Yeah, he started the 1st leg. Didn't score though....
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Yeah, he started the 1st leg. Didn't score though....
In Aalborg? He played the full game but wasn't involved in the goal.
Thanks - hope they get through as not many other irish players going to be in it!
Cillian Sheridan scored APOELs 4th goal in their 4-0 win over Aalborg tonight to send them into the group stages.
Better than that tool Stokes now IMO.
Worth a spot in the Irish team at the moment. We really cannot afford to turn away any attacking talent, and he is quite decent
Team or squad?
Interviewed on off the ball on newstalk tonight.
What a laid back chap. He was asked some career-oriented questions some to which he replied "it's not something I've thought about." Cool dude.
Got this from OptaJoe via Balls.ie; if Sheridan plays in the 2014-15 Champions League proper, he'll become the fifth Irish player to play in the competition (post-1992) with a non-UK team. Who were the four others?
At a guess, Alan Mahon, Phil Babb, David Connolly, and Aiden McGeady
All correct. Just out of curiosity... who were the guesses? Mahon anyway I suppose, he played the first half of a 4-0 defeat to Real Madrid apparently.
Thats interesting, what clubs may i ask?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Sporting Lisbon x2, Feyenoord & Spartak Moscow respectively.
I wasn't sure about Connolly, and I had Steve Finnan in there originally. Just saw the follow up tweet from OptaJoe with the answers, so I'm proud of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Babb and Mahon both with Sporting Lisbon, Connolly with Feyenoord and McGeady with Spartak MoscowQuote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Well done Tets, impressive.
I saw the answers along with the question. Otherwise, I would have known McGeady & Babb... I suspect I would have thought of Connolly after a while but not been fully sure if he played in the CL or not. Not a chance in hell would I have got Mahon.
Good going. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Connolly played against Man U i think
Group F
http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/l...8x18/50080.pngBarcelona(ESP)
http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/l...8x18/52747.pngParis(FRA)
http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/l...8x18/50143.pngAjax(NED)
APOEL(CYP)
Tets, another one to rack your brains. Nine Irish (republic of Ireland) players to have won the European Cup/CL?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Irwin, Keane*, Whelan, Finnan. Shay Brennan in 1968.
Heighway in 77? Potter in 2005? He was there alright.
John O'Shea in Moscow.
*Does Keane count?
Lawrenson, Beglin, Aldridge?...
They lost in 1985 and didn't win again until 2005.
Lawrenson in 1984 of course, duh. I think that predates Beglin and certainly Aldo. Was Michael Robinson in the 1984 team?
Ha, aye, I was getting a bit ahead of myself with Aldridge.
Beglin joined Liverpool in May of 1983 but didn't participate in 1984. He played in the 1985 final though.
Robinson was another winner.
Actually it was 10, I missed Finnan:o, or 11 if including Potter, but did he get a medal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
yeah, think soQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
There was another 1968. I cheated and looked on wiki.
Tony Dunne was in the Man U 1968 cup winning team.
Shame that you'd need to cheat to get that one.
I was one at the time. You were probably doing your Inter.
I did my inter in '71 or was it '72.
It is indeed tragic that you grew up without an acute awareness of your football/culture tradition.
I did my best despite a strict rugby upbringing. I wasn't dragged to Lansdowne Road, Dalymount and Milltown. I demanded it.
Keane didn't win it due to his suspension for the final but he did get one of the club's medal allocation. The nine winners who played or were on the bench (JOSh) were
Tony Dunne & Shay Brennan (1968)
Steve Heighway (1977 & 1978)
Whelan, Lawrenson and Robinson (1984)
Irwin (1999)
Finnan (2005) and
John O'Shea (as an unused sub but he did get a medal)
These days UEFA gives 40 winners' medals to the winning club so people like Charlie Gallacher (in Celtic's 1967 squad) and Eamon Deacy (Villa 1982) would have got a medal by today's standards.
Have another question for yis
Sincere apologies for bringing the thread off topic
How many of these players can you name from the original Sky Sports promo?
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alive and kicking....Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
David Hirst, Lee Sharpe, Tony Daley, Vinnie Jones, Mark Wright, John Wark, Tim Flowers, Tim Sherwood
Ian Brightwell?, Chris Sutton, ?, David Busst?, ?, Gordon Durie?, ?
Gary Charles, Andy Richie?, John Salako, Andy Sinton, Alan Kernaghan, Gordon Strachan, Peter Beardsley
Is that David O'Leary on the right of the middle row?
Nope.
I had to get a bigger version to properly look at it, which unfortunately came with the answers... :mad:
How do you do spoiler text again?
Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
David Hirst, Lee Sharpe, Tony Daley, Vinnie Jones, Mark Wright, John Wark, Tim Flowers, Tim Sherwood
Ian Brightwell, Ian Butterworth, Hans Segars, Andy Pearce, Carl Bradshaw, Gordon Durie, David Hillier
Gary Charles, Andy Ritchie, John Salako, Andy Sinton, Alan Kernaghan, Gordon Strachan, Peter Beardsley