Peter Hynes (footballer)

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Peter Hynes
Galway F.C. in the League of Ireland First Division
in March 2014
Personal information
Full name Peter Hynes
Date of birth (1983-11-28) 28 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
2001–2002 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2003–2004 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 5 (1)
2004 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 4 (0)
2004 Tamworth 0 (0)
2004 Dublin City 8 (1)
2005–2006 Dundalk 68 (16)
2007 Newry City 6 (2)
2007 Derry City 13 (1)
2007 → UCD (loan) 8 (0)
2008 Sporting Fingal 33 (8)
2009 Shelbourne 28 (5)
2010 Longford Town 28 (6)
2011 Limerick 18 (1)
2012–2013 Drogheda United 51 (9)
2014 Longford Town 25 (1)
Total 267 (51)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Hynes (born 28 November 1983) is an Irish footballer.

Playing career

English career

Hynes began his career as a trainee with

Villa's 2002 FA Youth Cup winning side and turned professional in November 2000. In need of first-team experience, he joined Doncaster Rovers on loan in December 2003,[1] 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.[2]

Later that month he joined Cheltenham Town on a month's loan,

Conference side Tamworth in June 2004[4][5]
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.

In contrast to his uninspired form with Dublin City, Hynes proved markedly more productive in the colours of

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 League of Ireland
First Division. However, he was released by Dundalk following a breach of club discipline on 14 November 2006.

In January 2007 he joined Newry City,[6] but just over a month later on 28 February (the transfer deadline day for League of Ireland clubs), he signed for Derry City.[7] 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.[8] 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 League of Ireland. 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.[9]

When Hynes was finally granted eligibility to play for Derry he struggled to make an impact with the candystripes. He was loaned out during the July transfer window to

Wexford Youths at Tolka Park.[11] On 13 April 2009, he scored his first Shelbourne goal during a League of Ireland Cup first-round tie against his former club Dundalk at Tolka Park, a match Shelbourne won 3–0.[12] Hynes finished the 2009 season as a First Division runner-up with Shelbourne and scored 6 goals in 33 league and cup appearances over the course of the season for Shels. He departed Shelbourne at the end of the season and he signed for Longford Town
on 11 January 2010 and spent one season with the midlands club.

On 14 January 2011, it was confirmed that Hynes would be signing for Limerick.[13]

On 14 December 2011, Hynes signed for Drogheda United where he spent two seasons. The highlight of this time was being part of the victorious League of Ireland Cup winning team of 2012.

On 29 November 2013, Hynes re-joined Longford Town.[14] He was a member of the League of Ireland First Division 2014 title-winning squad, although his role was limited mainly to substitute appearances. He was released at the end of the season.

Honours

Aston Villa

Drogheda United

Longford Town

  • 2014

References

  1. ^ Rovers sign Hynes
  2. ^ Doncaster Rovers 5–0 Leyton Orient
  3. ^ Robins secure Hynes deal
  4. ^ Tamworth snap up Hynes
  5. ^ Cooper signs Villa youngster
  6. ^ Newry include new signings
  7. ^ "City add striker to squad: Peter Hynes signs from Newry[permanent dead link]", CityWeb, 28 February 2007.
  8. ^ "Clubs hit with two-club ruling", Eleven-a-side.ie, 9 March 2007.
  9. ^ "FIFA grant clearance to Hynes Archived 16 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine", FAI eircom League, 5 April 2007.
  10. ^ Special Announcement → www.shelbournefc.com
  11. ^ Shelbourne 2 – 1 Wexford Youths → www.shelbournefc.com
  12. ^ Shelbourne 3 – 0 Dundalk → www.extratime.ie
  13. ^ Squad News Archived 4 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine – limerickfc.ie
  14. ^ Hynes Returns – ltfc.ie

External links

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