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Gerrit
15/07/2005, 10:31 PM
Just a question... When you played at Tolka recently I was told that Stephen O'Brien is the smallest goalkeeper in European top flight football... Is that true ?

And why do you call him "Digger" ??
Martinho II
15/07/2005, 11:11 PM
no one knows why he is called that! i rem the first time i heard his nickname was in the local papers six years ago! :D
sparkey
18/07/2005, 7:15 AM
According to the man himself the nickname came about because the players thought he had aslight english accent after returning from Gillingham and he sounded like John Barnes. (Barnes' nickname was Digger) hence the nickname. Bizzare but true.........Allegedly :p
Laker
18/07/2005, 11:19 AM
Does Digger have a lisp???
Longfordian
18/07/2005, 11:23 AM
No he definitely doesn't have a lisp. Maybe he'll explain it himself, he has been known to be browsing this fine site before. As for smallest goalkeeper, don't know how true that is but I can't imagine there's too many smaller than Digger out there.
Laker
18/07/2005, 11:35 AM
How can a guy so small and with a lisp be the best goalkeeper in the league????
Sonic
19/07/2005, 5:33 PM
Watch out with Devine out them Corkies may be sniffing.You knowq what they do should any offer be made.Dont wory i dont doubt the mans committment.
Gerrit
28/07/2005, 8:47 PM
What's a lisp ?


He's very small yeah, but everytime I've seen Longford play, it didn't make a difference. He jumps amazingly high and fast, even with a corner kick I think the defence doesn't have too much to worry about. He grabs the ball out of the upper corners of the goal with ease.

How tall is he ? (in meters please, I still haven't figured out how big a foot or an inch is :( )
Schumi
29/07/2005, 1:05 PM
How tall is he ? (in meters please, I still haven't figured out how big a foot or an inch is :( )
About 1.73m (1 foot = 30.5cm, 1 inch = 2.5cm)
fosterdollar
29/07/2005, 3:06 PM
Pretty fcuking lame alright. And what was with the dribbling up the field? :confused:
Gerrit
29/07/2005, 4:50 PM
About 1.73m (1 foot = 30.5cm, 1 inch = 2.5cm)

Small, but still okay. Jorge Campos was only 1m75 and he played 2 World Cups and a Confederation Cup with Mexico !
superfrank
30/07/2005, 2:26 PM
Watch out with Devine out them Corkies may be sniffing.You knowq what they do should any offer be made.Dont wory i dont doubt the mans committment.
Wouldn't be much point in them bidding for him. Apart from the fact he's an ex-Shels man, he's hanging up the gloves at the end of the season. You think he wouldn't go to Cork for a few months.