Mikey Johnston (M Vitória Guimarães, on loan from Celtic b.1999)

**Fixer82** · 24/03/2023, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

Seen on Twitter that Johnston is the first Scottish born player to play for Ireland that didn’t have connections to Donegal ….

Just a few miles away in Derry

**Olé Olé** · 25/03/2023, 1:53 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

Seen on Twitter that Johnston is the first Scottish born player to play for Ireland that didn’t have connections to Donegal ….

It sounds like this may not be bang on and that the point that he had one Irish grandfather from Derry may not be the case. It may be that he applied for his passport via that grandparent but he was interviewed in the Indo saying "Its always been talked about, it's in my family, in my blood. My mum and dad, we had a conversation, they said go for it if it's what you want. I have some family in Derry, some in Donegal, some in Dublin as well." The article states prior too that that he "is eligible thought grandparents on both sides of the family."

**BOOMSHAKALAKA** · 25/03/2023, 9:23 PM

Johnson could turn out to be a very good player. He showed great early promise. He's definitely gone back a bit from there but there certainly is talent that needs to be worked on. Not sure he'll get that where he is in Portugal but I'd be holding out hope for him.

**SkStu** · 27/03/2023, 6:30 PM

Just to say his last name is spelt the way it is on the top of the thread here. In the FAI match day squad announcement this morning it was Johnstone and I noticed when he came on against Latvia it was on RTE screen as Johnson.

Johnston

**texidub** · 27/03/2023, 10:11 PM

He had a nice moment just after coming on tonight, but didn't see much of the ball after that. He looks classy. I wonder does him playing in Portugal in the heat make him a starter for the Greece game?

**TonyD** · 27/03/2023, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by texidub

He had a nice moment just after coming on tonight, but didn't see much of the ball after that. He looks classy. I wonder does him playing in Portugal in the heat make him a starter for the Greece game?

Quite possibly. If not to start then you’d imagine there is a fair chance he’ll see some game time. Greece a massive test now. All tonight’s good work will be undone unless we get a win, or worst case a draw there. We’ve got to give the Dutch a similar rattle here too and hopefully get the win this time.A point in Holland might not be out of the question too.

**liamoo11** · 27/03/2023, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

Quite possibly. If not to start then you’d imagine there is a fair chance he’ll see some game time. Greece a massive test now. All tonight’s good work will be undone unless we get a win, or worst case a draw there. We’ve got to give the Dutch a similar rattle here too and hopefully get the win this time.A point in Holland might not be out of the question too.

We have to win in Greece. Otherwise we likely will need to beatbthe Dutch twice to get second which is a big ask. Beat the Greeks twice and draw twice with the Dutch and we get second in the group given the disastrous Dutch result on Friday night. Its a tough ask but ultimately if you are going to qualify for a tournament you have to expect to achieve those 4 results