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Players Who Could Have Played For Ireland

  • 29-01-2009 12:53pm
    #1
    armour87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭


    Just watching Cahill last night against Arsenal and I realised, from my Football Manager days I think, that his second nationality is Irish, I'm sure this would mean he could of played for Ireland. I think Rooney is in the same boat, is there a good list anywhere of these kind of men or can I get people to just start firing them off the top of their heads?


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  • #2
    Wreck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    I hate myself for doing this, but it's 'could have' not 'could of'.

    On topic, Vinnie Jones was one that was widely reported as eligible to play for Ireland before he declared for Wales.


  • #3
    tomred1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭tomred1


    armour87 wrote: »
    Just watching Cahill last night against Arsenal and I realised, from my Football Manager days I think, that his second nationality is Irish, I'm sure this would mean he could of played for Ireland. I think Rooney is in the same boat, is there a good list anywhere of these kind of men or can I get people to just start firing them off the top of their heads?

    I think your thinking of Gary Cahill now with Bolton former Villa player, could of declared.


  • #4
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    snip ^_^


  • #5
    Frisbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,570 ✭✭✭✭Frisbee


    tomred1 wrote: »
    I think your thinking of Gary Cahill now with Bolton former Villa player, could of declared.

    Tim Cahill could have declared for Ireland.


  • #6
    Nalz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,852 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    Rio Ferdinand
    Anton Ferdinand
    Keiran Richardson
    Darren Fletcher
    Paul Scholes
    Wayne Rooney
    Zac Knight


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  • #7
    Frisbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,570 ✭✭✭✭Frisbee


    Trilla wrote: »
    Zat Knight

    :D


  • #8
    Wreck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    Stephen Ireland


  • #9
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    Steve Bruce
    Kevin Nolan
    Danny Cadamarteri remember him..?


  • #10
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,102 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    Tony Cascarino....oh, wait, no...


  • #11
    Nalz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,852 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    Frisbee wrote: »
    :D

    :rolleyes: postcount ++


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  • #12
    gimmick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Chris Armstrong

    Wasn't there a saga surrounding Stan Collymore as well, or am I merging him with the above?
    Wreck wrote: »
    I hate myself for doing this, but it's 'could have' not 'could of'.

    Don't hate yourself, you are dead right.


  • #13
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    gimmick wrote: »
    Chris Armstrong

    Wasn't there a saga surrounding Stan Collymore as well, or am I merging him with the above?


    No, I was about to say Collymore myself.


  • #14
    Benedict XVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Benedict XVI


    gimmick wrote: »
    Chris Armstrong

    Wasn't there a saga surrounding Stan Collymore as well, or am I merging him with the above?.

    I remember both being mentioned, with Armstrong having greater validity than Collymore I think.

    Jack Charlton said one day that he was watching Collymore when he was playing for Southend, and someone took it up that he was scouting him for an Ireland call up.


  • #15
    thusspakeblixa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭thusspakeblixa


    I remember hearing that Franck Quedrue is eligible, and Darren Fletcher too
    ...Lee Trundle and Gary McSheffrey too


  • #16
    armour87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭armour87


    Wreck wrote: »
    I hate myself for doing this, but it's 'could have' not 'could of'.

    I appreciate it.
    Trilla wrote: »
    Rio Ferdinand
    Anton Ferdinand
    Keiran Richardson
    Darren Fletcher
    Paul Scholes
    Wayne Rooney
    Zac Knight

    That's more like it.
    Dub13 wrote: »
    Steve Bruce
    Kevin Nolan
    Danny Cadamarteri remember him..?

    Oh yeah.
    Good shout.
    Briefly.


  • #17
    Benedict XVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Benedict XVI


    Trilla wrote: »
    Rio Ferdinand
    Anton Ferdinand
    Keiran Richardson
    Darren Fletcher
    Paul Scholes
    Wayne Rooney
    Zac Knight

    Can someone explain how the above would qualify ?


  • #18
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,454 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Trilla wrote: »
    :rolleyes: postcount ++

    :rolleyes: postcount ++


  • #19
    Mgoraf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭Mgoraf


    Lucas Neill.


  • #20
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Benedict XVI wrote: »
    Can someone explain how the above would qualify ?

    Irish Grannies.


  • #21
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    thusspakeblixa wrote: »
    I remember hearing that Franck Quedrue is eligible,

    Nope it was confirmed that he misses by a generation.


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  • #22
    Nalz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,852 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    Benedict XVI wrote: »
    Can someone explain how the above would qualify ?

    no worries:

    Rio Ferdinand
    Anton Ferdinand

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Ferdinand


    Keiran Richardson

    No link on this guy, but he plays for Ireland in the earlier Champ manager games, they're never wrong!


    Darren Fletcher


    http://foot.ie/forums/archive/index.php/t-14934.html



    Paul Scholes
    Wayne Rooney


    http://www.manchesterirish.com/news/sport/2006_09_01_archive.html


    Zac Knight


    http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=19834&page=3


  • #23
    Third_Echelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭Third_Echelon


    Frisbee wrote: »
    Tim Cahill could have declared for Ireland.

    He wanted to play for Ireland and asked if he could before the 2002 world cup. FIFA wouldn't allow him to change his nationality from Australian to Irish. Check the Tim Cahill thread from a few weeks ago...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055466608

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cahill


  • #24
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Dave Kitson.


  • #25
    grahamo
    Registered Users Posts: 761 ✭✭✭grahamo


    I read somewhere that Jack Charlton tried to convince Paul Gascoigne to play for Ireland.


  • #26
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    stovelid wrote: »
    Dave Kitson.

    because he's a ginge?


  • #27
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    Des wrote: »
    because he's a ginge?

    No its true,I remember it well..
    Kitson has an Irish grandparent, and in January 2006 Steve Staunton, upon his appointment as the manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team team, announced his intention to persuade Kitson to represent Ireland in international football,


  • #28
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,777 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    God the thread title...

    My brain is bleeding...


  • #29
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Would have been class: the only out-and-out ginger on the Irish team being born in England.


    McShane not a true ginger imo


  • #30
    kenco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭kenco


    Remember Steve Bruce alright.

    Also and I might be wrong but I thought Robbie Fowler was eligible via his Irish mother???


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  • #31
    RichTea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    Darren Fletcher would have been quality for Ireland.

    I know Wayne Rooney's brothers have represented Ireland at U-21 and other levels is this a unique case where one brother plays for one country and the other for a different one?


  • #32
    delta_bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    Lucas Neill


  • #33
    ctrl-alt-delete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,326 ✭✭✭✭ctrl-alt-delete


    RichTea wrote: »
    Darren Fletcher would have been quality for Ireland.

    I know Wayne Rooney's brothers have represented Ireland at U-21 and other levels is this a unique case where one brother plays for one country and the other for a different one?

    No, i dont think so, i remember the question being asked not so long ago on the forum, when put about the Ferdinand brothers,

    i think its the De Guzman Brothers, one for Canada and one for the Netherlands. there might have been more


  • #34
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,777 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    keane2097 wrote: »
    God the thread title...

    My brain is bleeding...

    Thank god...


  • #35
    Wreck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    keane2097 wrote: »
    Thank god...

    Whichever mod did it could of edited the opening post also :p


  • #36
    Benedict XVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Benedict XVI


    RichTea wrote: »
    Darren Fletcher would have been quality for Ireland.

    I know Wayne Rooney's brothers have represented Ireland at U-21 and other levels is this a unique case where one brother plays for one country and the other for a different one?

    If the Gallen brothers of the early 1990s were any good it may have happened.

    They were from London and one, Kevin, declared for England and the other(s) for Ireland.

    Kevin Gallen has spent years playing in Championship and below, even some time in Premiership when QPR where there, and made England U-21 appearances, his brother(s) never made it beyond QPR reserves though I reckon.


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  • #37
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,909 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Des wrote: »
    because he's a ginge?

    As said, Kitson did qualify. There was a lot of 'will he, won't he' bollox at the time. I was doing a sports show for my college radio station and decided to get an answer straight from the horses mouth. Rang Reading Football Club's media officer and told him I was from an Irish national station and wanted to clear it up with Dave. He said he'd suss it out. Anyway, 5 minutes before we went on air I got a call on my mobile. It was Dave Kitson. Got him on air and asked him straight out and he said no as he didn't feel Irish enough and it would be an insult to the nation if he did.

    That story didn't come out in the papers until two days later.


  • #38
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,999 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    I remember Big Jack was after Martin Keown.


  • #39
    pablomakaveli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    As said, Kitson did qualify. There was a lot of 'will he, won't he' bollox at the time. I was doing a sports show for my college radio station and decided to get an answer straight from the horses mouth. Rang Reading Football Club's media officer and told him I was from an Irish national station and wanted to clear it up with Dave. He said he'd suss it out. Anyway, 5 minutes before we went on air I got a call on my mobile. It was Dave Kitson. Got him on air and asked him straight out and he said no as he didn't feel Irish enough and it would be an insult to the nation if he did.

    That story didn't come out in the papers until two days later.


    i read the highlighted text and Kieran Westwood comes to mind.:pac:


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