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Martin Devaney

Unofficial Mayor of St. Paul-Get the Devaney Habit

About Me

Martin Devaney (born June 1, 1980 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a English football midfielder currently playing for Barnsley. Born of Irish parents, Devaney has played for the Republic of Ireland under-16s.Devaney had been on Coventry City's books as a youngster, but had been released from the then Premier League club, and after playing pre-season for hometown club Cheltenham Town the then manager Steve Cotterill offered him a contract.His initial efforts as a striker for the Robins were fairly underwhelming, despite occasional flashes of brilliance, although he did become the first Cheltenham player to score a Football league hat-trick in September 2000 against Plymouth Argyle. Towards the end of his spell at Cheltenham he was played as a wide midfielder, on either side (although he preferred the right wing).Devaney left Cheltenham in July 2005, initially joining Watford, however, Adrian Boothroyd could not find a place in his squad for the winger, and he was allowed to join Barnsley at the end of August. Since joining the Tykes he has proven himself a more than capable player, and helped them to promotion, beating Swansea City on penalties in the Play-off Final.Devaney is well liked at Oakwell, his fast tempo of play and unique footballing skills led some of the Barnsley faithful to name him "Disco" to which he is now addressed by the majority of the fans.An interesting note is that all 3 clubs Devaney represented during 2005 were promoted via the play-offs at the end of the 2005-06 season, leading some Cheltenham fans to label this "The Devaney Code" after the blockbuster film and book "The Da Vinci Code".[edit] External linksI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 3/30/2005
Band Website: martindevaney.com
Band Members: Don’t you think these guys need a name? Martin Devaney (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Jake Hyer (violin, vocals), Peter Leggett (drums), Sean McPherson (bass), Josh Peterson (lead guitar)
Influences: My friends, drinks, music nerd books, Raymond Carver, Bill Murray, baseball.
Record Label: Eclectone Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

song shuffle 5/3/08

we've put up some old Devaney tunes for you to check out while we work on new ones for the live rock shows. These are from, uh, my (relative) youth...?A lyrical cringe here, a bad note there, but hey,...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Sat, 03 May 2008 12:58:00 PST

Celebrities

Back from my NYC vacation (an actual vacation--tour is not vacation. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise) with Twinkie Jiggles. Got to see some friends, go to a Mets game, see Charlie's improv show, s...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:51:00 PST

Update Time

It's been several months since we've played a show or anyone's really heard a peep from the Devaney camp over here at Eclectone, so here's just a little update for everyone. If you'd like to be added ...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Reveille interview

http://www.reveillemag.com/content/view/561/55/
Posted by Martin Devaney on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:42:00 PST

Heiruspecs 10 Years Strong "reunion" shows

Has it been 10 years? Yep....a long love affair with the live St. Paul hip-hop.On Dec. 22 at the Turf Club in St. Paul, we'll be doing two "reunion" shows--a 5pm all ages and 9pm ID show--that represe...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:24:00 PST

Round Two

Yep, got Springsteen tix for round two of the Main Event in March....I feel bad for anyone who can't get to experience this:Bruce at the XCel 11/2/07I nearly wept...aww hell, some choking up took plac...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:09:00 PST

Keep On Rocking In the Free World and other stuff

Hey yo,we've posted the live Rockin' in the Free World "encore" from the Dan Israel/Stook! Extravaganza on 10/26/07 at the Varsity Theater. We were joined by Stook, Dan, other musicians, much of the c...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:59:00 PST

DEFINITELY

Glad I had a similar experience...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:33:00 PST

I could never what, exactly?

A whirlwind wedding weekend ended Saturday night at the Turf club for Steve and Calley's celebratory rock show...we played, along w/ Accident Clearinghouse, Beight, and our friends who assembled thems...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:57:00 PST

it happens like this

So a completely strange thing happened to me today while reading at a coffee shop. Out of the corner of my eye, at a nearby table, I thought I saw someone I knew. I was wrong, and anyway, I know this ...
Posted by Martin Devaney on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:26:00 PST