He's an American-born '97 at the third-division club. Joined this year from Ipswich Town: Born in New York, Shane moved to Ireland when he was five, and he has since represented Ireland at Under-16 and Under-18 level. His impressive form at Irish club St Brendan's Park attracted interest from elsewhere and Ipswich signed him in 2013. Shane, who has had two spells on loan at National League side Bromley, has made two first-team appearances for Ipswich with his debut coming against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup. https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2019/january/wally-makes-deadline-day-signing/ His impressive form at Kerry club St Brendanโs Park attracted interest from outside the country, and he joined the Ipswich Town academy in 2013. He made two first-team appearances for Ipswich, the first against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup in August 2017, and had two loan spells with Bromley. https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/shane-mcloughlin/
Snip: "I've always had a stubborn streak in me," he explains. "If I want to do something, I'll do everything in my power to make it happen. I had League of Ireland offers but I just wanted to try and stay in England or somewhere abroad. "I don't know if it's a mental block, but there's so many good players going back to Ireland and if I didn't have the season I wanted to - then it was going to be doubly hard for me if I ever wanted to get back. I just felt I had a better platform here." https://www.independent.ie/sport/so...ut-it-wasnt-what-i-wanted-to-do-37821680.html Twitter, for reference: https://twitter.com/97loughlin
Looks like he's still at the club, and appeared in a recent preseason match against QPR. https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2020/august/match-report-qpr/ They play Charlton tomorrow in something called the EFL Trophy.
Moved to Morecambe in League One, according to Transfermarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.com/shane-mcloughlin/profil/spieler/376252
The Shrimps have bolstered its ranks with the addition of midfielder Shane McLoughlin on a one-year deal. https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2021/july/signing--shane-mcloughlin/ This is actually a pretty big move -- in English distance terms. Wimbledon is a London-area club and Morecambe is up past Manchester. Like 250 miles or so.
He's now moved to Newport County in League 2: ๐จNEWPORT SIGN MCLOUGHLINNewport County have announced the signing of Shane McLoughlin from fellow League Two side Salford Cityโ The American-born midfielder joins the Welsh outfit after also having spells with Morecambe and Wimbledon, and pens a two-year dealโ๏ธHappy withโฆ pic.twitter.com/Nnrzh609ht— On The Centre Spot โฝ๏ธ (@onthecentrespot) July 10, 2023
Scored: Shane McLoughlinโs first goal for Newport County. #NCAFC pic.twitter.com/tormFJGDsA— Jordan A Jones (@JordAlexJones) July 11, 2023
@TheFalseNine @bungadiri @dark knight Thread name change, please mods: Shane McLoughlin at Newport County in League 2
Scored: Who needs Pavard when you've got Shane McLoughlin. ๐#NCAFC | #StockportCounty | #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueTwo pic.twitter.com/0LWJpBXl6e— Keiron Jones ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ (@KeironMedia) November 25, 2023
Scored: 79' | MACCCAAAAAA!!![0-1]#SUTvNEW | #NCAFC pic.twitter.com/GuPFeOFSWh— Newport County (@NewportCounty) January 1, 2024
Assist: Shane passed the ball to Clarkey from the corner who's shot found it's way through a busy box and beat McDonnell at his near post![1-0]#NEWvEAS | #NCAFC https://t.co/9ZlaIFg5Jy— Newport County (@NewportCounty) January 6, 2024
Starts in the FA Cup against... Manchester United: ๐๐๐ก๐-๐จ๐ฃ ๐Here's how we ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ-๐๐ฝ to face @ManUtd this afternoon! โ๏ธ#NEWvMNU | #EmiratesFACup | #NCAFC pic.twitter.com/tAgzUYmhva— Newport County (@NewportCounty) January 28, 2024 Match is on ESPN+.
Starts: ๐๐๐ก๐-๐จ๐ฃ ๐Here's how we shape up to face @Official_NCFC this evening! โ๏ธ#NEWvNOT | #NCAFC pic.twitter.com/2SiqhQTa4w— Newport County (@NewportCounty) February 13, 2024
Came out of today's match early with an injury: 17' | Substitution for Newport County ๐๐บ Payne๐ป McLoughlin[0-1]#MKDvNEW | #NCAFC— Newport County (@NewportCounty) February 24, 2024
Starts in friendly: ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐จHow we line-up to face Kidderminster Harriers this afternoon! ๐#OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/xaVIDWZMTq— Newport County (@NewportCounty) July 27, 2024
Starts as the captain: ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป!How we line-up to face @CTFCofficial this evening ๐#OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/intWaWF6LS— Newport County (@NewportCounty) September 3, 2024
Starts: ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป! How we line-up to face Port Vale thisAfternoon ๐ #OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/lJi5oLO0n0— Newport County (@NewportCounty) September 7, 2024
Out early with an injury: 4โ| A change for County.McLoughlin is replaced due to injury.ย Nelson Sanca โฌ๏ธShane McLoughlin โฌ๏ธ [0-0]#OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/TxuPbiEnjq— Newport County (@NewportCounty) September 7, 2024
Moved to Cambridge United last summer. The team is in League One. He scored 4 goals in 26 matches across all competitions last season.