Andrew Myler Explained

Andrew Myler
Fullname:Andrew Myler
Birth Date:2 December 1975
Birth Place:Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:St Kevin's Boys
Years1:1994–1997
Caps1:48
Goals1:13
Years2:1997–1998
Clubs2:Newry Town
Caps2:13
Goals2:2
Years3:1998–2000
Caps3:48
Goals3:22
Years4:2000–2002
Clubs4:Athlone Town
Caps4:55
Goals4:38
Years5:2001–2002
Caps5:8
Goals5:4
Years6:2002–2004
Caps6:91
Goals6:33
Years7:2005–2006
Clubs7:Longford Town
Caps7:30
Goals7:4
Years8:2006–2007
Caps8:45
Goals8:15
Years9:2008
Caps9:15
Goals9:2
Totalcaps:353
Totalgoals:133
Manageryears1:2009
Managerclubs1:Shamrock Rovers A
Manageryears2:2010
Managerclubs2:Shamrock Rovers U20
Manageryears3:2019–
Managerclubs3:UCD

Andrew "Andy" Myler (born 2 December 1975, Dublin) is a former League of Ireland footballer, and current manager of UCD.

Playing career

He began his professional career at UCD where he made his League debut at St. James's Gate on 9 January 1994. He scored his first league goal on his first start at Longford Town on 27 March 1994. His first league hat trick was against Finn Harps on 6 September 1996.

He also played for Newry Town, Monaghan United, Athlone Town, Waterford United and Drogheda United before Longford. He claims that his happiest days as a footballer came with Drogheda United where he has officially been accepted into the club's hall of fame. He is now known as a legend in Drogheda and his name is still sung week in week out by the Drogheda fans.

Myler was signed by Shamrock Rovers from Longford Town in July 2006 making his debut against Galway United on 4 August.[1]

Always a Rovers fan, Myler broke into the top 20 all time League of Ireland goal scorers in August 2007.[2] His hat-trick on 14 September against Galway United brought his all-time league total to 129 goals[3]

In his career he has been top scorer in the League of Ireland First Division for two seasons in 1999–2000 and 2000–01.[4] In his two seasons at Rovers Myler scored 20 goals in 48 total appearances.

He signed for Bray in December 2007[5] Myler retired at the end of the 2008 season with a total of 131 career league goals and scored in his last game[6] As of 2012 Myler is sixteenth in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 131 league goals.[4]

Coach

Myler moved on to managing the Shamrock Rovers reserve and youth teams.[7] In his first season, he managed the Rovers team that won the 2009 A Championship.[8] In his second season, he managed the U20s as they won the League of Ireland U20 Division title .[9] He was promoted to the first team staff in 2011 where he was part of the Premier Division league winning and Europa League qualifying set up. Myler left Shamrock Rovers at the end of 2011.

He now manages first division side UCD, where he also works.

Honours

Player

UCD

1

1

2

Shamrock Rovers

1

Manager

Shamrock Rovers

1

1

Individual

2

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/2006_08_04_vGalway.php Shamrock Rovers F.C www.shamrockrovers.ie
  2. http://www.eircomloi.ie:82/news-centre/news/news-51/index.xml www.eircomloi.ie
  3. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/2007_14_Sep_vGalway.php Shamrock Rovers F.C www.shamrockrovers.ie
  4. Web site: Ireland – List of Topscorers . 6 July 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html . 6 April 2012 . .
  5. http://www.braywanderers.ie/index.php?id=600&backPID=675&tt_news=270 Single News Items www.braywanderers.ie
  6. http://www.eircomloi.ie/news-centre/news-1/2008/november/news-16/index.xml www.eircomloi.ie
  7. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/teams/a-championship-section/a-championship-squad www.shamrockrovers.ie
  8. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie./news/35-news/1099-rovers-win-2009-a-championship www.shamrockrovers.ie
  9. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/teams/under-20s-section/1712-rovers-beat-bohs-on-penalties-in-final- www.shamrockrovers.ie