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标题：FOOTBALL: Kelly in fans' plea
作者：ROBERT REID
期刊名称：Sunday Mirror
印刷版ISSN：0956-8077
出版年度：2003
卷号：Mar 23, 2003
出版社：Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd.

FOOTBALL: Kelly in fans' plea

ROBERT REID

FORMER St Pat's striker Liam Kelly claims he was forced out of Richmond Park.

Inchicore supporters felt betrayed after he agreed a three-season contract with arch-rivals Shamrock Rovers.

But Kelly, 27, said: "I did not ask to leave. It wasn't my decision, and I want the fans to know that. I had a great rapport with them and I don't want anything to spoil that.

"Eamonn Collins [the manager] rang me one Sunday night and said the club had agreed a deal with Rovers.

"He said I was welcome to stay, but made it clear that if I did I would be holding the club back as they were going full-time, and I didn't want to. I felt that I wasn't given much choice but to go."

Kelly will find out next month whether the St Pat's fans have forgiven him - for that's when Rovers play the Inchicoremen at Richmond Park in the eircom League.