Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info This could be a champion weekend for Ireland's Cork goalie Caoimhin Kelleher, 26, who missed out on a championship medal when Liverpool won their 19th title in May 2020 because he did not make his league debut until December that year. Conor Bradley, 21, who is from Tyrone and plays for Northern Ireland, made his club league debut in January 2024 in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth, providing an assist for Diogo Jota's second goal. Liverpool need only one point from the match against Spurs at their Anfield home to be crowned champs on Sunday for a record-equalling 20th time. READ MORE: Ireland star urged to steer clear of Manchester United amid interest from Premier League clubs READ MORE: Gary Lineker points out Caoimhin Kelleher mistake after Liverpool's win over Wolves at Anfield Caoimhin and Conor will be the first Irishmen to win the Premier League since Jonny Evans for Manchester United’s record-breaking 20th title in 2013 – some 12 years ago, coming two years after John O’Shea and Darron Gibson also celebrated their 19th title in 2011. Conor was the star player for his school’s Gaelic football and hurling sides and his local soccer club St Patrick’s in Castlederg before joining Maiden City Soccer in Derry to play on the wing. Tyrone soccer expert Joe McAree of Dungannon United Youth became aware of Conor when he was still in national school – and eventually signed him as the club’s forward. Joe said: "Everyone had gone home when the referee approached me. He said he knew of a player who could make our team even better. He said, ‘He's playing for St Patrick's in Castlederg and he's the best I've ever seen. He's eight years old and his name is Conor Bradley’.” Conor was playing for GAA club Aghyaran while studying at Christian Brothers School (CBS) in Omagh before moving to Liverpool’s academy on a two-year scholarship deal in 2019. Supporters at home cheered when the right full-back floored Real Madrid galactico Kylian Mbappe in the Champions League - and they will cheer in pubs around Castlederg when he becomes a Premier League champion. Conor was named Northern Ireland Player of the year last week and was this week named the Northern Ireland Football Writers’ player of the year. Liverpool’s 2024 Carabao Cup winner Conor said: “It would be really special if we can get over the line. Whenever you join a club like Liverpool you dream of winning the Premier League. (Image: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) "I have supported Liverpool all of my life and bringing home the Premier League would be so special. I am sure there would be great celebrations if we do it.” He added: “Liverpool is my dream club. I am a Liverpool fan all my life.” Conor’s mum Linda and his siblings Niall and Joanne will celebrate with him this weekend. Collecting his first league winners’ medal will be a special moment for Conor and his family, just one year after his father Joe passed away in February 2024. Conor’s dad had been ill for some time when he died at his home, aged 58, just three days after his son scored his first goal for Liverpool. He was the first footballer born in Northern Ireland to score for Liverpool in England’s top flight in 70 years. The family’s local priest, Fr Paul Fraser, spoke directly to Conor during the funeral Mass and told him: “Your father wasn’t just proud of you because of the goal that you scored. He’s proud of the person you are, that you became. Proud of you every day.” (Image: PA) Caoimhin made his Liverpool league debut and kept his second successive clean sheet just days after making his Champions League debut in a 1-0 against Ajax at Anfield. His league bow in December 2020 was a 4-0 win over Wolves as champions Liverpool welcomed back fans - 2,000 of them – for the first time since the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown. The only howler that day was on Kelleher’s shirt – where his name was printed Kellher. Since his early days as a star striker, when Kelleher played for Ringmahon Rangers in Cork while attending Presentation Brothers College in Cork, his career arc has soared. He has stayed at Liverpool, despite Ireland goalkeeping legend Shay Given advising him to leave in search of first-team football. Shay said: “You just have one life, one career, and I’m sure he’s itching to be playing.” But since those comments in 2022, Caoimhin has proved himself at Liverpool and was their goalkeeper when the club beat Chelsea 1-0 to win the Carabao Cup in 2024 – and now he is set to become a league champion. (Image: Richard Martin-Roberts - CameraSport/CameraSport via Getty Images) The champions are given 40 medals to be awarded to the manager, players and officials, as the club see fit, but players must have at least five league appearances during that title-winning season. Conor has 15 Premier League appearances this season and Caoimhin has 10. But their teammate Federico Chiesa, who has made four league appearances this season, could miss out, a year after he transferred for £12.5 million from Juventus as new boss Arne Slot’s only major summer signing. Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott is the only player known to have received a winners’ medal, despite not reaching the quota of matches. He played only one league game for the first team in the club’s 2020 title, but was given a medal by then manager Jurgen Klopp. Harvey said: "I am not sure if it was [Klopp's] medal, it could have been his.” For the first 20 seasons of the English Premier League, from 1993 to 2012, players needed a minimum of 10 appearances, including as a substitute, to qualify for a medal, but the rule was then relaxed to five. The league was won 12 times in those two decades by Manchester United, so several top players missed out. For example, Gary Neville won eight Premier League winners' medals – but he could have had 10 in 17 years. He missed out in 1994 with one appearance and missed out again in 2011 with four appearances. After the rule was reduced to five appearances, Liverpool’s talisman Mo Salah left former club Chelsea midway through their 2015 title-winning season for a loan move to Fiorentina after just three appearances, so he missed out on a winners’ medal. 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