The Players Lounge | Mark O'Brien: I Broke Stelling's Heart
Mark O'Brien scored the goal that broke Jeff Stelling's heart. At sixteen he had been told he had a year to live.
Mark is a Republic of Ireland defender who left Dublin at fifteen for Derby County, made his first team debut at sixteen, and spent five years at Newport County. On the final day of the 2016/17 season, with Newport having been eleven points from safety with twelve games to go, he chested down a cross at Rodney Parade and volleyed it into the bottom corner with two minutes left. Newport stayed in the Football League. Hartlepool United dropped out of it after ninety six years, live…
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