Mick Neville Quiz question

**TonyD** · 01/09/2008, 8:25 PM

Chap in work asked me this, it was given as an answer to a quiz question about players Jack Charlton capped for Ireland, making up the letters of his surname (eg. Cascarino, Houghton, Aldridge etc) Anyhow, the answer for N was given as Mick Neville. I said I'm 99% certain that Mick Neville never got a full international cap. I know he capped a couple of LOI players early on but I'm almost sure Neville wasn't one. Anyone know any different ?

**Dodge** · 01/09/2008, 8:27 PM

Definitely didn't. Peter Eccles and Barry Murphy got caps in the early days. Neville didn't

**Duffman** · 02/09/2008, 12:43 PM

Must be referring to the olympic appearances that he got. Wouldn't have been Charlton though.

**gspain** · 02/09/2008, 5:12 PM

Nobody whose surname begins with N was capped for Ireland under Jack Charlton.

**KildareFan** · 02/09/2008, 6:50 PM

Only two players capped with a surname beginning with N

Ronnie Nolan see here

and
Billy Newman see here

**TonyD** · 02/09/2008, 9:14 PM

Originally Posted by gspain

Nobody, whose surname begins with N, was capped for Ireland under Jack Charlton.

And what was his first name ?

**Titan** · 03/09/2008, 10:01 AM

Liam O'Brien was also capped by Charlton I think?

**jinxy lilywhite** · 03/09/2008, 10:17 AM

This is the toughest question I ever got from the Charlton era?
Name the starting 11 in the 1994 World Cup match against Italy. Stumps most people and try not to use wiki or any other reference site. Just use your memory

**Dodge** · 03/09/2008, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Titan

Liam O'Brien was also capped by Charlton I think?

He was, but he got a few caps so he's not as "random" as Eccles or Murphy

**Sheridan** · 03/09/2008, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

This is the toughest question I ever got from the Charlton era?
Name the starting 11 in the 1994 World Cup match against Italy. Stumps most people and try not to use wiki or any other reference site. Just use your memory

Don't follow Skyreland but from memory it was something like:

Bonner, Phelan, Irwin, Babb, McGrath, Houghton, Keane, Townsend, Staunton, Aldridge, Coyne? (Just checked and out I'm by one; clue - formation was 4-5-1 and the missing player is named in this post, sort of.)

**Sheridan** · 03/09/2008, 10:28 AM

Pat Byrne was capped by Charlton while with Shams IIRC.

**jinxy lilywhite** · 03/09/2008, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

Don't follow Skyreland but from memory it was something like:

Bonner, Phelan, Irwin, Babb, McGrath, Houghton, Keane, Townsend, Staunton, Aldridge, Coyne? (Just checked and out I'm by one; clue - formation was 4-5-1 and the missing player is named in this post, sort of.)

Nice one 10 out of 11. Coyne was the one that got me

**Rocky77** · 03/09/2008, 11:10 AM

Sheridan, the one you missed was your namesake, John. He hit the bar in the second half.

**Dodge** · 03/09/2008, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Rocky77

Sheridan, the one you missed was your namesake, John. He hit the bar in the second half.

Was it not Norway that he hit the bar against?

**Rocky77** · 03/09/2008, 11:22 AM

He clipped the top of the bar against Norway alright. He smacked it against Italy, if memory serves me correctly

**Nesta99** · 03/09/2008, 3:15 PM

Smacked the bar against Italy frim a nice cut back, lobbed the ball against Norway to sit on top of the net, looked like it was on the way in just to go over the bar....pity bout butterfinger Bonner in the next round