Jason McAteer

[Drumcondra 69er]

Had an old e mail from Trigger's finest moment when he made Roy lose his head with his 'put it in your book Roy' remark. Here's the ode to Jason's intelligence in full!!

In all the fuss over Roy Keane's latest dive off the deep end,
haven't we forgotten someone?

The man who was on the receiving end of Keane's elbow in Saturday's
bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Sunderland? The man who, quite brilliantly,
responded to He Of The Bulging Vein's on-field jibes by mimicking
writing them all down in a book? The man who, in the wake of Keano's
sacking from Ireland's World Cup camp, revealed that the departed
skipper had taken to gnomic utterances like "fail to prepare; prepare to
fail" and "only dead fish go with the flow"?

We're talking about the man who said he'd rather read a Bob The
Builder book than Keane's autobiography. The man who then joked that
the Irish camp were planning a whip-round to buy one copy of the tome
"so we don't make Roy any richer than he is already". ?

Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights
of your brilliant career so far.

1) After dumping Jase, former girlfriend Donna Air told an interviewer,
"I wouldn't date any more footballers - they're not the brightest of
people." Which is saying something as Donna is famous for once asking
brother-and-sisters bodhran botherers The Corrs how they met.

2) On spotting another famous face in a Dublin nightclub, Jason decided
to make the star feel welcome by yelling out a catchphrase he would
naturally be familiar with. What snooker's Jimmy White made of the
sudden cry "One hundred and eighty!" is sadly not recorded.

3) Jason's nickname is Trigger, after the Only Fools And Horses
character ("If it's a girl, they're gonna call it Rose, after
Del's mum. And if it's a boy, they're gonna call it Rodney,
after Dave"). This caused problems when he first arrived at Liverpool as
Rob Jones, then regarded as the least cerebral player at Anfield,
already owned the name. In recognition of his superior claim, however,
McAteer was later christened 'Double Trigger'.

4) According to former Blackburn team-mates, Jason's greatest moment
came on a squad night out to an Italian restaurant. Asked by the
waitress whether he wanted his pizza cut up into eighths, McAteer is
alleged to have replied, "Nah, I'm not that hungry - just cut it into
four."

5) In another possibly apocryphal (that means it might be made up,
Jason) story, McAteer is reckoned to have asked a Liverpool team-mate
what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' on a credit
card application form. According to legend, the source of McAteer's
confusion was that "I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing
me at right wing-back."

6) Jason is a keen gourmet. After Ireland qualified for the second
stage of the 1994 World Cup finals, he spent the night eating Chicken
McNuggets while sitting on the bonnet of a stretch limousine in New
York's Times Square in the company of U2 bassist Adam Clayton. Among
his happiest memories of first club Bolton are "getting out on my own
and going down to Tesco to buy my favourite biscuits". Jason also
believes Gerard Houllier's biggest mistake at Liverpool has been
ordering the players to abandon their morning ritual of eating toast
before training.

7) Many cruel folk have suggested that Jason doesn't know much at
all. But according to the voiceover on his bewildering 1998 Head And
Shoulders advert, "Jason knows he can have it all". In this case, "it
all" appeared to involve soaping himself homoerotically with the
well-known salve for the flaky-scalped. L'Oreal hawker David Ginola
was said to be "not losing much sleep" over our boy's performance.

8) Jason calls his best friend "a deep thinker - he could easily be a
news reporter". Jason's best friend is Phil Babb.

9) Ireland's otherwise unremarkable World Cup warmup match against
Sanfreece Hiroshima was memorable for two things: a dreadful late foul
upon our hero by Tulio and Jason's subsequent assessment of his
injury, picked up expertly by Sky's pitchside microphones for
broadcast to the watching millions back home: "My knee's f***ed! My
knee's f***ed!" Needless to say, it wasn't.

10) Ireland team-mate Ian Harte says: "The other week Jason gave a
Ralph Lauren polo shirt to his mum to wash and those shirts are longer
at the back than at the front. His mum didn't spot this until after
she'd washed it, thought she'd shrunk the front, and so cut the back to
make both sides equal. He says that's where he gets his stupidity
from."

11) When Jase was made captain on his 50th appearance for Ireland he livened up the press conference with Mick McCarthy by announcing that as Mick had been known as Captain Fantastic he wanted to be called Captain Sensible. A clearly amused McCarthy stiffled a giggle and asked 'Since when have you been sensible Jason?' 'Since you made me captain gaffer' came the lightning reply!

[Block G Raptor]

11) When Jase was made captain on his 50th appearance for Ireland he livened up the press conference with Mick McCarthy by announcing that as Mick had been known as Captain Fantastic he wanted to be called Captain Sensible. A clearly amused McCarthy stiffled a giggle and asked 'Since when have you been sensible Jason?' 'Since you made me captain gaffer' came the lightning reply!

Brilliant, I Just spit have a starbucks white cafe mocha all over my laptop thanks to that

[NeilMcD]

Brilliant, I Just spit have a starbucks white cafe mocha all over my laptop thanks to that

What would Bohs Partisan think of that, a fellow Bohs fan and all.

[Block G Raptor]

What would Bohs Partisan think of that, a fellow Bohs fan and all.

I know I'm Suuuuch a sell out, but that's Sooooooo what working on the tha Southside will do to you loike

[mackannovic]

His nickname at Liverpool was Dave not Double Trigger.

[tetsujin1979]

Yeah, Ruddock only called him Dave when they were on Soccer AM a few weeks ago

[Morbo]

:mad:Damn it! I thought this thread was announcing the breaking news that McAteer was the new Irish manager

[green army]

heard a story that when liverpool arrived back from a european game in russia, he asked what was the time. The person had changed their watch due to the timezones and told mc ateer. Mc Ateer replied " we have arrived before we left.". dont know if its true.

[Jerry The Saint]

What about the row he had with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in early-2002.


Yeah, well we're going to Hong Kong and you're not! :p

:o

[Hibernian]

Had an old e mail from Trigger's finest moment when he made Roy lose his head with his 'put it in your book Roy' remark. Here's the ode to Jason's intelligence in full!!

In all the fuss over Roy Keane's latest dive off the deep end,
haven't we forgotten someone?

The man who was on the receiving end of Keane's elbow in Saturday's
bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Sunderland? The man who, quite brilliantly,
responded to He Of The Bulging Vein's on-field jibes by mimicking
writing them all down in a book? The man who, in the wake of Keano's
sacking from Ireland's World Cup camp, revealed that the departed
skipper had taken to gnomic utterances like "fail to prepare; prepare to
fail" and "only dead fish go with the flow"?

We're talking about the man who said he'd rather read a Bob The
Builder book than Keane's autobiography. The man who then joked that
the Irish camp were planning a whip-round to buy one copy of the tome
"so we don't make Roy any richer than he is already". ?

Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights
of your brilliant career so far.

1) After dumping Jase, former girlfriend Donna Air told an interviewer,
"I wouldn't date any more footballers - they're not the brightest of
people." Which is saying something as Donna is famous for once asking
brother-and-sisters bodhran botherers The Corrs how they met.

2) On spotting another famous face in a Dublin nightclub, Jason decided
to make the star feel welcome by yelling out a catchphrase he would
naturally be familiar with. What snooker's Jimmy White made of the
sudden cry "One hundred and eighty!" is sadly not recorded.

3) Jason's nickname is Trigger, after the Only Fools And Horses
character ("If it's a girl, they're gonna call it Rose, after
Del's mum. And if it's a boy, they're gonna call it Rodney,
after Dave"). This caused problems when he first arrived at Liverpool as
Rob Jones, then regarded as the least cerebral player at Anfield,
already owned the name. In recognition of his superior claim, however,
McAteer was later christened 'Double Trigger'.

4) According to former Blackburn team-mates, Jason's greatest moment
came on a squad night out to an Italian restaurant. Asked by the
waitress whether he wanted his pizza cut up into eighths, McAteer is
alleged to have replied, "Nah, I'm not that hungry - just cut it into
four."

5) In another possibly apocryphal (that means it might be made up,
Jason) story, McAteer is reckoned to have asked a Liverpool team-mate
what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' on a credit
card application form. According to legend, the source of McAteer's
confusion was that "I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing
me at right wing-back."

6) Jason is a keen gourmet. After Ireland qualified for the second
stage of the 1994 World Cup finals, he spent the night eating Chicken
McNuggets while sitting on the bonnet of a stretch limousine in New
York's Times Square in the company of U2 bassist Adam Clayton. Among
his happiest memories of first club Bolton are "getting out on my own
and going down to Tesco to buy my favourite biscuits". Jason also
believes Gerard Houllier's biggest mistake at Liverpool has been
ordering the players to abandon their morning ritual of eating toast
before training.

7) Many cruel folk have suggested that Jason doesn't know much at
all. But according to the voiceover on his bewildering 1998 Head And
Shoulders advert, "Jason knows he can have it all". In this case, "it
all" appeared to involve soaping himself homoerotically with the
well-known salve for the flaky-scalped. L'Oreal hawker David Ginola
was said to be "not losing much sleep" over our boy's performance.

8) Jason calls his best friend "a deep thinker - he could easily be a
news reporter". Jason's best friend is Phil Babb.

9) Ireland's otherwise unremarkable World Cup warmup match against
Sanfreece Hiroshima was memorable for two things: a dreadful late foul
upon our hero by Tulio and Jason's subsequent assessment of his
injury, picked up expertly by Sky's pitchside microphones for
broadcast to the watching millions back home: "My knee's f***ed! My
knee's f***ed!" Needless to say, it wasn't.

10) Ireland team-mate Ian Harte says: "The other week Jason gave a
Ralph Lauren polo shirt to his mum to wash and those shirts are longer
at the back than at the front. His mum didn't spot this until after
she'd washed it, thought she'd shrunk the front, and so cut the back to
make both sides equal. He says that's where he gets his stupidity
from."

11) When Jase was made captain on his 50th appearance for Ireland he livened up the press conference with Mick McCarthy by announcing that as Mick had been known as Captain Fantastic he wanted to be called Captain Sensible. A clearly amused McCarthy stiffled a giggle and asked 'Since when have you been sensible Jason?' 'Since you made me captain gaffer' came the lightning reply!


FFS take this stupid thread off Foot.ie

Dave, Jason what ever his name plonker.

[OwlsFan]

To me Jason will be THAT goal at home to Holland and the goal in the Amsterdam Arena. Fantastic, not the tripe above demeaning him.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2001/09/01/sfgroi020901.jpg

[Fergie's Son]

Exactly. He gave some great performances for Ireland and scored two fantastic goals against the Dutch. He has his problems but overall he was a great addition to the team and clearly cared about playing for his country.

[stiofain]

To me Jason will be THAT goal at home to Holland and the goal in the Amsterdam Arena. Fantastic, not the tripe above demeaning him.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2001/09/01/sfgroi020901.jpg

Totally agree. I've never found any of that rubbish amusing, but maybe thats because i'm a miserable swine!

[Paddy Garcia]

100% commitment. I was a big fan.

And there was nothing wrong with his footballing brain. There are a few dopes out on the field now who are probably worthy of having the p1ss taken out of them.

Hey - in fairness he gives a better interview than many!

[southbucket2001]

McAteer did provide a few important moments for us, goals vs holland in 2002 qualifiers, cross for aldo in usa 94 vs mexico. I will always be a fan. He was on sky few weeks ago saying he thought el tel would be the choice for new manager and also that he wanted the u21 job!? Could be worse could have don givens, no wait . . .

[theworm2345]

I've always thought it interesting that McAteer's nickname was Trigger and Roy Keane's dog's name is Triggs

[tetsujin1979]

The man who was on the receiving end of Keane's elbow in Saturday's
bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Sunderland? The man who, quite brilliantly,
responded to He Of The Bulging Vein's on-field jibes by mimicking
writing them all down in a book? The man who, in the wake of Keano's
sacking from Ireland's World Cup camp, revealed that the departed
skipper had taken to gnomic utterances like "fail to prepare; prepare to
fail" and "only dead fish go with the flow"?

We're talking about the man who said he'd rather read a Bob The
Builder book than Keane's autobiography. The man who then joked that
the Irish camp were planning a whip-round to buy one copy of the tome
"so we don't make Roy any richer than he is already". ?

Step forward Jason McAteer

I remember reading somewhere that before that game, someone had stuck a copy of Roy Keane's autobiography in McAteer's gear. So he gave it to one of the ball boys to go to the United dressing room to see if he could get it autographed. 10 minutes later the lad returns with an inscription in the book "all the best, Roy Keane".

I honestly don't know if it's true or not, but considering what happened in the game, with McAteer miming writing out something, and Keane eventually getting sent off, it's really something!

[geysir]

100% commitment. I was a big fan.

And there was nothing wrong with his footballing brain. There are a few dopes out on the field now who are probably worthy of having the p1ss taken out of them.

Hey - in fairness he gives a better interview than many!
I thought it was obvious that he was taking the píss out of himself with those stories, that no one could be that dim, could they?

I liked the way he could whack a player and look totally innocent afterwards.

[Drumcondra 69er]

Lot of people with a humour by pass on here tonight. That list was actually posted on another thread in response to a few comments people had made about McAteer and those stories / urban legends following his comments about Houllier.

As Geysir says, it's blatantly obvious that McAteer (of whom I was a huge fan and having met him on a few occasions and also having met his Da in Japan can only say that he was one of the soundest most down to earth players I've ever met and his Da was dead on to boot) takes the **** out of himself with those stories and he's not shy about trotting them out on the likes of Soccer AM or when he does chat shows or interviews over here.

Some people need to lighten up and stop taking things so seriously. 'Demeaning him' ffs, cop on.

[Wangball]

Didn't that creep out of Coronation Street dare McAteer to write his name on the match ball that they were using for the Coca Cola Cup when they were guests on Soccer AM?? Lovejoy was delivering the ball to Cardiff in a helicopter and low and behold the week after when they had revealed what they'd done, there was a close up of the ball @ kick off & McAteer's name was on it in marker...for that, his goal against Holland, The Starsky & Hutch contoversy with Babb & his high tackle in Macedonia McAteer is, in my eyes, a class act!!!!

[stiofain]

Didn't that creep out of Coronation Street dare McAteer to write his name on the match ball that they were using for the Coca Cola Cup when they were guests on Soccer AM?? Lovejoy was delivering the ball to Cardiff in a helicopter and low and behold the week after when they had revealed what they'd done, there was a close up of the ball @ kick off & McAteer's name was on it in marker...for that, his goal against Holland, The Starsky & Hutch contoversy with Babb & his high tackle in Macedonia McAteer is, in my eyes, a class act!!!!

I hope your joking about that mate! Disgraceful 'tackle' on a disgraceful day for Ireland.

[Armando]

Didn't that creep out of Coronation Street dare McAteer to write his name on the match ball that they were using for the Coca Cola Cup when they were guests on Soccer AM?? Lovejoy was delivering the ball to Cardiff in a helicopter and low and behold the week after when they had revealed what they'd done, there was a close up of the ball @ kick off & McAteer's name was on it in marker...for that, his goal against Holland, The Starsky & Hutch contoversy with Babb & his high tackle in Macedonia McAteer is, in my eyes, a class act!!!!

I think it was Mark Kennedy who was the 'Starsky' to Babbs 'Hutch'?

[gilberto_eire]

Friend who is a fellow poster here done the ''FAI Coaching'' course in Castlebar two or three years ago.
They were down in Cork(i think) as various coaches etc... taking there badges needed players to work on. Jason was down there at the same time, supposedly was offering a fella/fellas in the course money(€50 i believe) to jump into a fountain outside the hotel!. Meant to have been bit smart because he had the cash to splash!!

Poster was Ultra, im sure he could clear any mistakes i got in the story up as it was a while back he told me!.

[drummerboy]

Love him or hate him, McAteer was a real character who loved playing for Ireland. He really wanted to play and cared about it too. Unlike some of the Irish born players around now.

[Greenforever]

Met him several times, a very friendly person who was always up for a laugh, and i'd reckon if he read the original post he'd be ammused not upset!
interestingly he was at Sunderland for the Niall quinn testimonial unlike our Roy who got lost on the way????? Anyone remember his Carlsberg dreams ad at that time, classic.

[Ozymandias]

Lot of people with a humour by pass on here tonight. That list was actually posted on another thread in response to a few comments people had made about McAteer and those stories / urban legends following his comments about Houllier.

As Geysir says, it's blatantly obvious that McAteer (of whom I was a huge fan and having met him on a few occasions and also having met his Da in Japan can only say that he was one of the soundest most down to earth players I've ever met and his Da was dead on to boot) takes the **** out of himself with those stories and he's not shy about trotting them out on the likes of Soccer AM or when he does chat shows or interviews over here.

Some people need to lighten up and stop taking things so seriously. 'Demeaning him' ffs, cop on.

The funny stories or anecotes are part of his make up and what make him a decent guy......I dont think anyone is relaying the stories thinking he is a ****wit but instead laughing with him not at him.....why do you think mcateer brings them up himself at interviews..your post claiming we are demeaning him is way over the top and way off the mark

[Drumcondra 69er]

The funny stories or anecotes are part of his make up and what make him a decent guy......I dont think anyone is relaying the stories thinking he is a ****wit but instead laughing with him not at him.....why do you think mcateer brings them up himself at interviews..your post claiming we are demeaning him is way over the top and way off the mark

Are you sure you meant to quote me there rather then the below? I agree with everything you say btw, that was my point.


To me Jason will be THAT goal at home to Holland and the goal in the Amsterdam Arena. Fantastic, not the tripe above demeaning him.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2001/09/01/sfgroi020901.jpg

[Ozymandias]

Are you sure you meant to quote me there rather then the below? I agree with everything you say btw, that was my point.

erm...correct ...i quoted the wrong message....apologies to you and your family

[Block G Raptor]

:mad:Damn it! I thought this thread was announcing the breaking news that McAteer was the new Irish manager
And your unhappy that it's not? weirdo :D

[Drumcondra 69er]

erm...correct ...i quoted the wrong message....apologies to you and your family

No worries, I'm easilly confused of a Friday morning! ;)

[OwlsFan]

Some people need to lighten up and stop taking things so seriously. 'Demeaning him' ffs, cop on.

So why introduce it with this sarcasm if it's not meant to belittle the man:

"Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights of your brilliant career so far".

I don't think you were laughing with him but at him. Of course he plays the buffoon on occasion but I'd prefer to remember him for what he did on the field. And as another contributor has stated, he does have his eye on our U21 job and stuff like this won't help him much.

[Morbo]

Good point Owls, I think its ok to laugh at his antics but to be sarcastic about his achievements during his playing career is weak

[Ozymandias]

So why introduce it with this sarcasm if it's not meant to belittle the man:

"Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights of your brilliant career so far".

I don't think you were laughing with him but at him. Of course he plays the buffoon on occasion but I'd prefer to remember him for what he did on the field. And as another contributor has stated, he does have his eye on our U21 job and stuff like this won't help him much.

owls I must be missing something here..I can't see where people are using the stories to belittle him..you on the other hand are using words like buffoon and demeaning....I really don't see how you are getting that from the relaying of stories that the guy himself relays and is happy to put out there...none of this is suggesting that it demeans his performances for Ireland ..they speak for themselves..he had some great ones but shockers to..like most players

[Drumcondra 69er]

So why introduce it with this sarcasm if it's not meant to belittle the man:

"Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights of your brilliant career so far".

I don't think you were laughing with him but at him. Of course he plays the buffoon on occasion but I'd prefer to remember him for what he did on the field. And as another contributor has stated, he does have his eye on our U21 job and stuff like this won't help him much.

So you can make a call on what I was doing now?

That was an article that appeared following McAteer's incident with Keane where Jason clearly got the better of him. To me, it was obviously meant as a tounge in cheek tribute to the man, I don't see the sarcasm. If anyone has the **** taken out of him in the article it's Keane.

The fact that McAteer regularly uses these stories himself in interviews etc makes a mockery of your argument, I'm sure if he was reading this he'd be p1ssing himself laughing....

[stojkovic]

What about him feigning non-injury against Cameroon in 2002.

Nearly cost us the game.

That aside, I did like the fcuker.

[Paddy Garcia]

What about him feigning non-injury against Cameroon in 2002.


A unique change for us - to the usual of feigning injury!

[GavinZac]

interestingly he was at Sunderland for the Niall quinn testimonial unlike our Roy who got lost on the way?Perhaps, at the time, Roy recognised Quinn for the moron that he is. Nowadays he has Quinn writing blank cheques for him, nice retribution.

[crazyorhythm]

Great post

[stojkovic]

A unique change for us - to the usual of feigning injury!

That was my point, but I didnt want to bring up Saipan again.;)

[NeilMcD]

So why introduce it with this sarcasm if it's not meant to belittle the man:

"Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights of your brilliant career so far".

I don't think you were laughing with him but at him. Of course he plays the buffoon on occasion but I'd prefer to remember him for what he did on the field. And as another contributor has stated, he does have his eye on our U21 job and stuff like this won't help him much.

Owls fan do you use that principle while dealing with all ex Irish players or is it just on a case by case basis. So you prefer to remember what Roy Keane did on the field or do you take into account off the field antics

[OwlsFan]

So you can make a call on what I was doing now?

The fact that McAteer regularly uses these stories himself in interviews etc makes a mockery of your argument, I'm sure if he was reading this he'd be p1ssing himself laughing....

...and you can make a call on what McAteer would be doing :p

[galwayhoop]

always had great time for McAteer. as said above he gave it his all whenever he put on the green shirt.

his goal against holland is one of the best moments in our recent football past.

he nutmegged Maldini (iirc) in the WC94 when he was only a young fella breaking through.

he is a very witty man.

the keane scribbling jibe oozed class as a lunatic was trying to knock his block off.

he readily admits to the trigger nickname, have heard him tell the pizza story and jimmy white story a few times too. he has a sense of humour ffs. seriously lads some people on here are a bit too PC for their own good. demeaning him indeed. get a life.

i remember his interview after the Denmark friendly in the run up to the WC02. Duff had an absolute stormer and was taken off early enough (iirc). when Macca was asked about Duff in the post match interview he said 'It is rare that a player wins the Man of the Match award in the first half alone, I can't remember a better 45 minutes by and Irish Player .... except for my second half against the Dutch'!!!!

Always liked him as a player and a man. Never took himself too seriously so why are the soft skinned PC brigade on here doing it for him.

[Drumcondra 69er]

...and you can make a call on what McAteer would be doing :p

Having seen him relay these stories on numerous occasions I'd be confident in making that call, yeah. ;)

[OwlsFan]

The defining moment of Jason McAteer:

http://www.roguery.com/outings/hollandgame/mac.jpg

I still get goosebumps whenever I look at that picture and the faces of the crowd. Magic.

Mind you, a lot of Celtic (Rovers?) tops and even two rugby ones I think.

[Stuttgart88]

I was in the East Upper and thought he'd hit it over at first!

[geysir]

Good picture, only a few have their arms in the air, the rest are open mouthed waiting for the ball to hit the net.

[NeilMcD]

Talking ****e again on Sky tonight, just watched the coverage there. But got a few important goals for us so fair play but just glad he is not on the selection panel.

[OwlsFan]

Talking ****e again on Sky tonight, just watched the coverage there. But got a few important goals for us so fair play but just glad he is not on the selection panel.

Yep, both he and Cunningham are firmly in the Terry Vegetables camp!!

[as_i_say]

i think thats a bit unfair on mcateer really-thought he spoke well. cunningham is very drole and for god sake man shave that head or at least have a word with stephen ireland.

[Morbo]

In fairness McAteer was just trying to defend Stan by putting a positive spin on things, I doubt he really believes half of what he said