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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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His Wikipedia page was busier than normal today. I recognise some of that! The Saudi story is mad, even if none of it is probably true!
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Gashley Grimes
Liam Brady Joined: 09 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1863 |
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Does anybody on here have folks from different counties in Ireland? Sort of reminds me of my childhood all this...I was brought up in Dublin but all my Dad's side were Kerry, my relation Ger Power won the All Ireland with Kerry.
I was brought to Croke Park by my uncles to watch Kerry but when Dublin came good Barney Rock and Charlie Redmond etc came along I started supporting Dublin my home county... it just felt right. I've relations in York, England but they all support Leeds Utd and England, Ireland is their second team. But have met plenty of lads on the road from all over wearing the green, best example was the night on the KOP in 1995, so many sons and daughters of Irish who'd left the Emerald Isle. |
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Green Cockade
Liam Brady Joined: 22 Jan 2020 Location: Belfast Status: Offline Points: 2680 |
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Yeah, I grew up in Bessbrook ( Co. Armagh ) where my father was from, my mother was from Stabannon ( Co. Louth) and we had relatives there as well as in Dundalk and Ardee. It was possible to avoid the border checkpoints that existed then by using so-called unapproved roads when going back and forth. Gaelic football was bigger than soccer where I lived and I had a couple of cousins who played for Armagh, they were in the 1977 all-Ireland final team.
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JUICEBOMB
Liam Brady Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 2103 |
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O’keefe didn’t know he was eligible to play for us even though his father was Irish????
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hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard
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Green Cockade
Liam Brady Joined: 22 Jan 2020 Location: Belfast Status: Offline Points: 2680 |
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Maybe he thought his appearance for England at semi-pro level would render him ineligible.
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Roy Keane Joined: 06 Feb 2012 Location: Royal County Status: Offline Points: 10835 |
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O Keeffe was top scorer in the prestigious Toulon tournament representing the ROI in 1984 or thereabouts. Remember him playing against Wales in a 3-1 defeat at Tolka. Barrel chested energetic type of player.
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" BFC always gives me a laugh........ "
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Gashley Grimes
Liam Brady Joined: 09 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1863 |
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O'Keefe played up front against England @ Wembley in friendly in 1985, was at Port Vale at the time.
Lineker scored in a 2-1 victory for them; Brady scored for us I do believe. |
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Gary McKay
Roy Keane Yo Adrian Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 13816 |
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Seem to remember we had a few injuries that night, keeper McDonagh ? and either Lawrenson or O’Leary went off too. Bad night we were terrible. Talking earlier to friends on whatsapp about the 1-1 draw in 76 when we should have hammered them. Heighway tore then apart. Giles, Brady and Daly ran the midfield.
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"Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex
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brianie
Roy Keane Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Bray Status: Offline Points: 11508 |
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ITS KEANE YES
YBIG You Can Please some of the People Some of the Time But Not All of The People All of The Time |
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Claret Murph
Paul McGrath Hmmm, Goodness, I must say Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Location: Tibet Status: Offline Points: 15738 |
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Tut tut tut young Brianie , i was born in Drogheda So you lean something new everyday as they say .
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Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days .
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Kevin Kilbane Joined: 19 Jan 2015 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 202 |
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Remember seeing this documentary on the 80s (see link about 24 mins in) and wondering are they Irish Fans? I had a couple of older cousins at the game and they said it was mental. If they are Irish it looks like they more than held there own. Ps. There is no sound on the video. https://youtu.be/Se9qdComijU |
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"Tell them to get out there and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said, "but I won't smell too good, that's for sure."
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Mulvanystrasse
Liam Brady Joined: 15 Jan 2012 Location: Boston USA Status: Offline Points: 2015 |
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The Irish fans (my guess would be around 3,000) were in the lower terrace at the west end of Wembley, a group of around 1,000 England hooligans formed behind us on the upper tier. One England fan walked down to the Ireland fans and was beaten unconscious and had his life saved by the police who carried him out of there, the police then formed a wall between both sets of fans for the rest of the game.
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Delfor Mullin
Joe Lapira Joined: 13 Apr 2020 Location: Haedo Morón Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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¡Mis saludos! Me inscribo por la cuarentena, estoy traduciendo con mi sobrino lo que ustedes dicen, mi abuelo era según decía de la provincia de Connacht y que vino en el 1900 a trabajar al ferrocarril a la zona de Haedo/Hurligham y por zona Wilde en el tren Gral Roca hacia Mar del Plata, también el abuelo Josecito trabajó en el subterráneo A de Buenos Aires.
¡Que Viva el fútbol irlandés! Boca, el equipo más famoso del mundo junto con los españoles y los italianos, tiene sus tradicionales colores azúl y amarillo por la elección de un maestro de escuela irlandés también. Tengo Ferreterías y muchos recuerdos de mi lado irlandés. Mis grandes saludos. Chau. Delfor Mullin. Haedo.
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tbmcm15
Joe Lapira Joined: 03 May 2020 Location: MA, USA Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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I'm in the Boston area of the US, and I've been following Ireland for 6 years now. Wish it was longer. My father has Irish ancestry on both sides. His grandmother was from Cork. His father's grandparents were from Cavan and Cork, and his mother's grandparents were from Sligo and Waterford.
Funnily enough, my dad moved us to Ireland after his company (he's an accountant) asked him to work in its Dublin office from late 2002 to summer 2006. I was almost 10 when we moved back to Boston. Unfortunately I haven't been able to watch many matches alongside Irish people. The only exception was the qualifier against Serbia a few years ago, because the pub was close to my college. I did watch the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final at The Banshee Pub last September though. Enjoyed that tremendously. Come on You Boys in Green!
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Left foot
Ray Houghton Joined: 16 Aug 2019 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Well played tbmcm15, keep those roots alive
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DeclanDaly
Ray Houghton Joined: 17 Oct 2013 Location: Boston, USA Status: Offline Points: 3254 |
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I’m in Brighton, tbmcm. Up for watching a game when all this sh*t dies down
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You asked if I'd be anyone from history, fact or fiction, dead or alive:
I said "I'd be Tony Cascarino, circa 1995" |
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tbmcm15
Joe Lapira Joined: 03 May 2020 Location: MA, USA Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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Sounds great, DeclanDaly! I'm in Canton but could always come up. My dad might even be willing to stay too, depending on the time and day.
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Whelan88
Phil Babb Joined: 26 May 2020 Status: Offline Points: 21 |
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New poster here, born and raised in NW London but Kerry parentage, anyone noticed that the Irish born who view you as 'the offspring of Irish parents, like myself' tend to be far nicer, sounder and more intelligent folk (more quintessentially Irish in character and personality) than the 'nativist islander' type, most of whom tend to be particularly foul odious strain of Dubliner.
How can someone be arrogant about where they were born? Did they choose it as a fetus?
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