Stephen Digger O Brien interview on foot.ie

KdjaCL

The only player that no matter who he plays for usually gets a standing ovation in Richmond, shame he never got to play for us. The Els version of Shay Given superb keeper, nice bloke too.

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=32019

2. Can you settle the argument about where your nick-name originated from?

When I first arrived at Longford I had a bit of a plain accent from living in UK, Vinny Perth & Paul Mc Nally thought I sounded like John Barnes so they called me “Digger” as in Digger Barnes from the series called Dallas on TV. Ask your ma’s about Dallas it was on a long time ago.

3. Who have been your favourite opposition fans for craic and why?

Cork City: Great Banter both in the Cross and in Longford, I do the old Hokey Cokey dance for them throughout the match.
Drogheda: Just get on well always good banter.
Pats: All my family from Inchicore so I know a lot of the fans.


6. Are you small or far away? Honestly, how tall are you?

5ft 7 1/2. I have to say I píss myself sometimes when I see matches on Telly.


19. What do you think of foot.ie and do you not think your name on there (Dirk) is a bit silly?

Foot.ie is always fun to have a look at, there is great banter between fans and it is always good to know what they think.
Lets be honest it’s not as if were superstars on £30K a week, we are just normal blokes who just happen to be half decent footballers at this level.
Dirk is another nickname from Vinny Perth.

Thank god he didnt retire.

kdjac

MrJoeSoap

A true legend. Throw him a toy gun and watch him play!

bohsman

Not too happy that he is going to Bohs. Legend other than that.

Lets not even get into why Shels fans threw a toy gun onto the pitch in Longford.

Töpher

He is a legend, great to see him carry on. He will still get a fond welcome at Tolka Park me thinks, a true hero!

applehunter

Just read the interview, he knows what hes talking about.

Personally, what he said about Shane Barrett at Longford stuck with me. This guy is a star:v: but is being blunted by Matthews at Longford.

Also had some wise words to say about structures & infrastructure re: the Dublin Clubs.

Ronan|Raven

Just a shame he is going to the bigpub. Would have loved to see him stay at longford for another season.

thegills

I played ball with Steo at Secondary School and under age at Cherry Orchard. I though he was going to make it when he left Ireland for Gillingham but he never grew and ended up back in Ireland.
Lovely bloke.