Sort of interesting stat from the game
Would not have thought that at all - in 31 years!
There's been loads of games with one Celtic player starting - McGeady, O'Dea, Robbie Keane during his loan spell - but I can't find any with two, or more, since that game
All things considered ~ ~ Not that many Irish players have even played for Celtic in my lifetime.
It's a bit of a surprise that McGeady managed to avoid starting with one of Darren O'Dea, Cillian Sheridan, Robbie Keane or Anthony Stokes while they were there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Darren O'Dea didn't start a game for Ireland until a friendly in November 2010 against Norway, and McGeady had moved to Spartak Moscow the previous August - https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010...reland_norway/Quote:
Originally Posted by backstothewall
Cililan Sheridan only started one game, against Argentina in August 2010, just before McGeady's move had been completed, but McGeady wasn't in the team - https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010...157-argentina/
According to wikipedia Robbie Keane was at Celtic from 1st February 2010 until the 9th May. Ireland only played once in that time, a friendly against Brazil in March where McGeady came on as a sub - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...sh/8546506.stm
There were two friendlies at the end of May 2010, against Paraguay and Algeria, and Robbie started both games, but McGeady didn't play in either
Stokes and McGeady only started one game together, a friendly against Poland in November 2013, while McGeady was at Everton - https://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/19/2014/2013130
Depends what age you are. Not old enough to remember Conor Hazard, Niall McGinn, Paddy McCourt, Neil Lennon, Anton Rogan? Allen McKnight, maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
I suppose I should have said Republic of Ireland, and though some of those lads were reasonable players they didn't really set the footballing world alight either.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
I am old enough to have bought the football magazine Shoot in the 1970's. Danny McGrain use to do a Celtic page every second week alternatively with a Rangers Stalwart of those times ~ His name escapes me right now but if you were to say it ~ It would immediately come back to me.
Having done a bit of internet-ing ~ I am pretty sure it was John Greig.
All very exotic for me in those days ! ! !
You need to brush up on the Auld Gaelic Language ~ My site name ~ seanfhear ~ Means, old man.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Superb Tets
Fhear enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Actually, you're quite right to pull me up, since I knew that "fhear" stood for "man", but had assumed your name was Sean. It hadn't clicked that it also translates to "old", as in eg The Shan Van Vocht, which Google Translate tells me should really be An tSean bhean Bhocht.
"Is lá scoile é gach lá"
When ireland played Russia in Moscow didn’t O’Dea, McGeady and Keane play?
Keane may have been at LA Galaxy at the time?
Now that I think of it, McGeady was with Spartak at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
And did a fine job defensively in that game
Strangely, none of them were at Celtic at the time of that gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Robbie Keane had signed for L.A.Galaxy about a month earlier - https://www.lagalaxy.com/news/la-gal...l-robbie-keane - McGeady was a little over a year into his spell with Spartak, and Darren O'Dea, while still at Celtic player, was on loan at Leeds - https://www.leedsunited.com/news/tea...nd-ready-to-go
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