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Between them John Aldridge and Tony Cascarino have their fair share of football honours. Both have competed at the highest level for club and country, starring in World Cups and FA Cup finals, but for former Republic of Ireland footballers the stakes of their next face-off could not be any greater. They vie for the honour of lifting the Craggy Cup!
The pair have signed up to manage teams from rival islands this weekend in a one-off match to decide which of a pair of rocky outposts off the coast of County Galway is the real Craggy Island which is of course, the home of Father Ted. The match will be part of the three-day Friends of Ted festival to be held this weekend on Inis Mor, the largest of the three remote Aran Islands. The event has been organised by a group of fans from Galway to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of the brilliant Dermot Morgan, who played the universally loved man of the cloth. However, the festival's location immediately proved controversial when it was announced last month to loud opposition from inhabitants of the neighbouring Inis Oirr.
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