{"id":286857,"date":"2026-02-08T06:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286857\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T06:27:15","slug":"from-edginess-to-euphoria-james-mccleans-derry-homecoming-delivers-a-wide-range-of-emotions-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286857\/","title":{"rendered":"From edginess to euphoria: James McClean\u2019s Derry homecoming delivers a wide range of emotions &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxQeGFHQk5HMWpjWG91eUNHaVBpczF6OUhnNy11N3hjUEQ4WFY0Mkw2cnRBaVRMOV9jQmpVNGIxTWdyLUdpTHBkRGI2REpkb1E1d2MyZlBmY29wLUxwS1FLWkZYZXdRbU44a01QaG1DNjFXSHZ4SndCQUJYQ2U1LTRtRDlIUEdXR3A2cUFpeHo3dDYwVUp1U0dkUldLZ1I2VHo2SF9HbVN6QS1tdjZKUTJGelgzblVPMVIyQ0t4U2FybTZFWV9vdklWVHdSTTFYYllfZFNnRklqaTlrRVNmWW1MY1FQZUtLcEZMM2NKb3MxaS1zbnR2bXRYaC13?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From edginess to euphoria: James McClean\u2019s Derry homecoming delivers a wide range of emotions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNM2xIVElZV0lDcFE4dGh3LVVuXzU3UVVzS1U0M0ktMXhjelhoU0FPcEhMeHgxbE8tUE5TdWRiR0g5bTJZTnFxYXRZZkJVY2psQmI1Q1g1aHVnN2NXUlZlaFkzMXM4ay1FalFVa2NsWUFQVUluTEEwUERqZFd0bm1FRWNudFJPM2RoVEp1d0VvWTJNcElsZW8yaWNQWGpDUnBFTmVKNlJldkdYcHJNS3hGZ3RGeldnWGJxM3BMeUM3Yw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;It&#8217;s been almost 30 years which is not really acceptable&#8217; says James McClean<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Derry Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE4zeTg5NV8tT04tWUtzcjBta09vNEkxN3ZWakNuSEpSbU95dkhxU0dpSWc5UW5BWkRtZVBWSmo3MHp5WmtHV0VjVmVzeWwwYU1VWVhCY3NtemNpQ00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derry City: James McClean can &#8216;set and raise standards&#8217; &#8211; Candystripes manager Tiernan Lynch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPb05XM3VRWlFxM3otbzdMRjR6V29rY044TWx0N0NDOXI3bnBMU0s3NDVfVkhsM1ZwMzV3R0x6THplT3A2SzJTZGVfU1hSbl9HaHdLYnNRbms5MGpNQVdvcXVJMHVSQ2ZkSUI3cDZKQ1VZX1RZaHdQQWpEU2dZTjVKZzJ5bDFXWEMyVC1aTE1LTGFKU3RoVk1WVmRwZm9id9IBowFBVV95cUxPR0tveFlIZWthM3c5RGt2WlpSOGZuNFJSUXUtN3ZMMlV2RnFMa3FncmZGZEZXZVBlQkdVYlQwLUJ3a256anBFUGpXc2E2eld2Tk9NWV94bHRjM09iMmx5MGFCYU9UY2RVVTBFWFB5NUQ0d2dEOHdaanBuRTR3cTRpT0lsUkpZTUpDMUxsUzRGTFVpTW5McGxSTDBhV3RCXzlWcGZv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derry City manager sets expectations for \u2018headline stealer\u2019 James McClean<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAJBVV95cUxOcVdubFE4bmtyMzFGOTJwRURJaXQ4NGtjY21nbWxKdk9CMF9USFFidkgtNms5TUJ3TUZ2MC1qaFJhZ2g4a3NrNmlidXE5ejRHMVVBbWRUX1FDNlZmbnBkOXZ5d3NwaDQzRzh5QlZIaDduQnI2M1RTYWhTU3pfTjJWeDdZbWhoYy1FM2RjZ2xZbDdkNVRja2dVbnY2bGVlODQ2YXZLZWs0em1zSW10Tk9yTmJJM0xLVDhQRl80R2dKT2kycVpHVW9ZWU1wOEhCSmFxOFVxNGplcTQtUzVqVXVObEV2UWNKZkc2cVF3Zl82V3U3YUNaZkViSzlnS25hNFJqQlloZFp4VGprVFFKQU9hN3NCcVNnend1ejVEQzR6MnJINXF5MEpjaThOOVE4SnhnRGRGQV9keUpUd2lKVUlZNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Once you\u2019ve a player who doesn\u2019t want to stay, it\u2019s important to move them on\u2019 \u2013 John Russell on Patrick McClean\u2019s decision to join his brother at Derry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From edginess to euphoria: James McClean\u2019s Derry homecoming delivers a wide range of emotions&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent&#8216;It&#8217;s been almost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-286857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}