QuoteI assume it's Billy Lacey. Or Billy "The Animal" Lacey, as my mate gav calls him, since he looks like one of the loughest lads ever to play ball.....
Gents - Who is the oldest player to be capped by Ireland ?
I assume it's Billy Lacey. Or Billy "The Animal" Lacey, as my mate gav calls him, since he looks like one of the loughest lads ever to play ball.....
Yeh, although afaik that was for an 'fai' 11, i.e. before independance.
I'd imagine Kevin Moran would have to be up there.
He was 37 years 356 days when he started v Holland in Tilburg before USA 94.
Tks Baker.... 37 years old... and Stephen Ireland is packing it in 21
Originally Posted by JR_Ewing
Or the drummer from the muppets
Aldo was 38 when he came on against Macedonia in 1996
Cascarino and McGrath were 37 + a couple of months in their last games.
Johnny Giles was 38years and 197 days when he played against West Germany in 1979. I reckon a goalkeeper would probably be the oldest tho. they generally are.
Dean Kiely is 38 in October. If he comes out of retirement could have another few years left in him for Ireland, especially with Givens ongoing injury problems.
aldo played against macedonia?! i never remembered him playing under mccarthy. presume it was the 3-0 home win
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I think that's right.
He then announced his retirement when McCarthy didn't even introduce him from the bench against Iceland in the infamous Nil all draw. Roy Keane, Centre Half extraordinaire for the day, was booed by a section of the crowd.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Yeah, came on for the last five minutes. I remember people leaving, and then turning around as he got the ball and a big roar went up. Caused havoc in the exits. If it were now, the FAI would have denied themselves a licence themselves over it.
Niall Quinn was pretty old when he got his last cap as well
Kenny Cunningham too
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Giles was born on 6 January 1940 and played his 59th and last game against West Germany on 22nd May 1979. That made him 39 years and 136 days (I think!).
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Book i saw it in said he was born 6th of November 1940. It could be wrong tho!
Dunphy's quote that day - You don't have a Rolls Royce and leave it in the garage.
Bernie Slaven is the oldest Irish Intenational to win his first cap
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Dean Kiely was 39 years old when he came on a subsitute in the 2010 world cup playoff against France. Oh wait.
Whats the story behind Bernie Slaven anyway?
"No regrets, none at all. My only regret is that we went out on penalties. That's my only regret. But no, no regrets." -Mick McCarthy
There were several players, mainly goalkeepers, who were over 30 when they won their first caps in the 40's and 50's.
Bernie Slaven was 29 and 4 months when he was first capped against Wales in March 1990.
Mick Fairclough, who was playing for Dundalk, was 29 and 7 months when he won the first of his 2 caps against Chile in May 1982.
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Correct!
Not correct.
Billy Lacey is both the oldest (41 years, 7 months, 3 days) and the oldest to win his first cap (37 years, 7 months, 3 days).
In total he won three caps for us:
1927, 1-2 vs Italy B in Lansdowne (our second ever international and first at home under the FAI)
1928 4-2 vs Belgium in Liege (where he scored the second)
1930 3-1 vs Belgium in Brussels
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