Obviously we here at Stanway Rovers Football Club are very passionate about our Stanway heritage, and although Sammie Szmodics never played for Stanway Rovers Football Club, he came from Stanway, his parents still live in Stanway (and are regular attendees at our club) and it is always fantastic to see Stanway footballers succeed in football.
So everyone here at Stanway Rovers are very pleased to send our congratulations to Sammie for his transfer to Ipswich Town Football Club, and for making his English Premier League debut for Ipswich against Liverpool on Saturday 17th September.
We wish Sammie continued success in his domestic football career, and also in his international career with Republic of Ireland.
The following has been copied from Wikipedia:
Samuel Joseph Szmodics (born 24 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Premier League club Ipswich Town and the Republic of Ireland national team.
An academy product of hometown club Colchester United, he made his professional debut in 2013, going on to score 38 goals in 162 appearances for the club before departing in 2019. After a brief spell at Bristol City, he spent two years at Peterborough United before joining Blackburn Rovers in 2022, where he became a key player, finishing as the top scorer in the 2023–24 EFL Championship.
Szmodics made his Republic of Ireland debut in a friendly against Belgium in March 2024.
Due to copyright ownership, we are unable to publish a picture of Sammie, but there is a Getty Images picture of him in this article on the BBC Sports pages, which was published on 15th August, two days before Sammie's Ipswich Town and English Premier League debut on Saturday 17th September. With no picture of Sammie available to us, we have highlighted this article with Ipswich Town's logo.
An element of the BBC Sports article has been repeated her:
Szmodics scored 33 goals in all competitions in the 2023-24 season - for a career-best haul - and his contribution was key to keeping Blackburn in the Championship.
He publicly said earlier this year he wanted to play in the top flight and now the chance should come.
The 28-year-old has three goals in two games this season after scoring in the 4-2 win over Derby before grabbing a double in the 6-1 Carabao Cup victory against Stockport on Tuesday.
A move to Suffolk also moves the Republic of Ireland international closer to home, having been born in Colchester.
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