Damien Duff has been rewarded for the faith shown in goalkeeper Conor Kearns.
He spent much of his early career in the First Division - and when St Patrick’s Athletic knocked on his door in late-2019, he found himself behind Brendan Clarke in the pecking order.READ MORE: Blow for Ireland manager as one potential January opponent pulls plug on long-running schemeThere, he put in the performances that convinced Shelbourne boss Damien Duff to bring him to Tolka Park, where he soon became one of the League of Ireland’s most highly-regarded net-minders.
“I just knew I had serious work to do and thankfully I was able to get myself back to the level I want to be playing at.”“I’m just massively grateful to play for this club,” he said. “It's not about one individual, it was more about the supporters, the people who have really had to bear through the real, real dark times of following a football club.
“If the players didn’t realise already, it really opened the eyes to the emotion connected to this game,” said the 26-year-old.
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