Retired Players Thread

**elatedscum** · 28/04/2025, 6:16 PM

Really **** situation, because stuff for charity are never done on a contractual basis. You ask will someone appear and they say yes, it's all done in good faith.

I'd know people involved in the venue and the promotors, who agreed to do it for less than costs. Everyone pulling in the right direction for the good cause.

From that, I know the event was in the works for over a year, trying to get a date that worked for everyone - and that yer man had been on board from the start and he said he'd rather MC it than get anyone else in. Waits until it's announced and then says he's not gonna appear without getting X and Y.

Looking forward to a good night all the same and fair play to Quinner.

**Razors left peg** · 28/04/2025, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by elatedscum

Really **** situation, because stuff for charity are never done on a contractual basis. You ask will someone appear and they say yes, it's all done in good faith.

I'd know people involved in the venue and the promotors, who agreed to do it for less than costs. Everyone pulling in the right direction for the good cause.

From that, I know the event was in the works for over a year, trying to get a date that worked for everyone - and that yer man had been on board from the start and he said he'd rather MC it than get anyone else in. Waits until it's announced and then says he's not gonna appear without getting X and Y.

Looking forward to a good night all the same and fair play to Quinner.

So who was it? If the player in question wrote about it saying that he was included without ever being asked, its not exactly a big secret

**SkStu** · 28/04/2025, 7:04 PM

I was gonna say Steven Ireland.

**Ol� Ol�** · 28/04/2025, 7:08 PM

Maybe this is completely unrelated but it appears that the most obvious third wise men to Brady and Giles was announced previously: https://www.dublintown.ie/whats-on-e...oper-football/

**CraftyToePoke** · 28/04/2025, 7:11 PM

Originally Posted by elatedscum

Good guess, not a great guess...

Answer was here, no ?

**pineapple stu** · 29/04/2025, 7:10 AM

Well the event link posted says "Niall replaces Eamon Dunphy who will no longer be participating in the event." so...

**Eirambler** · 01/05/2025, 1:08 PM

Mad that he was such a strong voice in Ireland for so long. And that people actually listened to him.

**tetsujin1979** · 05/10/2025, 12:15 AM

Cascarino documentary on rte Monday night

**Kingdom** · 07/10/2025, 2:48 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Cascarino documentary on rte Monday night

Anyone watch it?

**jbyrne** · 07/10/2025, 3:07 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

Anyone watch it?

yes, decent enough but if you read the autobiography you would have heard most of it before

**Grafter** · 07/10/2025, 3:16 PM

Yes it was well made and he's an interesting fella. Frightening to think that memoir of his is 25 years old!

**jbyrne** · 07/10/2025, 3:32 PM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

yes, decent enough but if you read the autobiography you would have heard most of it before

Actually, one issue I have with it is the amount of needless F bombs throughout. why does RTE feel the need to accommodate this? its quite juvenile. you wouldn't get this in a similar BBC documentary.
Would love my football mad son to see some of the older footage but I just wouldn't be inclined to play it for him tbh.

**tetsujin1979** · 07/10/2025, 4:02 PM

60 minutes isn't enough time to tell the story of his career, and everything that happened around and after it.
That said, it did cover the highlights of his story pretty well, and I wouldn't have seen many of his goals from his time in France, so that was nice.
It's on the RTE player, so if you missed it, I'd recommend looking it up