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

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13/10/2009, 2:03 PM
an_ceannaire

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

Media speculation.....agents with agenda.....fellas with ambitions abover their stations.....
Over the last 20 years many English/Scottish footballers have been linked with the Green Jersey
Remember many?
The ones who got away..so to speak....
Chris Armstrong anyone.........:D
13/10/2009, 2:05 PM
Wangball

Andy Linighan and Brian Kilcline spring to mind immeadiately!
13/10/2009, 2:14 PM
SuperDave

Franck Queudrue.... turns out one of his great grandparents was Irish, not one of his grandparents.
13/10/2009, 2:19 PM
Pauro 76

Steve Bruce.. Martin Keown...
13/10/2009, 2:20 PM
Colbert Report

Tim Cahill?
13/10/2009, 2:21 PM
noddy102

Barack Obama?
13/10/2009, 2:23 PM
Drumcondra 69er

Noel Whelan, Kevin Gallen, Kevin Nolan, Vinny Jones.
13/10/2009, 2:32 PM
seand

Alfredo di Stefano, George Best, Gazza, Wayne Rooney ... none of them as good as Andy Reid though
13/10/2009, 2:43 PM
Scram

Me, I forgot my boots, and my alarm clock went off, oh, and David Connolly, and Roy Keane at his whim.
13/10/2009, 3:06 PM
Bluebeard

Paul Butler nearly played for Ireland once...
13/10/2009, 4:15 PM
seanfhear

Roy Keane almost played in the 2002 world cup:)
13/10/2009, 4:21 PM
Rovers1

Ian Wexler, Michael Lynott...SO close
13/10/2009, 4:42 PM
rambler14

Phil Bardsley
13/10/2009, 4:48 PM
Scram

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperDave

Franck Queudrue.... turns out one of his great grandparents was Irish, not one of his grandparents.

And, like Keano, he didn't want to!
13/10/2009, 4:50 PM
soccerboy

stephen ireland
13/10/2009, 4:58 PM
tricky_colour

you beat me to it.
13/10/2009, 6:12 PM
drummerboy

Paul Butler, well nearly
Martin Keown played lots of GAA in London
13/10/2009, 6:34 PM
OwlsFan

Zat Knight and,,,

Marlon King

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=421
13/10/2009, 6:48 PM
Razors left peg

think I remember hearing Paul Scholes a few years back, dunno how true it was though
13/10/2009, 7:01 PM
dr_peepee

Ashley Ward, Mark Beeney, Kieran Richardson
13/10/2009, 7:35 PM
Drumcondra 69er

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr_peepee

Ashley Ward, Mark Beeney, Kieran Richardson

Jesus yeah! Pretty sure he made the squad in one of the sticker albums as the third keeper in 94 and he couldn't prove his eligibility!
13/10/2009, 10:28 PM
seand

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er

Jesus yeah! Pretty sure he made the squad in one of the sticker albums as the third keeper in 94 and he couldn't prove his eligibility!

Excellent! On a similar note I have a souvenir football from Supervalu for the 1994 World Cup with facsimile autographs of the possible Ireland squad- including Paul Byrne who was never capped, then of Celtic, later Bohs, Dundalk, Kilkenny, St James Gate, Weight Watchers...
14/10/2009, 1:49 AM
SunnySweeney

Lee Trundle (Swansea) and Danny Cadamarteri (Everton).

There were rumours right before the world cup in '94 that Stan Collymore was about 'to declare for Ireland'. He hadn't (i think) been capped by England at underage level. I don't know if he had any Irish connections though.

Wayne Rooney's grandmother famously said that "Wayne is English on the outside but Irish on the inside".

Good on ya Wayne ...
14/10/2009, 5:51 AM
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
14/10/2009, 6:40 AM
Royal rover

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

think I remember hearing Paul Scholes a few years back, dunno how true it was though

His granny was irish - i remember the sunday world running a story on this in 1995 - he was never going to play for us though
14/10/2009, 8:50 AM
dr_peepee

Quote:

Originally Posted by seand

Excellent! On a similar note I have a souvenir football from Supervalu for the 1994 World Cup with facsimile autographs of the possible Ireland squad- including Paul Byrne who was never capped, then of Celtic, later Bohs, Dundalk, Kilkenny, St James Gate, Weight Watchers...

Think Paul Byrne made the squad a couple of times though...

Another nearly man Mark Stein...

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.
14/10/2009, 9:12 AM
youngirish

Joseph Lapira
14/10/2009, 9:15 AM
dr_peepee

Sean Dundee..
14/10/2009, 9:21 AM
Junior

Darren Fletcher (Achill Links on mothers side) - Not sure if he was ever interested in representing us though.
14/10/2009, 9:49 AM
endabob1

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Originally Posted by Junior

Darren Fletcher (Achill Links on mothers side) - Not sure if he was ever interested in representing us though.

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.
14/10/2009, 11:05 AM
seand

Let's not forget Socrates, who almost declared for Ireland during his legendary period at UCD. ;)
14/10/2009, 11:14 AM
pineapple stu

"Legend" being the operative word...
14/10/2009, 12:31 PM
endabob1

Jose Luis Brown, Argentina '86 according to Jimmy Magee his people came from outside Athlone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Brown

Which according to this this is entirely plausible although somewhat suspect if he would have been inside the granny rule!

http://www.webspawner.com/users/ldwhargentinasoc/
14/10/2009, 1:46 PM
IsMiseSean

Wouldn't there be a few argentine's with Irish descent? Maybe we should look into it.... We could have had Messi!!
14/10/2009, 1:52 PM
as_i_say

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr_peepee

Ashley Ward, Mark Beeney, Kieran Richardson

I rememember Mark Beeney being included in the Stars sticker collection just before 1994 WC. :o
14/10/2009, 4:00 PM
SunnySweeney

Quote:

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

Top football players are really under the microscope these days
14/10/2009, 4:19 PM
Jeebus

Shaun Teale
14/10/2009, 4:55 PM
irishultra

Messi has like Italian, Spanish and English ancestry I heard.

Fabio O'Neil-defo

Fernando Cavenagh(i)????????-spanishisation(is that even a word) of cavenagh? i know a few people who spell it this way

Diego Forlan-defo

Scaloni-think he was a full back, definetly irish ancestry
14/10/2009, 5:26 PM
Leeside Swagger

Sean Dundee
14/10/2009, 6:09 PM
seanfhear

Muhamed Ali or is that pushing it too far

Barack O'Bama ! Maybe its not too late for Barry. The next American tour maybe

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