Charlie's just making a joke based on the fact that Maher also happens to be a Moroccan surname.
Charlie's just making a joke based on the fact that Maher also happens to be a Moroccan surname.
Isn't it Arabic generally, with doubtless other geographic connections, unsure why Morocco specifically...
It's okay AB, you were not alone, the Moroccan/Maher connection passed me by completely as well. I had thought Charlie was just being cheeky instead of smart.
Or just obtuse. As is his way...
Irwin3 recently referred to Adam Maher, a player from Morocco, in response to a silly line of reasoning by TOWK in relation to certain Irish surnames that also happen to have identical renderings in other cultures:
Charlie was cracking a joke in reference to that and mocking the idea that Maher mightn't or couldn't be an Irish surname by suggesting in jest that Niall Maher must be a member of Manchester's (imaginary?) Moroccan community, obviously whilst well aware of the fact that Niall Maher's surname is almost certainly derived from the Gaelic surname of Ó Meachair. Nothing too complicated.
You guys must have missed the memo; we're all out to get TOWK now, don't you know?
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https://twitter.com/RobBrennan82/sta...87929595748354
Nigeria keeping tabs on the young Dundee United forward who is also eligible for England & Ireland.
There was an interview with him in the Sun last week but it's not online unless you have a subscription. He was born in Dublin but brought up in London, and seemingly open to playing for us if called up. U23s for Nigeria wouldn't disqualify him for us as he's eligible by birth.
Meanwhile, United striker Ola Adeyemo has been invited to the Nigeria Under-23 team training camp.
The 19-year-old signed for the Tannadice club on a two-year contract as a free agent in summer of 2014 following a six-month spell at English League One club Leyton Orient.
Adeyemo was born in London but moved to Ireland, aged two, where he was involved in the national association's youth development programme before joining St Patrick's Athletic and then UCD Dublin.
His agent, Ladi Salami, told BBC Scotland: "Ola can play for Nigeria, England or Ireland. He is flying out tomorrow and this will be a great experience for him.
"There is a tournament coming up and they have told him he will be involved in that too.
"It will be good for his development at Dundee United."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30794079
Sorry, you're right, I had that the wrong way around - he was born in London and moved to Dublin. Still assume he'd be eligible as he has had Irish nationality before lining out for Nigeria underage.
Harry Kane to Real Madrid?: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/footb...rsenal-Man-Utd
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http://www.prostamerika.com/2012/02/...-sounder/57971
http://mynorthwest.com/418/440771/Se...s-Lamar-Neagle
Seattle Sounders player (27) is eligible to play for Ireland, although it seems the main reason behind his acquiring an Irish passport was to create a clear pathway in order to play in Europe.
https://www.facebook.com/IrishClubSeattle
His Irish roots lie in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
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Renamed the thread, pretty sure each of O'Hara, Noble or Nolan are not going to declare at this stage. Feel free to discuss any potentially eligible player here.
What about Mark Noble or Jamie O'Hara?
I thought O'Hara's eligibility stemmed from at least one Irish grandparent, but a 2002 article from the Belfast Telegraph stated his father is from Magherafelt: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10663459.html
Originally Posted by Bob Fenton
Just having a look around the net for more on Neagle. Quite a few videos in various places of him in action. Here's a goal he scored a few months ago:
Not a bad finish.
I see his Twitter profile mentions something about "the Way of the Irish". I wonder would he be interested in representing us. He's never played at any level for the US, however, as far as I can make out. Would be be good enough for our consideration then? Maybe not if he's not been on the receiving end of any serious attention from the happy-capping US set-up. I see he has played briefly in Europe before though; he once played in the Finnish league with IFK Mariehamn.
This profile from his university days states that he is the "son of John Brown and Bridget Neagle, and Frankie and Maria Lawson". What does that mean exactly? His birth parents are in relationships with other partners now, I can only assume.
Here's a highlights video featuring Neagle in action between 2011 to 2013:
Are the Keane brothers still eligible to play for Ireland. I know they switched loyalties to England but it looks like they are not going to feature for them, are they still able to switch back.
Always look on the bright side of life
One of them definitely isn't able to switch.
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