FAI staff Vs. Oireachtas team

[sligoman]

A team made up of Football Association of Ireland Staff and Members of the Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland will take on an Oireachtas team in a charity game in aid of the Asian Relief Fund. The game will take place at the end of the month with the proceeds going to GOAL.

Celebrity players will participate and full details of the game will be announced next week.

http://www.fai.ie/article.asp?hlid=248074&Title=FAI+staff/Soccer+writers+to+take+on+Oireachtas+team+for+char ity&lid=Main+News&sub=FAI+staff/Soccer+writers+to+take+on+Oireachtas+team+for+char ity&navlid=&sublid=

[conboy]

Who will hold the brown paper envelopes during the game, Ollie Byrne? :D

[sligoman]

The Football Association of Ireland today confirmed that an FAI/Media team would take on an Oireachtas team in a Charity Football match at 7.30pm in Dalymount Park on Wednesday next, 26th January in aid of GOAL’s Asian Relief Fund.

The match will be sponsored by A & L Goodbody and Brian Kerr and Noel O’Reilly will act as Managers.

Both teams are expected to include some celebrity guest players and An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern TD has confirmed that he will officially kick off the game.

Further fundraising activities will take place around Ireland’s friendly International against Portugal at Lansdowne Road on 9th February with an eventual target of ˆ100,000 to be raised by then.

http://www.fai.ie/article.asp?hlid=250581&Title=Charity+match+date+confirmed&lid=Main+News&sub=Charity+match+date+confirmed&navlid=&sublid=

Wonder how long Bertie will last :D , I'd give him 10minutes then he'll collapse :D

[holidaysong]

Hehe this will be good craic. Mary Hearney in goals - nothing will get past her! :D

[Bluebeard]

I can just see it now, any eL fans at the match will realise that they have no-one on the field to cheer on.

Anyone any idea of the possible teams?

I'm guessing that Michael McDowell will be right back and Joe Higgins will be out wide on the left wing, Bertie and Enda Kenny floating somewhere in the middle. Jackie Healy Rae will be in goals, standing in the way of any change in the score of things. :D :D :D

[Eire06]

Dunphy and Giles reunited on the one team.....

[Aldini98]

Bertie in a wide open space, great, get him in a crossfire situation and BANG, (back and to the left, back and to the left, back......)

A**hole is ruining (not running) this country. :mad:

[pete]

Wonder how long Bertie will last :D , I'd give him 10minutes then he'll collapse :D

I'd say he'll be a bit of a Ronaldo (Portugese version), too much Dittering, indecisive ;)

[sligoman]

Anyone any idea of the possible teams?

All I know so far is Bertie Ahern (he has confirmed he is to start) :D And also that stupid Denihan TD fella

[Aldini98]

All I know so far is Bertie Ahern (he has confirmed he is to start) :D And also that stupid Denihan TD fella

perfect, now wheres that grassy knoll ..........

[sligoman]

Official teams announced, here they are:

FAI/SWAI SQUAD

Brian Kerr Manager
Noel O’Reilly Assistant Manager
John Fallon Kitman
Packie Bonner FAI Staff
Joe Boyle FAI Staff
Eoin Brannigan The Star
Gino Brazil FAI Staff
Peter Buckley FAI Staff
John Byrne FAI Guest
Declan Conroy FAI Guest
Gavin Costello FAI Staff
Pat Costello FAI Staff
David Courtney Evening Herald
John Delaney FAI Staff
Gerard Dunne FAI Staff
Richard Fahy FAI Staff
Stephen Finn Irish Sun
Aidan Fitzmaurice Evening Herald
Liam Kelly Irish Independent
John Kenny RTE
Phelim Macken FAI Staff
Eoin MacNeill A&L Goodbody
Mark McCadden The Star
Joe McGlue FAI Staff
Tom O’Connor FAI Staff
Tony O’Donoghue RTE
Ciaran O’Raghallaigh Sunday Mirror
Niamh Spratt `FAI Staff
Mark Ward A&L Goodbody

Houses of the Oireachtas Team

Jimmy Deenihan, T.D.
M.J. Nolan T.D
Richard Bruton T.D.
Simon Coveney T.D.
John Deasy T.D.
Paul Gogarty T.D.
Barry Andrews T.D.
Niall Blaney T.D.
Damien English T.D
Finian McGrath T.D
Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister of State
Sean Power T.D., Minister of State
Tom Kitt T.D , Government Chief Whip
Senator John Paul Phelan
Senator Joe McHugh
Senator Frank Feighan
Paudge Connolly T.D.
Senator Michael McCarthy
Eamon Ryan T.D.
Jim Glennon T.D.
Dermot Ahern T.D
Niall Quinn

http://www.soccercentral.ie/viewstory.asp?id=14534&mainheading=Republic+of+Ireland&viewstory=yes

[sligoman]

Houses of the Oireachtas Team

Jimmy Deenihan, T.D.
M.J. Nolan T.D
Richard Bruton T.D.
Simon Coveney T.D.
John Deasy T.D.
Paul Gogarty T.D.
Barry Andrews T.D.
Niall Blaney T.D.
Damien English T.D
Finian McGrath T.D
Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister of State
Sean Power T.D., Minister of State
Tom Kitt T.D , Government Chief Whip
Senator John Paul Phelan
Senator Joe McHugh
Senator Frank Feighan
Paudge Connolly T.D.
Senator Michael McCarthy
Eamon Ryan T.D.
Jim Glennon T.D.
Dermot Ahern T.D
Niall Quinn

Dont see Bertie's name there, he was meant to start.He must of pulled a muscle in all his big training sessions, preparing for the match :D . Is any of ye going? Is so ye can let us know if he played or not, cheers!

[sligoman]

The final score, in today's star.

[gspain]

Bertie was there but he didn't play.

[Bluebeard]

Bertie was there but he didn't play.

Bit like him at certain meetings in the late 1980s with certain "business men"