Instagram appears to be his preferred social media platform these days. He still uses Facebook too.
He has always remained grounded and very much in tune with his roots and community. It's a great quality, and one that is becoming increasingly rare amongst modern players given the huge sums of money in the game now and the detached lives players lead.I do love the way McClean realises what a privileged position he is in though and how he relishes transforming people's lives with such gestures.
It seems Kevin Morrison, the team's manager, put the video out via his Facebook actually: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.morri...12949528392060
Cheers, Del. I dread to think how long the line would come to if I printed each post out and lined them up one after the other!'Congrats' on your 10,000th post btw
James enjoys a bit of boxing too: http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/wa...ford-1-7920915
Originally Posted by John Gillespie
The Oxford Bulls Down's syndrome team played their first game last night against the Sion Sonics from Sion Mills: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-...-west-39703053
Originally Posted by Dean McLaughlin
Interview with McClean on Football Focus tomorrow. Sounds interesting.
https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/stat...99819629101056
On 5 Live right now giving a good account of himself.
Do you know if the interview on 5 Live features the same audio as the interview on Football Focus? I'll get a chance to watch Football Focus later on iPlayer here, but I'm wondering is the former worth checking out as well?
Still no sign of today's episode of Football Focus on iPlayer, but here are a few articles on the interview, which seems to have gone down very well generally.
'James McClean reveals two sickening incidents that led to Sunderland departure as fans sing his praises for powerful interview': http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35665519.html
'James McClean reveals death threats over Republic decision': http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/...death-threats/Originally Posted by James McClean
I'd also completely forgotten he nearly signed for New York Red Bulls back in 2015. Thank God that never transpired!Originally Posted by RTÉ
James started tonight for West Brom at home against Chelsea (live on Sky Sports 1). It's half-time at the minute and the score remains 0-0.
James has been doing OK; he maybe could have passed the ball off slightly better during two separate West Brom counter-attacks as he brought the ball forward into space but his passes - one straight at his team-mate rather than into the space in front of him and the other with not enough weight - unfortunately slowed things up a bit when West Brom could have really threatened the Chelsea goal.
He has also fouled the nippy Victor Moses twice as Moses has tried to skip around him out wide and so he needs to be careful on the defensive front. He received a booking for the first foul but got away with the second.
Chelsea fans, whose club will win the league tonight with a win, haven't been letting impending glory distract them, of course, and have instead been focused on chanting, "F*ck the IRA, f*ck the IRA, f*ck the IRA"...
Edit: James was subbed off on 58 minutes (with the score still at 0-0) and replaced by Chadli.
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Judging by Roy Keane's words (which may well have been delivered with a hint of jest), it seems James insisted on heading to the US with the squad in spite of the fact he may not see game-time: http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...leans-10501754
Whilst Roy was very complimentary of James' commitment, he did also suggest James needs to start more regularly for his club in order to improve, for which Roy believes there is still room:Originally Posted by Roy Keane
Originally Posted by Roy Keane
James takes the "How well do you know James McClean?" quiz:
An interesting take on James' comments about unnamed players not being fit for some Ireland games but then playing for their clubs at the weekend: http://www.the42.ie/ireland-mexico-t...18889-Jun2017/
Originally Posted by Paul Fennessy
Last edited by DannyInvincible; 02/06/2017 at 1:11 PM.
Some facts and figures from James McClean 50 Caps, and the other members of the 50 Cap Club: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog...01725204119369
James' interview with Tony O'Donogue after his goal helped with the win over Uruguay: http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/int...3423/10734753/
The Derry public have voted for James' image to appear on Translink's Foyle "Bus of Legends" alongside images of Phil Coulter and Roma Downey: http://www.derryjournal.com/news/thr...-bus-1-7993260
Translink operate the local bus service.
Originally Posted by James McCleanOriginally Posted by Phil Coulter
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