Galway United's Patrick Hickey has been awarded the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for August. Hickey played a vital role in Galway's unbeaten run during the month, scoring two crucial goals against Derry City and Shamrock Rovers.
PATRICK HICKEY OF GALWAY United has been named the SSE Airtricity/ Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for August having helped keep the Tribesmen in the hunt for European qualification.
The 6’ 6″ midfielder played a vital role for Galway in August – scoring two goals; the winner against Derry and a fine strike to hand his team the lead against the champions. Hickey won the vote of SWI members, beating the impressive St Patrick’s Athletic pair Jake Mulraney and Zack Elbouzedi into second and third respectively.
“It was good timing. My sister has just started her Masters degree here at the University of Galway and my parents came over to help her settle in. They were over from America at the time. We were going out to eat and John Caulfield called me to tell me I’d won. I got in the car and said I won Player of the Month. My dad started screaming!
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