Jody Byrne

Football player infobox| playername= Jody Byrne


fullname = Joseph Byrne
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|4|30
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Republic of Ireland
height = 5'11"
position = Goalkeeper
years = 1981-1983
1983-1990
1990-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
2001-2002
2001-2002
clubs = Dundalk F.C.
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shelbourne F.C.
Dundalk F.C.
Cork City F.C.
Drogheda United F.C.
Waterford United
Finn Harps
Waterford United
St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
Dublin City F.C.
caps(goals) = 2 (-)
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Jody Byrne (born 30 April 1963 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer who played in the League of Ireland in the 1980's and 1990's.

After playing for Cambridge Boys he moved to Dundalk F.C. where he was an understudy to Richie Blackmore. He did make his debut, keeping a clean sheet, at Finn Harps on the 13th of February 1983. He made a total of 2 appearances for Dundalk keeping 2 clean sheets in his 2 years there.

In May 1983 Jim McLaughlin brought Jody to Shamrock Rovers and at Milltown he went to win four League medals and the FAI Cup three times.

In his 7 years at Rovers Jody played 196 league games keeping 76 clean sheets. He played 302 competitive games altogether including 8 games in the European Cup keeping 2 clean sheets. He was Player of the Year on two occasions in 1986/87 and 1988/89 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers#Player_of_the_Year_Award_recipients]

In 1990 he moved to Shelbourne where he helped the Reds to their first league title in 30 years in 1992 and their first FAI Cup success in thirty years in 1993. He got sent off after only 27 seconds on St Patrick's Day 1992! He then had spells at Cork City and Dundalk again.

Honours

* League of Ireland Championship: 5
** Shamrock Rovers 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87
** Shelbourne F.C. 1991/92

* FAI Cup: 4
** Shamrock Rovers 1985, 1986, 1987
** Shelbourne F.C. 1993

*LFA Presidents Cups: 1
** Shamrock Rovers - 1987/88