Paul Dillon_

Paul Dillon (born 22 October 1978) is an Irish retired soccer-player who played over 100 first-team games in The Soccer-League and other competitions for Rotherham United, and, following a serious injury that derailed his career, Non-League-soccer for Alfreton Town and Maltby Main. Having come to prominence by excelling in the Kennedy Cup competition for the Limerick District Schoolboy League selection, Dillon was the only Limerick player chosen to play for the Republic of Ireland u-15 team in the 1993/94 season, winning his first international cap against Austria. At this point he was still playing for Geraldines, the famous nursery club in Limerick, where he was renowned for his flying runs up the left flank and his excellent set-piece ability. Dillon was the stand-out player in what was called "The Dream Team", a crack Geraldines side put together in an attempt to win the national (Evans) cup competition (but who lost surprisingly to New Ross, of Wexford, in the last eight. In 1995, Dillon had a successful trial with Rotherham United FC and moved over to England.