, running a time of 12.35 and breaking the world record in the process.โ
Think that should be Olympic record ;)
Sally Pearson broke the Olympic record
In Australia and i would pay good money to be able to view the olympics on bbc or rte. shocking coverage over here. Like its been controlled by a child with ADD. Flicking from one event to another, 10 seconds of some ozzie in one event, 15 seconds of another ozzie in another. No insight just a desperate attempt to show lots of ozzies and ignoring every other country. Awful stuff