QuoteA quick Man United effort:-
Gregg
O'Shea
Moran
McGrath
Irwin
Best
Keane
Giles
Daly
Whiteside
Stapleton
Would be a bit patchy without the N.I. guys. Don't think there's ever been a Republic GK at United?
There was a programme on Liverpool FCTV on St Patrick's Day with John Aldridge picking an all time
Irish Liverpool team. It was
Elisha Scott (a bit ancient and before the IFA / FAI split)
Finnan
Staunton
Lawrenson
Beglin
Houghton
Whelan
McAteer
Heighway
Aldridge
Keane
(strangely Michael Robisnon and Ken de Mange not included) Could any other club side put out a better all Irish selection that this?
A quick Man United effort:-
Gregg
O'Shea
Moran
McGrath
Irwin
Best
Keane
Giles
Daly
Whiteside
Stapleton
Would be a bit patchy without the N.I. guys. Don't think there's ever been a Republic GK at United?
Last edited by DeLorean; 29/03/2010 at 3:47 PM. Reason: typo
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Paddy Roche had a short and disasterous Utd career. take your point about the Nordies. Ashley Grimes, Mick Martin, Liam O'Brien and Liam Miller not really adequate replacements for Best and Whiteside.
No goalkeeper, and not the strongest side in the world, but all of these players have been capped
Wolves:
X
Foley
Mark Clyde (NI, but I'm struggling at this point...if Ward ever gets capped he can play here)
Breen
Irwin
Keogh
Gibson (sub: Potter)
Andrews (sub: Gleeson)
Kennedy
David Kelly (sub: Doyle)
Robbie Keane (sub: Connolly)
More subs could be Stephen Elliott, Dominic Foley, Glen Crowe
Manager: Mick McCarthy
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see here - Pat Dunne played in goal for United and has 5 capsWould be a bit patchy without the N.I. guys. Don't think there's ever been a Republic GK at United?
Mark Clyde is now playing for Worcester City. Here, he winds down post-match with the Berkshire NISC:
Last edited by Gather round; 29/03/2010 at 4:59 PM.
Paddy's career at United wasn't that short - he was there for 8 years (1973 to 1982) but was a perpetual benchwarmer serving as backup to Alex Stepney and Gary Bailey. He did play 46 league games for United but that was in the days when you had a good squad of 13 or 14 players and once someone got injured you had to make do with some pretty average replacements. Roche subsequently played in the lower divisions for a number of years with Brentford and Halifax.
8 caps for Ireland but this was in the days of Mick Kearns as well. Imagine the time when we were thrilled to get Seamus McDonagh. We have been very lucky in the last 22 years to have had Packie (despite his faults), Alan Kelly and Shay.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Celtic could put together an average Republic of Ireland team and a slightly stronger all-Ireland one.
Republic of Ireland (3-4-3)
Bonner
Morris
McCarthy
Pierce O'Leary
McGeady
Roy Keane
Miller
Healy
Coyne
Cascarino
Robbie Keane
For an All-Ireland team I'd just inlcude Anton Rogan, Neil Lennon and Charlie Tully instead of O'Leary, Miller and Healy.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
You have me on a roll now - how about Birmingham City?
Seamus McDonagh
Stephen Carr
Gary Breen
Kenny Cunningham
Dave Langan
Gerry Daly
Lee Carsley
Keith Fahey
John Sheridan (2 appearances on loan)
Don Givens
Clinton Morrison
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Coventry - Daly, Breen & Morrison again!
Westwood
J Holmes
Babb
Daish
Breen
Bolland
Daly
Grimes
Sheridan
R Keane
C Morrison
... not better than Liverpool of course
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Fulham
Peyton
Finnan
John Dempsey
Stephen Kelly
Terry Phelan
Houghton
Jimmy Dunne
Duff
Conway
Best
Healy
Had to borrow a couple of Nordies there, but not bad.
Tottenham (with Pat Jennings in goal and 5 full-backs in defence due to no other options)
Jennings
S. Kelly
J. Holmes
J. Kinnear
C. Hughton
S. Carr
Johnny Gavin (1955)
A. Reid
T. Galvin
R. Keane
G. Doherty
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Sunderland
Given
Hurley (alt: Babb) Its three centre halves but I can't decide.
Breen
Cunningham
Harte
Kilbane
Andy Reid (alt: Delap)
Kavanagh
McAteer (alt: Lawrence)
Quinn (alt: David Kelly)
Connolly (alt: John Byrne)
Subs galore Daryl Murphy, Stephen Elliott, Stokes, Liam Miller, Paul Butler, Colin Healy, Paul McShane, Alan Quinn
Manager: Mick McCarthy
(that's like half the 2002 squad)
B Team:
Colgan
Butler
McShane
Babb
Delap (needed another defender or he would be in midfield)
Colin Healy
Alan Quinn
Liam Miller
Lawrence
David Kelly (alt: Daryl Murphy)
John Byrne (alt: Elliott/Stokes)
B Team Manager: Roy Keane
Last edited by theworm2345; 30/03/2010 at 6:50 AM.
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Newcastle
Given
Carr
Andy O'Brien
John Anderson
Duff
Liam O'Brien (alt: Alan O'Brien)
Mick Martin
Sheedy
Tuohy (him and Sheedy can switch off)
David Kelly
Best
Manager: Joe Kinnear/Chris Hughton
I admit I needed some help on this one, started falling asleep
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If you can include Jennings in goal you can play Blanchflower and Gerry Armstrong as well
so with a still slightly unbalanced back 4
Jennings
S. Carr
G. Doherty
J. Kinnear
C. Hughton
Johnny Gavin (Never heard of him before today!)
D. Blanchflower
A. Reid
T. Galvin
R. Keane
G. Armstrong
"Your guilty conscience may move you to vote Democratic, but deep down you long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king"
Sideshow Bob
Shamrock Rovers
Goodwin
Clarke
Mulligan
O’Leary
Mackey
O Neill
J Fullam
Giles
Coad
Leech
Tuohy
Subs:
Pat Byrne
Tommy Hamilton
Lawlor
Bailham
Duffy
Synott
Ronnie Nolan
Noel Peyton
and I am sure there are a lot more
Last edited by Top Drawer; 30/03/2010 at 11:05 AM.
Charlie Gallagher is an often neglected Irish international at Celtic as he only got two caps, and maybe the best Nordie to play for them would be Bertie Peacock?
Everton
Seamus McDonagh
Terry Phelan
Mick Meagan
Richard Dunne
Peter Farrell
Lee Carsley
Kevin Kilbane
Kevin Sheedy
Tommy Eglinton
Mickey Walsh
Eamon O'Keefe
Sub. Peter Corr
All capped while playing for Everton (Seamus Coleman and Shane Duffy may well be in there soon).
Last edited by EastTerracer; 30/03/2010 at 12:30 PM.
"There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet" - Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
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