Source: FOOTYMAD
Sunderland FC's Roy O'Donovan now at Hartlepool United
Former Blues loanee Roy O'Donovan became the sixth Irish born player in the Hartlepool squad after joining on loan from Sunderland last week. Roy O'Donovan; now at Hartlepool after a month on loan with the ShrimpersThe pacy O'Donovan has looked bright in his opening two games for Pools and has had no problems settling into life at Victoria Park with Denis Behan, Joe Gamble and Leon McSweeney all former team-mates at Cork City.Striker Colin Larkin and midfielder Alan Power make up the rest of the Irish clan at PoolsAnd Sweeney believes the Irish lads can help spur each other on as Pools look to secure sufficient points to ensure their League One status.Sweeney told www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk: "We'll be all drinking Guinness soon I think! There's a few Irish lads and it helps they've all played together before at Cork City. I've not been at a new club but I would assume when you come in and know a few people, it helps you bed in that little bit quicker. Hopefully the Irish lads will help each other out."Should be quite a St. patricks Day in the north-east!The O'Donovan FilesPersonal informationFull nameRoy Simon O'Donovan[1]Date of birth10 August 1985 (1985-08-10) (age 24)Place of birth Cork, IrelandHeight1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Playing positionWinger, ForwardClub informationCurrent clubHartlepool United (on loan from Sunderland)NumberYouth careerLeeds A.F.C. CorkBlarney StreetSenior career1YearsClubApp (Gls)*20042005-20072007-200820092009Coventry CityCork CitySunderland→ Dundee United (loan)→ Blackpool (loan)→ Southend United (loan)00 0(0)74 (31)17 0(0)7 0(1)12 0(0)03 0(1) National team22004-2005 2006-2007Republic of Ireland U19Republic of Ireland U21Republic of Ireland B09 0(2)1 Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 20:01, 24 May 2009 (UTC).2 National team caps and goals correctas of 20:01, 24 May 2009 (UTC).* Appearances (Goals)(Player information supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_O'Donovan)
