Players who nearly played for Ireland....but didnt...

Think trundle is eligible but was just not picked

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Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er

Noel Whelan, Kevin Gallen, Kevin Nolan, Vinny Jones.

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.... managed to take a seat at the Giants Stadium which should have gone to a real Irish fan.

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Originally Posted by endabob1

Yeah I think his mother was born in Achill and iirc he used to holiday there as a kid, I seem to recall Keane & Kerr trying to sway him at one point.

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i spoke to one of his cousins about this, - although he did spend time there as a kid he would always choose scotland in the end

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Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia

.... managed to take a seat at the Giants Stadium which should have gone to a real Irish fan.

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You do know he is/was very active in he London Gah scene, even doing linesman for hte odd game - but I sense he gets peed off about people going on about the england/ireland choice

I think Charlton was close to calling up Tommy Gaynor at some point, he was playing well for Forest at the time.

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Originally Posted by dr_peepee

Man in the days before the interweb I'd trawl the small little articles at the side of the Herald regarding potentials... Stan Collymore was mentioned too at one stage.

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class! :D you werent the only one!

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Originally Posted by irishfan86

He may be of Irish origins, but he's proud to be English and fair enough...no Irish person is going to get this tattoo though!

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/a...r1_364419a.jpg

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Even his shoulder is ugly.

And he's only gone and made it uglier.

Chris Armstrong and Stan Collymore

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Originally Posted by briancool21

Think trundle is eligible but was just not picked

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not only is he eligible, he applied for, and was awarded, an Irish passport