Below are the nominations received for Waterford United:
Dominic Iorfa nominated by William Hurley
Al Finucane nominated by John Quinn
Definitely for me Al Finucane was a classy player in the league. I saw him when he played for Waterford in the 70s, but he also had played previously with Limerick of course. A really honest and clean tackler, I don't remember ever seeing him make a bad/dirty tackle and he was revered in Waterford (and still is). He was capped for Ireland and also won the FAI Cup the year Waterford won it v St Patrick's Athletic in '75. Terrific reader of the game/great positional sense and able to anticipate play and make telling tackles - excellent passing - all round a joy to watch him play.
Al Finucane nominated by Des
Peter Thomas nominated by Pat Burns, Australia
In my opinion, Peter Thomas was the greatest goalkeeper/player ever to grace the League of Ireland. Peter was capped at full international level and would have gone on to more than two caps only for his alleged fallout with Johnny Giles. It was Peter who won many games single-handed when Waterford won six League of Ireland titles back in the late 60s and early 70s. He was better than any 'keeper that played in Ireland including any visiting 'keepers that came from England to play friendly matches, showing consistency week-in week-out.
Al Finucane nominated by Paul Finucane
Al Finucane for both Limerick and Waterford. One word. Genius!
Peter Thomas nominated by Patrick Smith (46) Waterford
I nominate goalkeeper Peter Thomas as both Waterford's best ever player and greatest player ever to play in the League of Ireland. Peter Thomas brought a new level of professionalism to goalkeeping in the League of Ireland with Waterford in the 1960s and 70s. He was the most important player on the great Waterford team which won six league titles in eight seasons and won great praise from opposing sides in the club's games in the European Cup, not least against Manchester United in 1968 and Glasgow Celtic in 1970. He was eventually capped by Ireland at full international level under Johnny Giles, having taken out Irish citizenship. Giles described Tommo's distribution of the ball (usually electing to throw the ball with great accuracy and distance) as the best he had seen from a goalkeeper. It is not an exaggeration to say that Peter Thomas is a living legend in League of Ireland history and an almost mythical figure in Waterford football fans' memories.
Johnny Matthews nominated by Tomas O'Mahony
Bringing his league and FA Cup experience to the southeast and Ireland.
Al Finucane nominated by Martin French (32), London
Al should get this as, despite being a defender, he made a huge impact on the game. Appeared in more games than any other player in the history of the league, he won pretty much everything going, captained Ireland and all without having to leave Munster, never mind Ireland. Oldest man at the time to have played in European football, and one of the youngest too, nearly 30 years before that.
Al Finucane nominated by John Kehoe (30+), Waterford
I’d like to nominate Al Finucane as Waterford’s (and Limerick’s) greatest ever player. A simply fantastic player over a career spanning the whole of the 60s, 70s and most of the 80s, culminating in his becoming the oldest player, at 43, to play in a European match (against Bordeaux in 1986). And he was never sent off, and very rarely booked. And he captained his country which must be a real rarity for a solely home-based player. For the best in the whole league, and certainly the best I ever saw was Derry City’s Liam Coyle. Supremely talented, you always thought something special was going to happen when he got on the ball. And the ‘what if’ element (due to his ultimately career-ending knee problems) only added to the size of the legend.
Jimmy McGeough nominated by Bill Croke
I live in the States, so am out of the day-to-day dialogue on your 'League of Ireland Legends' series. You may already have covered Jimmy McGeough (or McGoff, as the Blues die-hards called him) and if so, I apologise for raising his name again. To me though, he was the corner stone of the great Waterford championship teams of the mid to late sixties and never came off the pitch without giving the full one hundred percent (and more). Together with Morrissey, Bryan, Maguire and Morley, he made up the greatest defensive unit in LoI in those days and behind them, Peter Thomas was the best of the best between the sticks! However, what made 'McGoff' stand out was his never-say-die attitude. He gave full value for money every 90 minutes that he was out there!!
Bobby Charlton nominated by Brian Ahearne 
Bobby Charlton has to be the biggest name to play in the League of Ireland. I know he only played one season for Waterford but it must have been fantastic to see this European and World Cup winner play, legends like that don’t come around too often.
Alfie Hale nominated by John Riordan
Johnny Matthews nominated by Eoin
I would like to nominate Johnny Mathews who played for Waterford United FC from 1965-1973, he played on the wing and scored 147 goals, a phenomenal achievement for a player playing in that position. His dribbling and poise on the ball was a joy to watch and as you can see from his tally of goals had a fantastic eye for goals. He also managed Waterford United for two seasons and took them out of the First Division in his first year in charge and had the team playing fantastic passing football! Well suited in my opinion to be conferred as a League of Ireland Legend!
Johnny Matthews Waterford (Waterford United are a yellow pack version) nominated by Barry Lavin (54), living in Dublin
John played most of his career here in Ireland whereas Charlton, Tambling, Herd, etc. were only putting in time at the end of their careers. When you consider that he played as a left winger whose main job was supplying Hale, Lynch, etc. with tap-ins he still managed to be the fifth or sixth top scorer in League of Ireland history. He also had great time for young lads at the club which is more than can be said for a lot of other so called stars. Greatest player ever to play LoI has to be George Best as he was the greatest player ever (unless you want to argue with Pele).
Peter Thomas nominated by David Butler
I represent Waterford United and it had to Peter Thomas. Small in height but big in stature, his agility was something else never to be seen in the League of Ireland again. The best player to grace League of Ireland football in my era, 60s and 70s, was Johnny Fulham of Shamrock Rovers. We at Waterford had some good footballers but he had everything. He could read the game, was very elegant on the ball and could score goals from dead ball situations. He could adapt very easily to the modern game and he was also a true gentleman.
Peter Thomas and Brendan Bradley nominated by John Murray, Tramore, Co Waterford
Best Waterford player: Peter Thomas. Waterford won six league titles in the late sixties and early seventies and the FAI cup in 1980. One player was ever-present and was so often the difference between winning and losing - Peter Thomas. One opposition manager said during that period: 'First you must beat
Waterford and then you must beat Peter Thomas.'
Best ever player in League of Ireland: Brendan Bradley
He scored a large percentage of his goals when Harps were struggling - a sign of a great player.
Al Finucane nominated by Mike Maguire, Ennis
I'm tempted to select Jimmy Johnstone, the Celtic legend, who I was privileged to see at the end of his career. He played for Shelbourne and I saw him at Limerick's then home ground, the Markets Field. Shelbourne were poor and Limerick were one of the best teams in the league at the time (c1980) but Johnstone outshone everyone on the pitch by a mile. But that was just one game. I have to go for Al Finucane. His career began back in the dim days of the early 60s and by the time I started going to games in 1979 he was supposedly in his career twilight. He was still the outstanding player on the pitch week in, week out. His composure, timing, intelligence and skill were tremendous. People often speculate whether this or that LoI player would have been good at the top level in England. Al Finucane is the only one I have absolutely no reservations about saying that he would have been a top player at any club in any league in the world. In my time watching LoI football Al Finucane is the only possible choice for the accolade.
