2 caps actually...Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Mike Walsh was a centre-half who played for Everton, joining them from Bolton. He actually won 4 caps in 1982, the first three on the South American tour against Chile, Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago. His final game was at home to Iceland.Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
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2 caps actually...Originally Posted by OwlsFan
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What about Billy Newman?
Billy Who?
Billy, then with Shelbourne, tells a great story about Eamon Dunphy in his (Billys) one and only international call-up in a 2-0 away defeat to Denmark in 1969, only played for the first 55 minutes replaced by Frank O'Neill
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Darcy may have played for Drums but I remember Darcy as a goalie for Rovers playing in luminous colour jerseys with the crowd chanting "He's wearing Sunbeam knitwear" - the jingle of an add on TV or radio at the time.Originally Posted by Superhoops
I believe Johnny Walshe's cap actually came in a 2-1 defeat against Trinidad & Tobago...
John Goodman won something like 4 caps...
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Dinny Lowry was for many years Rovers physio. Also Jason Byrne holds the record for the shortest international career given that he was only on the field for about 10 seconds in Poland. "All the way to Poland and you never touched the ball" Farcical.Originally Posted by Superhoops
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Thanks for correction re T&T. Forgot about all Jason Byrne. Was at that truly forgetable match in Bydgoszcz as well! Maybe Jason will get a recall, his international career may not be overOriginally Posted by NY Hoop
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He is listed as starting that game amd was not listed among the substitued players.Originally Posted by sadloserkid
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It might appear that the FAI team selection committee had a rotation policy of voting for a LOI player according to the selectors possible club affiliation, not neccessarily on the players merit. Of the one cap goalkeepers in the '60's Mick Smith a good goalie but imo would have been behind Blount, Fitzpatrick, Swan and Thomas on merit. Maybe the cap was seen as some award for services rendered.
Could#ve bben down to availibilty. All these lads worked and at a time an international match might've been too much hassle...
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A call to duty, to guard the posts for your country's team, the highest honour in the land, I think work would have waited.The caps were distributed around the top LOI goalies. My guess is that it was done that way on purpose and no bad thing. I think Dean Kiely would have liked a few more rotated his way.Originally Posted by Dodge
Two more keepers of that era that got capped were:Originally Posted by geysir
Pat Dunne younger brother of Tony Dunne, Pat played for Rovers, after unsuccessful spells as a youth with MU and Everton. Went back to MU after winning FAI Cup medal with Rovers 1964? and was first capped while at MU.
Paddy Roche got his first cap while playing for Shels and his next 3 years later by which time he was with MU. and of course Alan Kelly won his first two caps in 1956 and 1957 while playing with Drumcondra. His third cap did not come until 1962 when he was with Preston North End.
I think Peter Thomas of Waterford was the last LOI keeper to be capped.
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But Peter Thomas was English as I remember the Rovers fans reminding him, Bryant and Matthews of Waterford on many an occasion in no uncertain terms.Originally Posted by geysir
They must have had a real booing fest when Sligo came to Milltown with 10 or 11 English playersOriginally Posted by OwlsFan
Thomas was signed from Coventry, grew up in England. I guess he was born in Ireland. He got 2 caps, first in '73 against, yes Poland of course, had to come off injured. The second against Brazil in the Maracana. He was the outstanding goalkeeper in the LOI. He made the panel for 4/5 years Giles ignored him and even he and Man U preferred Paddy Roche who was an inferior keeper but a bit taller.
Ron Healy? Played for a Welsh club (Cardiff?). Came on as sub goalie in a match against England at Wembley around 1980, was chipped by Keegan & I don't think he ever played again.
Ron Healy won two caps. I always remember how bad he was in that game in Wembley. At the time I think Mick Kearns and Seamus McDonagh were the top two Irish Keepers.
Did Glen Crowe get a second cap so?
And some poor fecker is going around now with a cold head.
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Yep, he came on as a late second half substitute in the 1-0 friendly win over Norway at Landsdowne Road in 2003. I think it actually was Brian Kerr's first game in charge at home.Originally Posted by Risteard
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Ron Healy was first capped in 1977 against (yes you guessed it!) Poland.Originally Posted by Tenderloins
Mick Kearns was the 'regular' keeper at the time. Gerry Peyton, who was playing for Fulham, was the other keeper around that time and it he who was replaced by Ron Healy after 60 minutes at Wembley in February 1980. Apart from being caught off his line for Keegan's chipped goal, he had very little to do.
After the Wembley game, Peyton played in the next seven games until February 1981, when he was replaced by Seamus McDonagh who was playing for Everton, in a 1-3 home defeat by Wales. McDonagh was capped 25 times between that game and playing his final game in November 1985 in a 1-4 home defeat by Denmark. During that time McDonagh played for Everton, Bolton, Notts. County, Birmingham, Notts. County (again), Gillingham, Sunderland, Notts.County (AGAIN!) and Wichita Wings.
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And McDonagh was player manager for Galway for a while (circa 1988)
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