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Roberto_Carlow 
Liam Brady 
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Sonny Pike, tipped to be the new Maradona or Pele at the time. Never made a professional appearance and ended up a taxi driver.
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Wayne Harrison
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 5:25pm |
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Irish Gareth Bale look alike
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Green Cockade
Liam Brady
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 5:36pm |
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Kenny McEvoy ?
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Ray Houghton
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 5:42pm |
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Conor Henderson Remember his 2 cracking goals in 4-2 win over Italy 10 years ago. |
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BrenC
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 6:10pm |
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He published autobiography last year about how horrific the attention and expectations were
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Team Emmet
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horsebox
Robbie Keane
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 6:21pm |
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There was some American wonderkid, can't recall his name. I think he played in Germany for a while.
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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Dunne23
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Not to turn this into an Irish topic but looked the team up from that day - very surprised to see some of those names.. Aaron McCarey, Matthew Doherty, Aidan White (C), John Egan, Derrick Williams, Conor Henderson, Anthony Forde, Samir Carruthers, Aaron Doran, Sean Murray, Eunan O'Kane. John Bostock was one I seem to remember - think HB is referring to Adu. Toton Zolo Moukoko might be the greatest FM wonderkid of all time
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Artie Ziff
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I read this the other day, can't say I recall his name at the time he was signed. It makes you wonder if he had stayed in Sweden until he was 21 how different would his football career have been.
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It would damage this forums' reputation
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Roberto Baggio
Robbie Keane
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Posted: 05 Jul 2022 at 10:32pm |
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Remember a lot of hype when Jon Harley first burst on the scene as Chelsea’s left back
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Ray Houghton
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We had an incredible u21s squad that year and should have done much better than we did without that spoofer King in charge. As per above we had Doherty, Egan, Willams and O'Kane go onto to win senior caps that played in the Italy win but we also had Duffy, Brady, Hendrick, Hourihane, Cunningham, Collins and Stevens that also featuring campaign that went onto win senior caps.
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane
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Holy let down Batman
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Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more...
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King_Kenny
Liam Brady
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Mark Kelly
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Posted: 06 Jul 2022 at 9:05am |
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I suspect Adrian Doherty’s name has been mentioned on other threads like this. A career devastated by injury.
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lassassinblanc
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Posted: 06 Jul 2022 at 9:26am |
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Yeah has been a main stay in a decent Real Sociedad team for the last 5 years a key player in there first major trophy in 30 odd years, also has a 3rd place medal from the 2018 WC. I love how this thread has turned into a Championship Manager/FM Wonderkid list of yesteryear
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sausy
Jack Charlton
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Posted: 06 Jul 2022 at 10:02am |
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That would be Freddie Adu. Was a nightclub manager back in the US in the last article I saw on him.
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Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad"
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Jack Charlton
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Posted: 06 Jul 2022 at 10:13am |
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Much Adu about nothing.
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