A teaser of the 'K' Kind!!

[KR's Post]

Name 11 players that have played for ireland with there 2nd name beginning with K. Please note there is more than 11 but get a team from it. Every position must be filled, meaning the players chosen must have played in at least 1 of the positions on the pitch... I've got 10.... Go for it... ;)

[Gary]

Dean Kiely

gary Kelly.. alan Kernaghan...Roy Keane...Jeff Kenna

Mark Kennedy...Graham Kavanagh...Mark Kinsella...Kev Kilbane

dave Kelly Robbie Keane

[Bluebeard]

Gk Alan Kelly (no, his Da)
RB Jeff Kenna
LB Kevin Kilbane
CB Alan Kernaghan
CB Roy Keane
RM Gary Kelly
LM Mark Kelly
CM Mark Kinsella
CM Graham Kavanagh
ST David Kelly
ST Robbie Keane

How about a team with first names beginning with K (a bit easy though)

[KR's Post]

CB Roy Keane

I thought the same... But what match did he play for ireland at centre half... i can't remember :confused:

[PaulB]

I thought the same... But what match did he play for ireland at centre half... i can't remember :confused:

Against Iceland of all teams I believe

[Donal81]

Against Iceland in 1997, maybe? A miserable match, I think.

[KR's Post]

How about a team with first names beginning with K (a bit easy though)
Gk
Lb
Rb
Cb Kevin Moran
Cb Kenny Cunningham
Rm
Lm Kevin Sheedy
Cm Kevin Kilbane
Cm
Att
Att
:( :( Thats all i got

[KR's Post]

Against Iceland of all teams I believe
Thanks lads..... ;)

[fosterdollar]

Kenny Cunningham

[KR's Post]

LM Mark Kelly

Who???????? When????? Where??????? Why?????? ;)

[KR's Post]

Kenny Cunningham
F-uck, captain fantastic of course..... ;)

[barglee]

Against Iceland in 1997, maybe? A miserable match, I think.

was that the match they played 3 at the back with keane in the middle and irwin anbd some other full back either side of him....

or something stupid like that???

[barglee]

Who???????? When????? Where??????? Why?????? ;)

mark kelly
played a few friendlys a in early 90s
think he played with portsmouth ??????

[Sheridan]

mark kelly
played a few friendlys a in early 90s
think he played with portsmouth ??????
Yeah, Portsmouth. Think he had a loan spell at Tottenham too.

Last I heard, he was involved in some football-related FÁS initiative in Sligo (three or four years ago.) Think he may have played a few games for Sligo during a brief attempted comeback.

[tricky_colour]

And managed by (drum roll)...................Brian Kerr.

[KR's Post]

And managed by (drum roll)...................Brian Kerr.
:D :D :D :D

[livehead1]

Against Iceland in 1997, maybe? A miserable match, I think.
his first game as captain of ireland i think and he got sent off....sign of things 2 come! lol

[eirebhoy]

You left out a part of the question, they had to have been capped by McCarthy.

[fosterdollar]

How about a team with first names beginning with K (a bit easy though)

Care to elaborate then?

[harps1954]

Yeah, Portsmouth. Think he had a loan spell at Tottenham too.

Last I heard, he was involved in some football-related FÁS initiative in Sligo (three or four years ago.) Think he may have played a few games for Sligo during a brief attempted comeback.

He was a player-coach at Finn Harps during Gavin Dykes' time as Manager. Played about a dozen or so games. Had a promising career across the water but got a nasty injury which ended his time in England.

[KR's Post]

You left out a part of the question, they had to have been capped by McCarthy.
What...... :confused:

[KR's Post]

his first game as captain of ireland i think and he got sent off....sign of things 2 come! lol
His first game as captain was against russia at landsdowne.... He did get sent off though

[eirebhoy]

What...... :confused:
This question has been doing the rounds for years, the players had to have been capped me McCarthy though.

[Junior]

I thought the same... But what match did he play for ireland at centre half... i can't remember :confused:

Think he played CB in a comeback game when one of the Irish hacks (can't remember which one) encouraged the booing of keane after he had pulled out of a few friendlies. Think he was MOTM, just can't remember the opposition :confused:

[Cowboy]

I thought the same... But what match did he play for ireland at centre half... i can't remember :confused:

Against Iceland at home, I remember Dunphy saying afterwards that we had a mini in midfield with the rolls royce in the garage. It was a 0 0 draw, one of mc carthys most baffling team selections

[pineapple stu]

Mark Kelly
Played a few friendlies in early 90s
Think he played with Portsmouth ??????
Late '80s, I think. Played four games in all - one against Yugoslavia in the run-up to Euro 88, and also against Tunisia the first game afterwards (Steve Staunton and Pat Scully's debuts!). Think he was very young - he'd hardly be 40 now, I'd say - but very slight and injury prone. Was a wide midfielder, I think?

[Dawn_Run]

Gk
Lb
Rb
Cb Kevin Moran
Cb Kenny Cunningham
Rm
Lm Kevin Sheedy
Cm Kevin Kilbane
Cm
Att
Att
:( :( Thats all i got


Me too :)

[NeilMcD]

Major slip-up on what should have been the road to France 98. Roy Keane plays as sweeper in a 3-5-2 - and the press slaughters Mick McCarthy

World Cup qualifier

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Republic of Ireland 0
Iceland 0

Ireland: Alan Kelly (Sheffield Utd), Roy Keane (Manchester Utd), Gary Breen (Birmingham City), Phil Babb (Liverpool), Denis Irwin (Manchester Utd), Jeff Kenna (Blackburn), Jason McAteer (Liverpool), Andy Townsend (Aston Villa) capt, Alan McLoughlin (Portsmouth), David Kelly (Wolves), Tony Cascarino (Olympique Marseille)

Subs: Kenny Cunningham (Wimbledon) for Kenna 64 mins, Ian Harte (Leeds Utd) for Irwin 64 mins, Alan Moore (Middlesbrough) for D Kelly 79 mins

Manager: Mick McCarthy

Iceland: Birkir Kristinsson, Hlynur Birgisson, Olafur Adolfsson, Sigurdur Jonsson, Larus Orri Sigurdsson, Agust Gylfason, Eyjolfur Sverrisson, Heimir Gudjonsson, Runar Kristinsson, Helgi Sigurdsson, Thordur Gudjonsson

Subs: Arnar Gretarsson for R Kristinsson 70 mins, Olafur Thordarson for H Gudjonsson 85 mins

Referee: N/A

[colster]

Gk
Lb
Rb
Cb Kevin Moran
Cb Kenny Cunningham
Rm
Lm Kevin Sheedy
Cm Kevin Kilbane
Cm
Att
Att
:( :( Thats all i got

GK Kelham O'Hanlon
LB
RB
CB Kevin moran
CB Kenny Cunnigham
RM
Lm Kevin Sheedy
CM Kevin Kilbane
CM
Att Keith O'Neill
Att

[pineapple stu]

Kevin O'Callaghan from Escape to Victory! Think he played for Ireland at some stage? Former Ipswich player.

[Aldini98]

Kevin O'Callaghan from Escape to Victory! Think he played for Ireland at some stage? Former Ipswich player.

Nah Escape To Victory was only a movie mate, good effort though........

[barglee]

Kevin O'Flanagan played soccer for ireland in the 30's

his brother played rugby for ireland

[pineapple stu]

Nah Escape To Victory was only a movie mate, good effort though........
But the players were real! Pelé wasn't just a bad actor in real life!

At the end, it goes through the players/actors. Pele, John Wark, some Scandinavians and then Kevin O'Callaghan (I think) of Ireland. He was a real player! He plays Tony Lewis (http://www.spodrum.freeserve.co.uk/victory/pages/cast.htm) - will try and find some more info...

Edit - Google is absolutely brilliant! Here (http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/KevinO'Callaghan.htm) we go!

[Dotsy]

I remember Kevin O Callaghan alright. Pretty sure he's the O' Callaghan that played in the game below in October 1979

"IRELAND 3-2 UNITED STATES
An historic first ever meeting between the two sides was watched by 23,000 people at Dalymount Park. The Irish manager for the day was Alan Kelly who took over from Johnny Giles who was unable to be at the match through bad health. In his absence Kelly gave a debut to Tottenham's Chris Hughton - the first black player to play for Ireland.
The Americans went into the game having beaten Hungary in Budapest three days earlier and they got off to a great start when they went 1-0 up when Nanchoff set-up Dibernardo for a goal after twelve minutes. The States continued to apply the pressure before Ireland made a number of changes at half-time. However the visitors stretched their lead on the hour mark when Liveric scored. However this only sparked a revival for the Irish who replied with three goals from Tony Grealish, Don Givens and John Anderson.

Ireland: Kearns; Hughton, Martin, O'Leary, Grimes, Murphy, Grealish, Chandler, McGee, O'Callaghan, Heighway. Subs: Givens for McGee (44 mins.), Mulligan for Chandler (half-time), Anderson for O'Leary (65 mins.)
United States: Dubose; Bellinger, Pecker, Keough, Makowski, Dilbernardo, Cantillo, Bandov, Nanchoff, Villa, Liveric. Subs: Van der Beck for Dibernardo (57 mins.), Pesa for Liveric (85 mins.)
Referee: Eammon Farrell (Ireland)"

[Bluebeard]

If I'm not wrong, he got about 18 caps for the national side.

I have been trying to come up with eleven too, by the - an AWFUL lot harder than I had first thought. :o

[tricky_colour]

How about a team of left footed players.

Or a team or left-wingers? (they can be in any position of course).

Currrent players if possible and an all time best?

[barglee]

GK Kelham O'Hanlon
LB
RB
CB Kevin moran
CB Kenny Cunnigham
RM Kevin O'Flanagan
Lm Kevin Sheedy
CM Kevin Kilbane
CM Kevin O'Callaghan
Att Keith O'Neill
Att

[eirebhoy]

GK Kelham O'Hanlon
LB
RB
CB Kevin moran
CB Kenny Cunnigham
RM Kevin O'Flanagan
Lm Kevin Sheedy
CM Kevin Kilbane
CM Kevin O'Callaghan
Att Keith O'Neill
Att
There's a full back called Kieran O'Reagan listed on the FAI site as having 4 caps. He played against Poland in a defense with McCarthy, O'Leary and Anthony Byrne so maybe you could work out if he was a right or left back. :) There's also a player called Kevin Clarke who got 2 caps in 1948. Others, Ken de Mange (midfielder), Keith Branagan (keeper), Kevin Fitzpatrick (keeper, Limerick legend), Kelham O'Hanlon (another keeper). Thats about it. :)