Dave Langan was on Liveline today.
It was emotional stuff.
A fan started a campaign for Dave on YBIG and it is taking off big time.
He started the topic yesterday. Who knows, the FAI have to take note of this and maybe a testimonial is a possibility.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/
Campaign is on www.ybig.ie forum
Irish LegendOriginally Posted by Ciaran
Its really not that complicated!!!
Its really not that complicated!!!
I met him and Gerry Daly once when they played for Derby. Our football team was on a trip to anfield and Derby were staying in the same hotel. Met the two of them in the lift. I wasn't a liverpool fan so I was even more determined to shout for Derby. Unfortunatley they were hammered 5 nil or something.
"I just came in to buy a stamp"-Padraig Pearse, April 24th 1916
Really Ciaran you should be utterly ashamed of yourself, if you think that comment is funny you're sick and if not just extremly ignorant.
If you don't have a clue who Dave Langan is try a little research. Dave is now a cripple who gave his all for Ireland and is living on the breadline from all accounts.
A testimonial for Dave in croker would be a fitting tribute to a true Irish legend.
Fair Play died Nov 18th 2009, Stade Francais.
Imbecile.
Go easy on him, It must have all happened about 20 years before his time.
For anyone listening to this, the Dave Langan part of the show starts at around 15:45.
Before my time as well, I certainly wouldn't have heard of him until I heard him mentioned here.
Give the chap a break lads - Langan's plight has been well known for the past few years and the fact that a testimonial still hasn't been organised for him is what people should be giving out about rather than a younger Ireland fan who doesn't know who he is.
oh, he fought for Ireland during a war and gave his life? yeah he deserves the title 'legend' then. Oh wait, he played football.... feck off.
who can the rest of us turn when our families are sick? feckin no-one that's who, so stop pushing your misplaced bleeding heart bullpoop down peoples throats. There are millions of people more deserving of a handout than an ex-footballer with arthritis. I'll keep my money for the Red Cross if you don't mind. He lived the dream and now he's suffering from a problem that 1 in 6 Irish people have, life's tough.
jaysis ruben have a heart man
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
ffs lads calm down. I didn't know who he was either, forgive me for not being born in time.
Life without Rovers, it makes no sense...it's a heartache...nothing but a fools game. S.R.F.C.
Surely a large part of being a fan is knowing your team's history?
Players like Tony Dunne and Con Martin played for Ireland long before I was born but I still know who they are. Given that Dave Langan was still playing for Ireland while Jack Charlton was in charge and given his circumstances and the fact that plenty has been written about it I think people would expect you to know who he is if you want to be taken seriously.
Checking his wiki site before posting in what seemed to be a pretty crass manner would have been a good start.
No, it wasn't a simple question you were just being a dick to draw attention to yourself. Mission accomplished.
Jerry is your forehead a bit warm?!
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Add to this the fact that one of his major injuries occurred while playing for Ireland and that while he was playing 25 caps was what was required to gain a testimonial before it was changed to 50. Had he not been injured chances are he'd have got his 25 caps long before he did and would have had his testimonial and the chance to make his life that bit easier.
Dave Langan was before my time too, and I knew nothing of him, but having read the thread on YBIG I felt he deserved support. There are a lot of people who are working to get some recognition for his situation.
Myself and Green Tribe have volunteered to contact as many people/supporters clubs etc to get them clued up about it all before the Serbia game - Emails with links to his bebo site and the YBIG campaign etc, we figure it cant hurt.
It was not 25 caps for a testimonial its was ALWAYS 50 ... or at the discretion off the association
Langan has been helped by some former players , However there is a danger in the FAI giving him a game , Maybe it might help if the current over hyped and over paid players lent a hand rather than the long suffering fan .
I feel sorry for Dave he was a smashing full back for Ireland and helped us get Aldo and Houghton in to the team .. but what are Derby , Oxford , and Birmingham doing for him after all it was during his time there that these injuries would have been caused.
Its a good cause... but so many others are too
Dave Langan played in the 1970's and early 80's at a time when professional footballers earned not a whole lot more than the average man on the street.
Max wage was gone in the 60s ... for the times these boys were on good money .. in the 70s and early 80s the man on the street was unemployed in this country !!! or had to move away to get work ...
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