television against Shamrock Rovers, earning not only the Man of the Match award but a call up to the Irish Under 21s squad. A low was missing out on a FAI Cup Semi-final against Longford Town due to ankle ligament damage. In the close season McFaul had successful trials at Championship side Scunthorpe United and League One side Brighton which led to him agreeing to join Brighton on a free transfer until the end of the 2007/08 season on 11 January 2008. Shane made his Brighton debut coming on as a late substitute during the 3–0 home victory over Crewe. After 6 months and a lack of first team opportunities, McFaul was released on 6 May 2008. Shane returned to Ireland and re-signed for UCD on 15 May 2008. For the 2009 season McFaul signed with the newly founded but exciting project Sporting Fingal under the stewardship of former Irish International Liam Buckley. Fingal achieved promotion to the Premier Division at the end of 2009 and better was to come as Fingal and McFaul won the FAI Cup when beating Sligo Rovers 2–1 at Tallaght Stadium. McFaul was later named Man of the Match in the F.A.I Cup Final Vs Sligo Rovers and also the honour of being named Sporting Fingal Player of the Year 2009. In the 2010 season his performances for Fingal attracted the interest of Scottish giants Celtic. Shane made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut in a friendly game against Germany on 21 August 2007. He was also an unused sub in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying games against Portugal and England. McFaul signed for the club he supported as a boy, St.Patrick's Athletic in February 2011 after Sporting Fingal went out of business. McFaul won the St.Patrick's Athletic Supporters Club Player of the Month for July 2011 after his brilliant performances. In December 2011, McFaul signed for Finnish club FC Haka McFaul had a good season personally, but unfortunately this was not the case for Haka as they were relegated. McFaul returned to St Patrick's Athletic on 20 November 2012, linking up with his former Sporting Fingal manager Liam Buckley. He made his comeback to the Saints in a 0–0 draw with Glentoran live on Setanta Sports. On the opening day of the season at home to Drogheda United, McFaul came from the bench in the 58th minute and it took him just 7