Sunday 5 May is going to be huge. Celtic and Aston Villa legend Stiliyan Petrov has been announced as one of the big names signed up for the Ryan McBridge Foundation Soccer Sixes which will take place in Derry for its inaugural tournament this year. A club colossus, Derry City have already taken the decision […]

7 years ago

Great line-up. Great cause. A host of Irish football legends will descend on the new-look Brandywell Stadium this Easter Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Ryan McBride. Damien Duff and Kevin Kilbane are among those due to take part in the Master Sixes, a 6-a-side tournament, with proceeds going to the […]

8 years ago

On 19 March 2017, Derry lost one of its favourite sons. Ryan McBride, the Derry City captain, passed away in his sleep at the age of 27, sending shockwaves throughout the city and the Irish footballing community. There is a popular perception of footballers as warriors, but nobody fit that description as naturally as McBride. […]

8 years ago

His rise came from nowhere

8 years ago

Derry City Football Club chairman Phil O’Doherty has said that he would support a campaign to rename the club’s stadium in honour of late captain Ryan McBride. McBride resided in the shadow of Brandywell Stadium before his untimely death in March of last year when he was found dead in his bedroom having led the […]

8 years ago

The proposal has received positive feedback online. Derry City are to discuss the possibility of renaming the Brandywell Stadium after the club’s late captain Ryan McBride. McBride passed away in his sleep last March at the age of 27 and the Ryan McBride Foundation, a charity organisation set up following his death, is hopeful of […]

8 years ago