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Shane O'Neill Profile and Player Statistics

Shane O'Neill

First name:	Shane
Last name:	O'Neill
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:
Height:	175

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Shane O'Neill has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
First Division	2015	Cabinteely	6	1	3	2	0	2
League Cup	2015	Cabinteely	2	1	1	1	0	0
League Cup	2014	Bray Wanderers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Premier Division	2014	Bray Wanderers	23	7	9	1	0	4
Premier Division	2013	Bray Wanderers	11	8	1	0	0	1
League Cup	2012	Dundalk	2	2	0	0	0	0
Premier Division	2012	Dundalk	9	2	7	2	0	2
Premier Division	2011	Bray Wanderers	22	14	7	0	0	3
Premier Division	2010	Bray Wanderers	13	4	6	4	1	0

Shane O'Neill has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
13/07/2015	Cabinteely	1 - 1	Waterford United	0-0	H2H	+
Sodiq Oguntola 32'
John McKeown 41'
Karl Byrne 46'
Shane O'Neill 46'
Stephen Dunne 46'
Lloyd Cairns 55'
Aaron Brilly 55'
			57' E. Boyle
			66' Cory Galvin
Michael Brown 72'
Ross Broderick 72'
		0 - 1	77' E. Galvin
			78' A. O'Connor
			78' Mark O'Keeffe
K. Knight 90+3'		1 - 1
12/06/2015	Cabinteely	2 - 0	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
Shane O'Neill 16'		1 - 0
			51' Stephen Quigley
			55' Stephen Quigley
			55' Michael Brown
Shane O'Neill 58'
Lloyd Cairns 58'
Sodiq Oguntola 68'		2 - 0
			78' Sam O'Connor
			78' Philip Gorman
Stephen Hanley 84'
C. Foley 84'
			86' M. Chindea
			86' Daniel Molloy
Sodiq Oguntola 90+5'
Ross Broderick 90+5'
05/06/2015	UCD	6 - 1	Cabinteely	3-1	H2H	+
			24' Evan Finnegan
R. Swan 40'		1 - 0
			41' J. McGlynn
R. Swan 43'		2 - 0
R. Swan 45'		3 - 0
		3 - 1	45+1' Shane O'Neill
			47' Stephen Dunne
Tomás Boyle 48'
Mark Langtry 48'
R. Benson 52'		4 - 1
Mark Langtry 53'
Conor Cannon 53'
Sean Hyland 54'		5 - 1
			55' Aaron Brilly
			55' Daniel Campbell
D. Watts 71'
J. Watson 71'
			75' Shane O'Neill
Tomás Boyle 80'
Maxim Kouogun 80'
R. Swan 80'		6 - 1
			81' Josh Quinlivan
			81' Jamie Broderick
			85' John McKeown
			85' Lloyd Cairns
09/03/2015	UCD	0 - 1	Cabinteely	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Aaron Brilly
G. O'Neill 40'
			60' Tyrone McNelis
			60' Shane O'Neill
			60' Bobinel Mazono
			60' Gerald Pender
Samir Belhout 67'
D. Watts 67'
R. Swan 75'
Conor Cannon 75'
			77' K. Knight
			77' C. Foley
			85' J. McGlynn
D. O'Connor 90+2'
G. Sloggett 90+2'
		0 - 1	90+3' Shane O'Neill
06/03/2015	Cabinteely	1 - 0	Wexford Youths	1-0	H2H	+
Shane O'Neill 23'
John McKeown 25'
John McKeown 43'		1 - 0
			52' Craig Wall
			52' D. Furlong
J. Buckley 74'
Lloyd Cairns 74'
K. Knight 78'
			79' Philip Drohan
			79' Jimmy Dermody
			79' Conor English
			79' Craig McCabe
10/10/2014	Shamrock Rovers	1 - 0	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
Sean O'Connor 42'		1 - 0
			65' Adam Hanlon
			65' P. Hughes
Dean Kelly 70'
Karl Sheppard 70'
Sean O'Connor 70'
K. Waters 70'
Karl Sheppard 79'
			79' David Scully
			79' Gareth McDonagh
			84' M. Barker
K. Waters 90+4'
30/09/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 1	Derry City	0-0	H2H	+
			16' P. Lowry
A. Mitchell 43'
A. Mitchell 45+2'		1 - 0
			46' P. Lowry
			46' R. Curran
		1 - 1	62' Rory Patterson
			64' Shaun Kelly
			78' G. Doherty
			83' Shaun Kelly
			86' D. Jarvis
D. Zambra 88'
P. Hughes 88'
			88' Aaron Barry
			88' Ryan McBride
Niall Cooney 90+2'
Niall Cooney 90+3'
			90+5' J. Daniels
			90+5' Nathan Boyle
26/09/2014	Drogheda United	1 - 1	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	64' Adam Hanlon
Stephen Maher 66'
Carl Walshe 66'
Paul Andrews 71'		1 - 1
A. Wixted 74'
Paul Andrews 74'
Gavan Holohan 78'
			79' Ismahil Akinade
			79' P. Hughes
			82' Jake Kelly
			82' David Scully
			83' Shane O'Connor
Paul Andrews 87'
Gavin Brennan 90'
			90' D. Webster
19/09/2014	Bray Wanderers	2 - 4	St Patrick's	1-1	H2H	+
			12' Ken Oman
Jake Kelly 13'		1 - 0
D. Webster 39'
		1 - 1	39' C. Forrester
Niall Cooney 45'
		1 - 2	55' Keith Fahey
		1 - 3	56' Conan Byrne
		1 - 4	60' Conan Byrne
			70' Christy Fagan
			70' Mark Quigley
Ismahil Akinade 70'
David Scully 70'
			78' Keith Fahey
			78' James Chambers
David Cassidy 78'
Shane O'Neill 78'
Adam Hanlon 80'		2 - 4
David Scully 89'
			90+1' C. Forrester
			90+1' L. Fitzgerald
15/08/2014	Bray Wanderers	0 - 1	Sligo Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
A. Mitchell 45+1'
		0 - 1	47' Éamon Zayed
			50' D. Ledwith
			52' Alan Keane
Shane O'Neill 58'
Robert Maloney 58'
			63' D. Kavanagh
			63' Paul O'Conor
Robert Maloney 65'
			74' D. Ledwith
			74' R. Donelon
M. Barker 78'
Jake Kelly 78'
			88' Éamon Zayed
			88' R. Keating
			89' Evan McMillan
			89' Gavin Peers
27/07/2014	Dundalk	5 - 1	Bray Wanderers	2-0	H2H	+
R. Towell 3'		1 - 0
K. Byrne 25'		2 - 0
P. Hoban 58'		3 - 0
K. Byrne 62'		4 - 0
Daryl Horgan 63'
Donald McDermott 63'
			65' P. Hughes
			65' Shane O'Neill
			68' Graham Kelly
			68' Eric McGill
			76' David Cassidy
			76' Ryan Coombes
Darren Meenan 81'
J. Mountney 81'
		4 - 1	83' Ismahil Akinade
P. Hoban 85'		5 - 1
K. Byrne 86'
D. McMillan 86'
R. Towell 88'
13/07/2014	Derry City	5 - 0	Bray Wanderers	2-0	H2H	+
Patrick McEleney 12'		1 - 0
Patrick McEleney 32'		2 - 0
Dean Jarvis 50'
Philip Lowry 50'
Rory Patterson 61'		3 - 0
			64' Gary Curran
			64' Ryan Coombes
			64' Shane O'Neill
			64' Gareth McDonagh
Aaron Barry 67'
Patrick McEleney 71'		4 - 0
Michael Duffy 71'
Joshua Daniels 71'
Mark Timlin 71'
Stephen Dooley 71'
			75' Ismahil Akinade
			75' Sean Hurley
Stephen Dooley 88'		5 - 0
04/07/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 3	Drogheda United	0-0	H2H	+
Shane O'Connor 1'
		0 - 1	4' Gavin Brennan
Jake Kelly 19'		1 - 1
Shane O'Connor 23'
Robert Maloney 23'
		1 - 2	37' Gavan Holohan
A. Mitchell 45'
A. Mitchell 60'
Ismahil Akinade 62'
David Scully 62'
David Cassidy 75'
Ciarán Byrne 75'
			85' Gary O'Neill
			85' Declan O'Brien
		1 - 3	90+1' Cathal Brady
			90+1' M. Schlingermann
			90+1' Ciaran O'Connor
27/06/2014	St Patrick's	3 - 2	Bray Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
C. Forrester 14'		1 - 0
			39' David Cassidy
		1 - 1	40' Jake Kelly
Christy Fagan 53'		2 - 1
			60' Shane O'Neill
			60' David Scully
C. Forrester 69'
Mark Quigley 69'
K. Brennan 72'
Keith Fahey 72'
Christy Fagan 73'		3 - 1
		3 - 2	77' Jake Kelly
Christy Fagan 86'
L. Lynch 86'
13/06/2014	Bray Wanderers	0 - 5	Bohemians	0-4	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' D. Corcoran
		0 - 2	10' D. Corcoran
Shane Redmond 23'
Ismahil Akinade 25'
Gavin Sheridan 25'
		0 - 3	26' D. Corcoran
		0 - 4	45' Robert Maloney
David Scully 46'
Jake Kelly 46'
		0 - 5	73' Keith Buckley
Adam Hanlon 74'
S. Byrne 74'
			74' Kevin Devaney
			74' Gavin Moore
			79' Jack Memery
			79' J. Byrne
			84' D. Corcoran
			84' Jake Hyland
23/05/2014	Bray Wanderers	0 - 2	Cork City	0-1	H2H	+
			11' Billy Dennehy
David Scully 11'
		0 - 1	18' S. McGuinness
			23' Daniel Murray
			37' Liam Kearney
Robert Maloney 46'
J. McGlynn 46'
			57' Iarfhlaith Davoren
			62' Liam Kearney
			62' Robert Lehane
			66' Mark O'Sullivan
D. Zambra 70'
S. Byrne 70'
Ismahil Akinade 70'
Shane O'Neill 70'
		0 - 2	89' Colin Healy
A. Mitchell 89'
17/05/2014	Sligo Rovers	3 - 0	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
Paul O'Conor 19'		1 - 0
			50' Shane O'Neill
John Russell 56'		2 - 0
			66' Graham Kelly
			66' Shane Byrne
			71' Shane O'Neill
			71' Ismahil Akinade
Aaron Greene 75'
Eric Odhiambo 75'
			84' Danny O'Connor
Danny North 84'
Sean Maguire 84'
Eric Odhiambo 87'		3 - 0
			88' Adam Hanlon
			88' Michael Brown
Danny Ledwith 90'
Regan Donelon 90'
09/05/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 0	Limerick	0-0	H2H	+
Shane O'Neill 59'
David Scully 70'
Shane O'Neill 72'
Adam Hanlon 72'
Adam Hanlon 81'		1 - 0
			88' S. Tracy
			88' R. Mann
02/05/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			36' Adam Mitchell
Jason Marks 72'
Seán Byrne 72'
			72' Shane O'Neill
			72' Adam Hanlon
			83' Robert Maloney
84'
			85' Graham Kelly
			85' Shane Byrne
Declan Brennan 86'
Mark Hughes 86'
Sean Brennan 88'
Ian Sweeney 88'
25/04/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 0	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
Niall Cooney 41'
			58' Daryl Horgan
			58' Darren Meenan
David Scully 65'		1 - 0
			70' R. Higgins
			70' P. Hoban
			77' K. Byrne
			77' J. Mountney
Shane O'Neill 84'
Adam Hanlon 84'
Ismahil Akinade 90'
Ciarán Byrne 90'
21/04/2014	Shamrock Rovers	2 - 1	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
G. McCabe 6'		1 - 0
			40' Graham Kelly
S. Heaney 57'		2 - 0
Stephen McPhail 62'
Robert Bayly 62'
Ciaran Kilduff 68'
Éamon Zayed 68'
			74' Graham Kelly
			74' Gary Curran
R. Finn 75'
Karl Sheppard 75'
		2 - 1	76' David Scully
			78' Ismahil Akinade
			78' Ciarán Byrne
			85' David Scully
			85' Shane O'Neill
18/04/2014	Bray Wanderers	0 - 0	Derry City	0-0	H2H	+
			32' Patrick McEleney
			32' Shane McEleney
41'
			55' Cliff Byrne
A. Mitchell 58'
			61' Mark Stewart
			61' Jon-Paul McGovern
			72' E. Curran
			72' T. McNamee
Shane O'Neill 74'
Shane O'Neill 82'
Adam Hanlon 82'
11/04/2014	Drogheda United	0 - 2	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			43' Dean Zambra
		0 - 1	54' David Scully
			57' David Scully
		0 - 2	58' Shane O'Neill
Daire Doyle 59'
Stephen Maher 59'
			62' David Webster
Eric Foley 69'
Gavan Holohan 69'
Gavin Brennan 73'
Gary O'Neill 76'
Philip Hughes 76'
			90+5' Shane O'Neill
			90+5' Michael Brown
07/04/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 3	St Patrick's	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	44' Christy Fagan
			45' Ger O'Brien
			45' C. McCormack
			46' D. Kavanagh
			46' C. Forrester
		0 - 2	51' L. Lynch
David Scully 81'
Shane O'Neill 81'
David Cassidy 81'		1 - 2
			81' Keith Fahey
			81' Mark Quigley
S. Byrne 86'
Michael Brown 86'
		1 - 3	90+2' C. Forrester
04/04/2014	Bohemians	1 - 1	Bray Wanderers	0-1	H2H	+
			19' Ismahil Akinade
Dean Delany 21'
Patrick Kavanagh 22'
L. Murphy 22'
		0 - 1	27' Graham Kelly
			27' Jake Kelly
			27' David Scully
Steven Beattie 40'
			40' A. Mitchell
D. Byrne 64'
K. Moore 69'
Kevin Devaney 69'
Craig Walsh 73'
			76' Robert Maloney
Darragh Reynor 78'
J. Byrne 78'
			78' Robert Maloney
			78' Shane O'Neill
D. Corcoran 88'		1 - 1
28/03/2014	Bray Wanderers	3 - 5	UCD	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	3' Cillian Morrison
Graham Kelly 5'
			8' Tomás Boyle
Shane O'Connor 16'		1 - 1
David Cassidy 22'		2 - 1
			33' Ian Ryan
			33' H. Douglas
		2 - 2	61' Cillian Morrison
S. Byrne 68'
David Scully 68'
		2 - 3	71' Mark Langtry
			76' Robbie Creevy
			76' James Kavanagh
			76' D. Clarke
Shane Redmond 81'
			81' M. Barker
Jake Kelly 82'
S. McGuinness 82'
			85' A. Mohamed
			85' Dwayne Wilson
Graham Kelly 87'
Shane O'Neill 87'
David Cassidy 87'		3 - 3
Shane O'Neill 90'
		3 - 4	90' Cillian Morrison
		3 - 5	90+4' D. Clarke
14/03/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 0	Sligo Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
			13' Alan Keane
A. Mitchell 27'
Niall Cooney 27'
			38' John Russell
			38' Seamus Conneely
Ciarán Byrne 44'
Ciarán Byrne 47'		1 - 0
			63' D. Cawley
			63' Kieran Djilali
Ciarán Byrne 64'
David Scully 64'
			76' D. Ledwith
			76' A. Greene
S. Byrne 87'
Gary Curran 87'
07/03/2014	Limerick	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
Patrick Nzuzi 12'
Shane Duggan 13'
			21' David Cassidy
Patrick Nzuzi 51'
Val Feeney 51'
			62' S. Byrne
			62' Ismahil Akinade
Shane Duggan 68'
			74' Ismahil Akinade
S. Oji 76'
			78' David Cassidy
Shaun Kelly 78'
28/06/2013	St Patrick's	2 - 0	Bray Wanderers	2-0	H2H	+
Christy Fagan 6'		1 - 0
			15' D. Webster
Christy Fagan 28'		2 - 0
			53' K. Knight
S. McFaul 67'
Stephen Maher 67'
Christy Fagan 74'
A. Flood 74'
			77' Eoin Hyland
			77' A. Mitchell
Kenny Browne 80'
John Russell 81'
S. Gannon 81'
			83' Kevin O'Connor
			83' Conor Earley
			88' D. Webster
I. Bermingham 89'
03/05/2013	Bray Wanderers	0 - 1	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
			46' Tiarnan Mulvenna
			46' K. Byrne
			46' John Dillon
			46' Darren Meenan
		0 - 1	51' P. Hoban
J. Byrne 68'
Ismahil Akinade 68'
Paul Malone 69'
K. Knight 71'
Shane O'Neill 71'
			78' P. Hoban
			78' V. Faherty
			82' Stephen O'Donnell
John Mulroy 84'
Daire Doyle 84'
29/04/2013	Bray Wanderers	1 - 2	Cork City	1-0	H2H	+
K. Knight 25'		1 - 0
K. Waters 57'
Shane O'Neill 57'
			61' Gearoid Morrissey
			61' Danny Morrissey
			67' Daryl Horgan
			67' Adam Rundle
			78' Denis Behan
			78' D. Kavanagh
Shane O'Neill 79'
Daire Doyle 79'
J. Byrne 83'
Ismahil Akinade 83'
D. Webster 86'
		1 - 1	87' Ian Turner
		1 - 2	90+3' Shane Duggan
26/04/2013	Bohemians	3 - 2	Bray Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
Chris Lyons 12'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	24' Gary Dempsey
Chris Lyons 64'		2 - 1
David Mulcahy 66'		3 - 1
Chris Lyons 71'
Derek Pender 73'
M. Barker 73'
		3 - 2	74' John Mulroy
Shane Fitzgerald 75'
K. Moore 75'
			78' Conor Earley
			78' Ismahil Akinade
A. Mulligan 83'
Kevin Devaney 83'
			87' Gary Dempsey
			87' Shane O'Neill
12/04/2013	Shamrock Rovers	7 - 0	Bray Wanderers	3-0	H2H	+
D. Ledwith 6'		1 - 0
Ciaran Kilduff 37'		2 - 0
R. Finn 45+1'		3 - 0
			55' K. Knight
			55' Shane O'Neill
Pat Sullivan 61'
Mark Quigley 65'		4 - 0
D. Ledwith 72'
Billy Dennehy 72'
Pat Sullivan 77'
Stephen Rice 77'
James Chambers 77'		5 - 0
James Chambers 81'		6 - 0
			85' J. Byrne
			85' Ismahil Akinade
			85' Daire Doyle
			85' Paul Moffatt
Ciaran Kilduff 85'
Karl Sheppard 85'
R. Finn 90+2'		7 - 0
05/04/2013	Bray Wanderers	0 - 1	St Patrick's	0-1	H2H	+
Paul Malone 21'
		0 - 1	25' C. Forrester
Paul Malone 57'
Ismahil Akinade 57'
Eoin Hyland 57'
Daire Doyle 57'
Gary Dempsey 57'
Shane O'Neill 57'
K. Knight 71'
			76' A. Flood
			76' Christy Fagan
			76' Kenny Browne
			76' C. Kenna
			87' K. Brennan
			87' S. Gannon
01/04/2013	Derry City	2 - 0	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
			24' Gary Dempsey
Michael Rafter 26'		1 - 0
Patrick McEleney 45'
Shane McEleney 47'
Michael Rafter 55'		2 - 0
			57' Daire Doyle
			59' Danny O'Connor
			59' Ismahil Akinade
			62' Daire Doyle
			62' David Webster
Ryan McBride 65'
Patrick McEleney 68'
Patrick Kavanagh 68'
Mark Griffin 75'
Michael Duffy 75'
			82' Jason Byrne
			82' Conor Earley
Michael Rafter 85'
Ryan Curran 85'
29/03/2013	Bray Wanderers	2 - 2	UCD	1-2	H2H	+
J. Byrne 4'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	20' D. McMillan
			22' James Kavanagh
Darren Quigley 45'
		1 - 2	45+2' D. McMillan
Eoin Hyland 46'
Sean Holmes 46'
Kevin O'Connor 46'
John Mulroy 46'
			46' James Kavanagh
			46' Craig Walsh
			60' D. Clarke
			60' D. Corcoran
			64' Robbie Creevy
D. Webster 70'
Ismahil Akinade 70'
John Mulroy 80'		2 - 2
24/03/2013	Drogheda United	2 - 1	Bray Wanderers	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	15' Jason Byrne
			28' Eoin Hyland
Eric Foley 52'		1 - 1
			61' Eoin Hyland
			61' Daire Doyle
			70' Conor Earley
			70' John Mulroy
David Cassidy 70'
Graham Rusk 70'
			73' Jason Byrne
			73' Shane O'Neill
Ryan Brennan 79'		2 - 1
Eric Foley 85'
Peter Hynes 85'
16/03/2013	Sligo Rovers	3 - 0	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
Anthony Elding 39'		1 - 0
Raffaele Cretaro 59'
Kieran Djilali 59'
Gavin Peers 60'
R. Gaynor 62'
R. Connolly 65'
A. Greene 65'
			72' J. Byrne
			72' Ismahil Akinade
			72' Kevin O'Connor
			72' John Mulroy
			79' K. Knight
			79' Daire Doyle
			79' Shane O'Neill
Anthony Elding 86'		2 - 0
Gavin Peers 87'
J. Henderson 87'
Kieran Djilali 90+4'		3 - 0
08/03/2013	Bray Wanderers	1 - 0	Shelbourne	0-0	H2H	+
			28' Paul Crowley
			43' Glenn Cronin
			43' Stephen Hurley
			43' Glenn Cronin
			55' Stephen Hurley
Daire Doyle 61'
Ismahil Akinade 61'
J. Byrne 67'		1 - 0
J. Byrne 74'
Shane O'Neill 74'
			75' Alex Prizeman
			75' Mark Leech
			75' R. Cornwall
			75' Brian Shortall
Shane O'Neill 83'
Danny O'Connor 84'
Conor Earley 84'
			90+4' Robert Bayly
25/06/2012	Drogheda United	1 - 1	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
Eric Foley 33'		1 - 0
			44' Derek Foran
			44' Liam Burns
			46' Robert Waters
			46' Conor McDonald
Eric Foley 49'
		1 - 1	58' Mark Griffin
Cathal Brady 62'
Ryan Brennan 62'
Johnny Breen 63'
Peter Hynes 63'
			71' C. Shields
Stephen Quigley 73'
Mark O'Brien 73'
Dean Marshall 73'
			82' Stephen McDonnell
			82' Shane O'Neill
			90+1' Liam Burns
Gavin Brennan 111'

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