Galway United confirm four players back for 2025 season

Tá lúcháir ar Gaillimh Aontaithe a fhógairt go bhfuil Greg Cunningham, Jimmy Keohane, Garry Buckley agus Bobby Burns tar éis síniú arís d’fhoireann sinsireach na bhfear roimh an séasúr nua i 2025.

Galway United is delighted to announce that Greg Cunningham, Jimmy Keohane, Garry Buckley, and Bobby Burns have re-signed for the Senior Men’s team ahead of the 2025 season.

The quartet have committed to The Tribesmen for 2025 and head into the new season off the back of Galway United’s highest-ever league finish in thirty years.

Former Ireland international Greg Cunningham returned to Galway in 2024 after a successful career in a in England, including playing in the Premier League and the Championship.

Greg began his journey in football in Galway as a teenager with Cregmore and Mervue United before moving to Manchester City at just 16 years of age, here he would make his Premier League and Europa League debut before his career would take his career on spells to Leicester City (loan) Nottingham Forest (loan), Bristol City, Preston North End, Cardiff, Blackburn Rovers (loan) and a back to Preston North End which was his last club before his Galway return.

Since returning to Terryland in July, Greg has showed his experience and became a crucial part of Galway United’s defense which only conceded 29 goals in League matches and like many places in his career he quickly became adored by the fanbase.

2025 will also be the first full season at the club for Kilkenny man, Jimmy Keohane, who joined United halfway through the 2024 campaign in July, joining from Rochdale, where he enjoyed a successful time, winning the clubs Player Of The Year award in 2020/21.

Keohane has made a strong impression since arriving in Terryland, playing seventeen times in all competitions and scoring four goals along the way. Keohane won the clubs Player of the Month award for October and was nominated for the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for September, no doubt thanks to his incredible strike in a 2-1 victory against Shelbourne.

Congrats to Jimmy Keohane who has been nominated for the SSE Airtricity / @SoccerWritersIr Player of the Month 🤩

What a stellar month from the United star, including this peach of a goal against Shelbourne 🔥#ItsATribalThing | @LeagueofIreland pic.twitter.com/KDKXqb4VcE

— Gaillimh Aontaithe 🇱🇻 (@GalwayUnitedFC) October 11, 2024

31-year-old defender Garry Buckley also returns ahead of the 2025 campaign after featuring in 23 matches in all competitions in his debut season for The Tribesmen.

The Cork man joined United after three seasons with SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division side Sligo Rovers. Buckley started his senior career with Cork City in 2013 after spending time in their underage groups. It was here that he began working under current Galway United manager John Caulfield, over the course of eight years, Buckley made 186 appearances for City and scored 33 goals in that period.

Last but not least, the versatile Bobby Burns joins Cunningham, Keohane and Buckley in returning for the 2025 season. The 25-year-old made 13 appearances for Galway United since joining at the mid way point of last season.

The man from Antrim, Northern Ireland joined from Glentoran where he won the clubs player of the year for 2023 after having spells at clubs such as Glenavon, Heart of Midlothian, Livingston (loan), Newcastle Jets (loan) and Barrow. He has also represented the Northern Irish national team at various youth levels, from U17 to U21.

Greg Cunningham, Jimmy Keohane, Garry Buckley and Bobby Burns has returned for 2025 and there will be plenty more announcements as we look to continue building our squad for next season. Keep an eye out on our social media for updates!

Our players are available for sponsorship at the minute. To make an enquiry, please email Sam O’Neill at marketing@galwayunitedfc.ie to get involved for next season.

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