Kilkenny player named on Emirates FA Cup Team of the Season

Kilkenny native Gavan Holohan has been named in the Emirates FA Cup Team of the Season.

The Grimsby Town midfielder joins some vaunted company, alongside players such as Manchester United's Casemiro and Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez.

Introducing your 2022-23 #EmiratesFACup Team of the Season, as voted for by YOU the fans! pic.twitter.com/Eapuiresjf

— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) June 15, 2023

Grimsby made FA Cup history earlier this year by becoming the first club to knock out five teams from a higher division – Plymouth, Cambridge, Burton, Luton and Southampton.

It was Holohan’s two penalties at Southampton that sent the Mariners into the last eight for the first time in 84 years.

Grimsby Town - 16th place in England’s League Two - have knocked Premier League Southampton out of the FA Cup. Kilkenny man Gavan Holohan (ex-Drogs, Cork, Waterford, Galway) scored two from the spot to put them in the last eight. Giant-killers

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— Stephen Doyle (@dubsoulrebel) March 1, 2023

"It was a magical night, obviously one you dream of as a kid," the 31-year-old former Evergreen player said.

"It’s a long career, with plenty of lows in there as well, but it makes it worth it when you get a special night like that."