Peter Hynes

Football player infobox
playername = Peter Hynes


fullname = Peter Hynes
height = 1.84 m (6 ft 2 in)
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1983|11|28
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
currentclub = Sporting fingal
clubnumber = 9
position = Midfielder/Forward
youthyears = 2001-2002
youthclubs = Aston Villa
years = 2002-2004
2003-2004
2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2007
2007-present
2007
2008
clubs = Aston Villa
→Doncaster Rovers (loan)
→Cheltenham Town (loan)
Tamworth
Dublin City
Dundalk
Newry City
Derry City
→UCD AFC (loan)
Sporting Fingal
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
5 (1)
4 (0)
0 (0)
8 (1)
68 (14)
6 (0)
13 (1)
8 (0)
20 (8)
pcupdate = 16 March 2008

Peter Hynes (born 28 November 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Sporting Fingal in the FAI First Division. He studied at Drimnagh Castle CBS, Walkinstown, where was a student in the same class former Dublin City F.C. midfielder Robert Collins.

Playing career

English career

Hynes began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa where he played in Villa's 2002 FA Youth Cup winning side and turned professional in August 2002. In need of first-team experience, he joined Doncaster Rovers on loan in December 2003, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/3313683.stm Rovers sign Hynes] ] making his league debut on 13 December 2003 when he came on as a late substitute for Gregg Blundell in Rovers' 3-1 defeat away to Cheltenham Town. He played in four further games for Rovers, all as a substitute, with his only goal coming in his final game, a 5-0 win at home to Leyton Orient on 10 January 2004. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/3363911.stm Doncaster Rovers 5-0 Leyton Orient] ]

Later that month he joined Cheltenham Town on a month's loan, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/3425707.stm Robins secure Hynes deal] ] playing four times before returning to Villa. He was released at the end of the season, joining Conference side Tamworth in June 2004 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tamworth/3808233.stm Tamworth snap up Hynes] ] [ [http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=18249 Cooper signs Villa youngster] ] but left in July without playing a single game for the Lambs.

Irish career

Hynes joined Dublin City as John Gill's last signing before relinquishing managerial duties at Dublin City and was deployed primarily as a striker by Gill's successors Roddy Collins and Dermot Keely.

Despite scoring the late winner which consummated Dublin City's memorable reversal of a 0-2 deficit into a 3-2 victory away to Derry City late in the 2004 season, Hynes' sojourn with the Vikings was to end in acrimony, as he was substituted for disciplinary reasons after just four minutes of the then-relegated City's final fixture against Shamrock Rovers at Tolka Park.

In contrast to his uninspired form with Dublin City, Hynes proved markedly more productive in the colours of Dundalk, whom he joined in 2005, scoring six goals from midfield in 2005. He formed, alongside Philip Hughes (with whom he played at Dublin City) one half of a prolific forward pairing which manoeuvred Dundalk into a strong position in the Eircom League First Division. However, he was released by Dundalk following a breach of club discipline on 14 November 2006. [ [http://www.dundalkfc.com/News/061114_Hynes.html Dundalk FC part company with Peter Hynes] ] He was deemed to have rang John Gill the Dundalk FC manager while out celebrating with rival players of Shamrock Rovers and making unprofessional remarks to him which left Gill no choice but to release him. Dundalk without Hynes went on to win the two-legged promotion/relegation playoff against Waterford United.

In January 2007 he joined Newry City, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6233375.stm Newry include new signings] ] but just over a month later on 28 February (the transfer deadline day for FAI National League clubs), he signed for Derry City. [" [http://www.derrycityfc.net/season/07/news/displaystory.php?storyid=42 City add striker to squad: Peter Hynes signs from Newry] ", "CityWeb", 28 February 2007.] The clubs agreed that Hynes would move for free but the agreement also contained a clause which would allow his former club to claim 30% of any future transfer fee if the player was to be sold on.

However, Hynes was not initially eligible to play for Derry City as FIFA's rules stated that no player could play for more than two different clubs between 1 July of one season and 30 June of the following year. In Hynes' case, he had already played for both Dundalk and Newry City between 1 July, 2006 and his signing for Derry City in February, 2007. [" [http://www.eleven-a-side.com/corkcity/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=26855 Clubs hit with two-club ruling] ", "Eleven-a-side.ie", 9 March 2007.] The Football Association of Ireland argued that, as they ran a league with an unconventional Summer season, such a state of affairs ought to be permissible for players playing in the FAI National League. With two weeks of the league season completed the association had yet to come to an agreement with FIFA. The player's clearance eventually came on 5 April. [" [http://www.eircomloi.ie/news_item_32.htm FIFA grant clearance to Hynes] ", "FAI eircom League", 5 April 2007.]

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