Alot of negative comments. I just wanna say thanks to these lads for being part of some great Irish sporting moments. irish via your grandmother/grandfather or whatever if you can gives us half the moments the lads in this video did then thank you.
If you are English born but still want to represent Ireland and are PROUD to represent our nation, we welcome you with open arms. All we want is a bunch of lads proud to represent us and who put in a shift, like these guys. Thanks for all the memories of the 90s.
My great grandmother and grandfather were irish immigrants and I've always identified strongly with my Irish heritage, respect to these guys for representing Ireland, even if born in England, and providing them with great sporting moments
Aldo was one of the highest goal scorers in both the English and Spanish leagues before any moron wants to say none of them would of got in the England team.
Every one of these lads that play for Ireland deserve our respect,They are Irish, there blood is Irish, and I believe they become more Irish than they ever believed they could be when they play for us. They grow, and they realise how great it is to finally become apart of something,to belong, to belong to the Irish nation.We are a great nation and a Proud nation, welcome ,you boys in green!
Anyone born outside of Ireland who has Irish ancestors that wants to play for the Irish squad and they are good enough then they are more than welcome. COYBIG
Of course England always beat the Irish and win so much. Sterling, Berahinho, Hargreaves, Butcher, Bailey, Barnes , Dorigo etc ....all picked for England. As for so called Team GB...spot the one born there. Baz D...enjoy your Muslim nation
Born in this country. My parents are Irish. Never felt English. Couldn't be more proud of my family. Have many great memories from holidays in Ireland. Important parts of my life.
Born in Ireland, never felt Indian. Couldn’t have been more proud of my family and have many great memories from holidays in India. However, I’m incredibly proud of being born and bred Irish, and have far more memories from the 48-50 weeks a year in Ireland compared to 1-2 weeks a year on holiday in India 😂
Actually, this must apply to many people born in any country whose parents were born in a different one...especially if they have last name that is very common for the parents' country. I was born in America to Cuban parents who had Spanish parents. My Cuban parents felt Spanish at times. They also felt American at times. I have felt American, Cuban or Spanish depending on the day. So much so that I am now a Spanish citizen. I would have loved to play for the Spanish national team. Growing up I was one of the few Cuban-American kids who played soccer in addition to baseball (because every cuban must play baseball)!
Even though I am born and raised in the United States (New York), I have always felt connected to my Irish roots. I am a first-generation Irish American, with my parents coming from County Cork (Skibbereen and Midleton). They taught me and my sister about our heritage and what it means to be Irish, whether it’s traveling back to their family homes or learning about Irish history. They wanted us to understand where we came from. For that, I am grateful.
Weirdly, I'm the opposite of this. I am English, but grew up in Ireland. I don't think anyone should question anyone's motivation or choice when it comes to playing for your country. Those 90s Ireland teams were great fun, I think we can all agree on that. Makes me very nostalgic. Whether people like it or not, the two countries have a massively shared history. I have affinity with both.
Yeah I always say this. Rightly or wrongly, we have a shared history through wars and unions etc. We have been inhabited by the same cultures of people 1000s of years ago. There's always gonna be a crossover of people who have an affinity with both and that's not going to change any time soon.
@@thinkofitthisway7804 I'd like to think that most working class people of our two islands are similar in many ways, similar humour and outlook certainly. I think much of the Irish disdain for Britain is for the establishment that brutalised them. Don't think our two countries have ever been closer really.
My parents are irish and i was born in england. Not once have i ever felt english or british but that said my sister would say she is half english half irish. With this in mind it is something with in yourself. Only you yourself truely know weather you are irish, english or mix. Over here in england we get called irish which im very proud of so its not then fair to call us plastic paddies when we have the culture and upbringing from our irish parents and family. I went to a school where atleast 80% was irish parents or grandparents and when international football was on you would never get anyone saying did u watch the england game it was always did u watch the ireland game. I go to an irish pub every weekend when people born and raised in ireland who come over to england to work will often drink, not one them have ever called me a plastic paddy. They all say your irish and be proud of it. Im only 17 and i will move to ireland when im over 18 because that is my country.
My parents are Indian and I was born in Ireland. Not once have I ever felt Indian. Reverse of you basically 😂. I’m incredibly proud to come from the best country the world has ever seen the mighty Republic of Ireland, my origins are cool too I guess but I’d stick out like a sore thumb in India lol, nice place just not for me. I also got moved to England after a while cuz of my parents but after uni I want to move back but with the current housing the crisi and the fact that my parents sold our house it’s looking 🥶
From an Irishman who has followed my country for over half a century ..................Love every one of you lads, born in England, who played for Ireland. I am so humbled by all of you. Thank you all for the memories.
And you are and you are most welcome to the gang, If you feel a little or totally Irish then you are Irish and I have put my stamp to this statement and that is final
@@jarrettlowery2802 Good player, but he would've been lucky to win a handful of caps had he declared to play for England. Not knocking the Republic of Ireland at all, but the view that English born players choose them because its their best chance of international football is a reasonable one.
@@petercraig4 What? RoI haven't beaten England in nearly 35 years. Admittedly, its taken England even longer to beat the RoI, but lets not seriously debate who has the better players to pick from. Not a single player in the current RoI starting XI would start for England, and its been that way for a very long time - thats nothing for England to be proud of necessarily; given the relative population sizes and funding, we always flatter to decieve when it counts. We love battering the likes of Montengero 7-0 in qualifiers, only to bow out of tournaments at the QF. Apologies if that comes across as arrogant, but its the fact of the matter. Again, I'm not knocking the RoI - they do fantastically with the players at their disposable, consistently punching above their weight.
What these lads did for Ireland cannot be measured , and it says more that some were not born on Irish soil but they played with a passion when they put on that Irish jersey and gave us some of the greatest moments in Irish sports history , they don't have to explain themselves to anyone .
I always feel Irish because of my mother,she is from Ireland i’m from Holland,when I go to Ireland to visit to see my family I feel Irish because it’s my second home I feel proud and honoured. These guys don’t feel that way I don’t think they haven’t.I remember when I said my comment it is a very simple answer when players feel to be Irish also to play with the national team you will play with pride no matter what and where you are coming from that is not important,if players feel English they should play for England not Ireland.Simple as that!
Should have interviewed Tony Cascarino. Turned out after he retired that he had no Irish relations what so ever and should never have been allowed play for us.
Cascarino, who was born in England, represented the Republic of Ireland-qualifying through his adopted Irish grandfather, Michael O'Malley, who was from Westport, County Mayo. He was also eligible to play for both Scotland and Italy because of his Scottish and Italian descent.
@@frankyw8803 Cascarino said in his book his grandfather was not a blood realitive and that he never held an Irish passport. His mother only told him after he retired that his Irish grandfather was not his blood grandfather, she was not his legitimate daughter.
@@oog2370 Nope......"A FIFA Player's Status Committee is responsible for making such judgements. Under FIFA rules, eligibility by descent is strictly limited to biological descent; adoption is not considered at all"
All those players who were born in England and played for Ireland always put in a shift and gave 100 %.Jason Mcateers winner against Holland to get us to the 2002 world cup showed his passion and the passion of the rest of the players involved. I have many cousins born in England to Irish parents and to me they are 100 % Irish and love this country just as much as any native Irish person.
If you give hate to these lads, you are denying their heritage. All their lives they've grown up with an Irish family, although they were born in England, I'm sure that when they were growing up, they must have got some stick from the English lads for being Irish. And these lads that have been interviewed wanted to play for Ireland because they felt Irish at heart and rightly so. Imagine how you would feel, growing up in a different country but your family is Irish. And you are living amongst people who aren't. You decide to play for your own country because you have a sense of patriotism and identity, only to be negatively told by your own Irish men that you aren't Irish. How bad would you feel?
If a dog is born in a stable does it make it a horse? Many of the best Irish patriots were born abroad & spoke with a foreign accent. James Connolly, Jim Larkin, Éamonn De Valera, Seán Mac Stiofán, Joe MacManus & Diarmaid O’Neill just to name a few. Ireland wouldn’t be half the country it is today without the Irish diaspora. And as for the Football team we’d have probably not ever even qualified for a World Cup without these ‘Plastic Paddies’.
Well said. And you can add to your list, Paul McGrath, David O’Leary and Phil Lynott. Again all born in England, but escaped the scrutiny that some of the others experienced, because they had an Irish accent!
Some of these lads comments I can accept. Some, like Aldridge, who has both England and Irish parents and was born in England and sounds like a scouser. Come on. Why can't they just say "I wanted to play International football and Ireland was a safe bet."
Eh, because he is Liverpool Irish and his Mam is Irish? My young lad is born and raised in Boston and I have to get him to stand for the American anthem...usually I get.."Dad, but I'm Irish. I don't want to stand." It's a state of mind thing and how you are raised.
@ pat glennon. I’m one of them pat. Born in Brum with Irish parents. Our school travelled down to London from Birmingham to cheer on the Irish team against England in 1980.. one of our schools ex pupils, Gerry Peyton, was debuting for Ireland that day. Another pupil at our school, was one David Kelly who would be another one to declare for Ireland at a later date. Just for the record non of the kids cheered for England and we faced moderate hostility that night. I have actively followed the Irish team for a lot of my adult life , not me or any of my cohorts have every followed England. Incredibly, I still get challenged occasionally about following Ireland. English people find it baffling. Most Irish fellow fans accept it, but you do get the occasional idiot spouting the plastic paddy insult! Education of our history, would help some of these ignorant folk
I am Argentine-Italian and I love both countries, but are countries without any conflicts between them. Both are republics, catholic, etc. I do not understand how someone can have family from Ireland and still play for England. Even if you are born there and love your city as Aldridge said.
@@79mjm79 i really hope so, same goes for karamoko dembele with scotland and all the players that were born in the Caribbean or Africa who can choose to represent either the country they were born in or their country of origin
I'm born in England and no disrespect, but my Irish Father showed me how to be an Irish man with every move he made, every word he spoke. I'm Irish and grateful.
To be honest I think some of these lads are spoofing, I mean Aldridge and McAteer have a threadbare attachment to Ireland. Breen and McCarthy are entirely different. It's just true that SOME of the lads took the chance to play for Ireland as they'd no chance of playing for England
Ruari...come on man..Liverpool isn't exactly outer Mongolia, I was born there but have proudly called myself Irish (and represented Ireland in triathlon, studied there) to call all Scousers this is to betray your ignorance, look up Jim Larkin, Thomas Johnson and Piras Beaslei and come back to me and tell me you feel.the same. Slan
Marcus Maher What the fuck are you on about? You completely misunderstood what I said. You need not be born in Ireland to be Irish. However some of these lads weren't Irish at all, they were opportunists
What a pile of shite. If a dog is born in a stable it doesn’t make it a horse does it? Gary Breen is arguably the most passionate Irishman to ever play for Ireland.
i was born in london in 1975, got christened in South Dublin 5 weeks later. i spent 4 years in Dublin, then moved to London for another 7, im now living in South Dublin 42 years of my 49 years alive. i called called everything in Ireland at first but i got it. i NEVER CLASSED MYSELF AS ENGLISH..........................EVER!!!!!!! my parents are irish, as theirs, as theirs etc..... you're welcome
Boys/Girls, Older People, Children, If you feel Irish then you are Irish, Do not let nasty narrow-minded people hurt your feelings, You are Irish one and all and from me to you, come into the Parlor you are totally welcome. We needed more of you in our gang because you are all great. You have received my stamp of full approval. Gods blessing on you all.
In all fairness, players like Reid, Holland, Aldridge, Townsend and McAteer were clearly Englishmen playing for Ireland. Gary Breen actually grew up with a strong sense of Irish cultural identity and is undoubtably Irish. I find ironic that a lot of loud mouth idiots would say people like Breen are not Irish when some of the greatest historical figures in Irish history like Michael Davitt, James Larkin and Thomas J Clarke were born in England. National identity is different from case to case and whilst there has definitely been a lot of Englishmen who’ve played for Ireland, there needs to be a differentiation between players born in England who are unequivocally Irish and English plastic paddy’s who’ve only used Ireland as a plan ‘B’.
They probably meant it, but there are some Anglo-Irish hypocrites in football. Mark Larwrenson is one, on RTE he refers to "us" when talking about Ireland and on the BBC he refers to "us" when he talk about England, so funny.
Well to me above all else Lawrenson is a fellow prestonian. In fact his sister was my old French teacher in high school in the 80s and theyd raffle off one of his liverpool shirts every year to help keep the school mini bus on the road. It's not unusual for him to feel both. Living all his life in England hes bound to have a strong feeling towards England. You Irish should be grateful he chose to play for Ireland cause he could have walked into the England side.
I always laugh at Irish people who hate everything about England, but are still glory hunters by supporting a Premier League team. You can't cherry pick.
Seeing how it's the Foreign Players and Foreign Managers who Transform the Premier League (which is a competition supported worldwide), why can't Irish football fans support Premier League clubs?
You mean, English born, coached, educated, funded then weren’t good enough for England so played for Ireland to be able to say they were “international” players
Born in Malaysia to an Irish mam and English dad and raised here, but always felt more Irish, and proud of it. Maybe it was because my siblings who all took after my dads side in looks and cheered on England, that I taking after my man followed Ireland, taking out Irish citizenship as soon as I was able to. Thanks mam.
Oh yes there is. It's the same for Wales, Scotland or Ireland. Just look at the emotion at a Welsh sporting event compared to England to see what it means to play for a country like Wales.
+Kagan Plant - kagan your mighty Wales GREATEST ever performance in any major football competition to date was France Euro's .... all getting excited as if you were gonna do anything only to lose to - yes thats right "shitty" little England !!!! Pissed on yer fireworks didnt it ... LMFAO
Yes Jones sounds like a very Irish name I should have known. Did you read about Vinnies Irish connection in the Sun? Sorry I haven't seen the results yet. Have you booked your tickets for Russia?
To be honest they were not bad players at all and some of them could have easily played for England and done no worse a job than those selected ahead of them john Aldridge especially i cant think of many english strikers that were better than him during his prime i mean the guy played for Liverpool in the 80s when Liverpool were class Paul McGrath too was there any England defenders that were much better than him ?
Paul McGrath would have got into any premier league team of his era. Guaranteed. PFA player of the year 92/93 says it all. Anyone remember the Ireland v Italy game at the 1994 World Cup? Top Italian striker Roberto Baggio will never forget it as Big Paul kept him quiet for 90 minutes.
@@caoimhinuaconchobair6672 Anyone who lies about their grandparents dying to get out of playing for their country has serious issues. As for Grealish he can't make up his own mind, so for me his heart is not in it.
As an American it’s different growing up in this. I’ve alway respected football and all players. At the same time I felt kinsman tried to make it not what it should be. I love football
Jack Charlton quote: every player we brought into the squad considered himself Irish ... Had it not been for the economic circumstances which forced their parents or grandparents to emigrate, they would have been born and reared in Ireland. Should they now be victimized and denied their heritage because of the whims of journalists? I think not
@@andrewjoyce9038 Yeah, I'd say they're ashamed of the council estate thrash their children produced!! You're so dumb,you don't even realise you're insulting yourself and your whole family, braindead.
@@andrewjoyce9038 Making fun of a genocide against your own people,like I said,ashamed mate......I'd say all your little ukip mates love you,little do you know they're laughing their asses off at you,pathetic,uneducated and soon to be seen on Jeremy Kyle lol,
Yep! Same here born in UK. Irish parents, family, friends. My grammar school was dominated by Anglo Irish children like me. Possess an Irish Passport and my 4 boys are applying for them as well.
County..whoopdedo..my grandparents are irish..but im 100% english...my country is england not uk by the way.which isnt a country..if you love ireland so much go and live there
Thanks for the lesson I told my mate who is Chinese that he cant be chinese anymore coz he was born in Liverpool haha You do know we are humans and not animals dont you lad?
@@robertparr1256 If you identify more with the nation ireland and as Irish by nationality then you are irish to me and Im actually from Ireland so you can take my word. Part of the reason I love supporting liverpool and visiting the city is how similar the people are. Very witty, tight knit community, left leaning , hate the tory government etc.🤣 Perfect fit when it comes to an english team to support for an irish person. My favourite part of the UK for sure👍
If you look at the 13 who beat Italy in the 94 World Cup only 4 were born in Ireland the rest were English (including Paul McGrath) and 2 Scotts. Add in the manager - big Jack.....
typical plastic irishman, scotland are and where crap but he couldn't,t get a game, so in order to get some international games he played for the irish.
In other words..."i was to shit for England, so after i found out my great great grandmothers shopkeepers next door neighbour was half Irish, i qualified for Ireland".
John Smyth "how many black" . So we can fuck off/block every "black" from every white indigenous ENGLISH sport selection ? Your libtard brain takes common sense to a new low. Ok then libtard...question reversed..why don't "the black" play for their countries of origin ?.
It’s crazy nearly all of them sound English though!?! Albeit Roy Keane is probably the most Irish player has ever had!?! I remember hearing him say to Mick McCarty that here at least I was born in Ireland!?! And I heard that Jack charlton was a complete dipso!?! I heard a story that he actually went into a pub and wrote a check knowing that they’d never ever cash a check from the manager who twice brought us to the football World Cup!?! A feat that we have never ever achieved again!?! But on a lighter note!?! I honestly do believe that we have an absolutely amazing chance of bringing the web Ellis back to Ireland with us this time round!?! It’s always Argentina who knock us out in the quarterfinals but having beaten them in the United States and here in Ireland twice in a row!?! God I can’t wait for the rugby World Cup to start!?! 139 days and I’m counting them down!?!
The fact mcateer thinks plastic paddy is a new term shows he knows nothing about Irish football as that term has been around since the sixties maybe even more!! And England never asked him! What a knob
So much hatred in these comments..I'm English through and through but respect any individual's decision. My country's ancestors are to blame for the ill feeling from the Scots,Welsh and Irish because they conquered and abused them hundreds of years ago ..time to move on,the past is in the past and we'll be taken over soon enough, if it's any consolation.
Never conquered Scotland, called a union for a reason. and it wasn't hundreds of years ago that the brittish army where in Ireland killing and abusing the Irish catholics
@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 Irish had to fight and die for their independence in 1920's.The Scots, for all their belly aching, they were given a free vote and bottled it. Enough said.
Ireland had a population of 40 million before the famine and the emigration to England and the US, so it makes sense for anybody of Irish descent to play for them because they are Irish. I’m English but my mum was born in Scotland 🏴 so theoretically I’m both that and Scottish. Identity can be what you choose rather than what you are. Also Ireland 🇮🇪 is the last remnant of the Celtic civilisation in Europe so big pride if you’re from there .
Lots of hatred towards the English from the Irish yet their greatest sporting achievement was enabled by English players and an England football legend/icon in Jack Charlton
People playing for another country they wasn't born in shouldn't be allowed just because their parents or grandparents turned their back on the country they was born in doesn't make them Irish
Let's face it, why would these lads want to play for England? There's no chance of England ( & admittedly Ireland) ever winning a major trophy so no loss for anyone in choosing Ireland.
Lmao speak for yourself id hardly call the national team that lost by 1 goal in the semis of the last world cup a team that has "no chance" ever winning a major trophy. Ireland on the other hand😂
that was a big issue back then, however, it is not considered as any problem nowadays, for instance, a new dutch born turkish prodigy had accepted to play for turkey and he can't speak a word of Turkish :) besides that, this particular idea and decision by late Jackie Charlton had worked out very well so, crucially since 1988 Ireland has been considered as one of the important football teams
Well done Jack Grealish. He was born in England a Brummie and picked the country of his birth. Which is what it should always be. It is a nonsense being able to pick your grandparents nationality. I would even question the nationality of your parents as a factor. It means that these so-called "small" countries have a much bigger reserve of players to select from than people think.
Steve O'Kane - 'You cant be irish unless your born in Ireland'.. Would you care to rewrite Bunreacht Na hÉireann with that? Do you know what that is even? If you do you need to read it before you make false statements. Because you are completely wrong. Any person born outside of Ireland to one or both parents born on the island of Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen under the Irish Constitution. I was born in England, and no, I never considered myself English. How could I? Why should I have? My heritage, ancestry, culture, religion, and upbringing in an Irish household to an Irish family, within the Irish community of where I lived is what counted - regardless of where I was born. That's what so many people, Irish as well as English just don't (or don't want to) understand. It's not about where you are born. You are what's in your blood. In your family. In your upbringing. Your heritage. Your DNA. Or are you saying that parents can give birth anywhere in the world and their child would therefore be the nationality of where the child was born. Absolutely ridiculous, and pure ignorant. Who are you to tell someone what Nationality they are or should class themselves as?
Hi Andy with you there. Like you born in England everything Irish except the accent. I had my DNA done for a laugh, it’s 94% Irish, which didn’t come as a surprise at all! But of course to the I’ll informed you and me alike will always be a tan or a plastic paddy. I am old enough to not give a shot what people say these days. Although I know it can be hurtful to be labelled when one is younger!☘️🇮🇪
oh I like Iceland - never seen a team that far exceed their individual capabilities like them. so back to your original comment - these players weren't good enough to play for England but a lot of them were in the team that beat them in euro 88 - how does that make sense?
RIP Big Jack. He was clever enough to exploit the FIFA eligibility rules at the time. A shame that bringing in so many English/Scouse/Scottish players came at the expense of true Irish greats like Stapleton and Brady.
Nonsense, Brady and Stapleton were nearing the end of their careers when big Jack took over and their legs had gone which wouldnt have allowed them to function in Jacks Pressing strategy
Alot of negative comments. I just wanna say thanks to these lads for being part of some great Irish sporting moments. irish via your grandmother/grandfather or whatever if you can gives us half the moments the lads in this video did then thank you.
If you are English born but still want to represent Ireland and are PROUD to represent our nation, we welcome you with open arms. All we want is a bunch of lads proud to represent us and who put in a shift, like these guys. Thanks for all the memories of the 90s.
"put in a shift" no wonder Keane got so angry!
@@MrThedonheadKeane is up his own hole. A brilliant player but the world revolves around him according to Roy.
My great grandmother and grandfather were irish immigrants and I've always identified strongly with my Irish heritage, respect to these guys for representing Ireland, even if born in England, and providing them with great sporting moments
Sos for the late response, yous are always welcome in Ireland 🇮🇪.
Aldo was one of the highest goal scorers in both the English and Spanish leagues before any moron wants to say none of them would of got in the England team.
He's finished top goal scorer in every league he has played in.
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Every one of these lads that play for Ireland deserve our respect,They are Irish, there blood is Irish, and I believe they become more Irish than they ever believed they could be when they play for us. They grow, and they realise how great it is to finally become apart of something,to belong, to belong to the Irish nation.We are a great nation and a Proud nation, welcome ,you boys in green!
Anyone born outside of Ireland who has Irish ancestors that wants to play for the Irish squad and they are good enough then they are more than welcome. COYBIG
Of course because your too shite as a country to produce more than a player or 2 In Your own country.
Of course England always beat the Irish and win so much. Sterling, Berahinho, Hargreaves, Butcher, Bailey, Barnes , Dorigo etc ....all picked for England. As for so called Team GB...spot the one born there. Baz D...enjoy your Muslim nation
+Baz D you wouldnt understand sense of belonging or decency if it hit you in the face you fucking gobshyte
im born in england but me da was in the ira frim ireland county fermanagh
Baz D because football is the 4th most popular sport here actually
Born in this country. My parents are Irish. Never felt English. Couldn't be more proud of my family. Have many great memories from holidays in Ireland. Important parts of my life.
Born in Ireland, never felt Indian. Couldn’t have been more proud of my family and have many great memories from holidays in India. However, I’m incredibly proud of being born and bred Irish, and have far more memories from the 48-50 weeks a year in Ireland compared to 1-2 weeks a year on holiday in India 😂
@@oliverqueen5883u r not Irish. U r Indian
@@oliverqueen5883You are Indian if both your parents are Indian you have no Irish dna
@@oliverqueen5883An Indian calling himself irish 😅😅
Brilliant, Flipping great, you are all very welcome
I can relate to this, English but families Irish so I’ve always felt Irish at heart 🇮🇪
CelticVlogs and support a scummy club
Celtic Vlogs- Me too and even moreso now I have been living in Ireland for over a decade and married a born-Irishman! It's in the genes!
Actually, this must apply to many people born in any country whose parents were born in a different one...especially if they have last name that is very common for the parents' country. I was born in America to Cuban parents who had Spanish parents. My Cuban parents felt Spanish at times. They also felt American at times. I have felt American, Cuban or Spanish depending on the day. So much so that I am now a Spanish citizen. I would have loved to play for the Spanish national team. Growing up I was one of the few Cuban-American kids who played soccer in addition to baseball (because every cuban must play baseball)!
Love this
My family is irish. Irish grandparents but I've ALWAYS felt english. Traitor
Even though I am born and raised in the United States (New York), I have always felt connected to my Irish roots. I am a first-generation Irish American, with my parents coming from County Cork (Skibbereen and Midleton). They taught me and my sister about our heritage and what it means to be Irish, whether it’s traveling back to their family homes or learning about Irish history. They wanted us to understand where we came from. For that, I am grateful.
Well said Brian.
My family is from County Cork too! I'm second generation.
A true Irish American
Weirdly, I'm the opposite of this. I am English, but grew up in Ireland. I don't think anyone should question anyone's motivation or choice when it comes to playing for your country. Those 90s Ireland teams were great fun, I think we can all agree on that. Makes me very nostalgic. Whether people like it or not, the two countries have a massively shared history. I have affinity with both.
'Shared history'. Yeah, Israel and f*cking Palestine.
Yeah I always say this. Rightly or wrongly, we have a shared history through wars and unions etc. We have been inhabited by the same cultures of people 1000s of years ago. There's always gonna be a crossover of people who have an affinity with both and that's not going to change any time soon.
Spot on my friend. "The two countries have a massively shared history." Many Irish people found a much better life in England.
@@thinkofitthisway7804 I'd like to think that most working class people of our two islands are similar in many ways, similar humour and outlook certainly. I think much of the Irish disdain for Britain is for the establishment that brutalised them. Don't think our two countries have ever been closer really.
My parents are irish and i was born in england. Not once have i ever felt english or british but that said my sister would say she is half english half irish. With this in mind it is something with in yourself. Only you yourself truely know weather you are irish, english or mix. Over here in england we get called irish which im very proud of so its not then fair to call us plastic paddies when we have the culture and upbringing from our irish parents and family. I went to a school where atleast 80% was irish parents or grandparents and when international football was on you would never get anyone saying did u watch the england game it was always did u watch the ireland game. I go to an irish pub every weekend when people born and raised in ireland who come over to england to work will often drink, not one them have ever called me a plastic paddy. They all say your irish and be proud of it. Im only 17 and i will move to ireland when im over 18 because that is my country.
if only hibs and celtic where like you scotland would be great
My parents are Indian and I was born in Ireland. Not once have I ever felt Indian. Reverse of you basically 😂. I’m incredibly proud to come from the best country the world has ever seen the mighty Republic of Ireland, my origins are cool too I guess but I’d stick out like a sore thumb in India lol, nice place just not for me. I also got moved to England after a while cuz of my parents but after uni I want to move back but with the current housing the crisi and the fact that my parents sold our house it’s looking 🥶
From an Irishman who has followed my country for over half a century ..................Love every one of you lads, born in England, who played for Ireland. I am so humbled by all of you. Thank you all for the memories.
I'm not an Irishman, but I grew up in Kilburn. It was once a little bit of Ireland. County Kilburn...
If Kilburn is Ireland then South Kensington is a DROM-COM of France and Southall a Union Territory of India 😂
And you are and you are most welcome to the gang, If you feel a little or totally Irish then you are Irish and I have put my stamp to this statement and that is final
You've gotta love John Aldridge. Met him with my 1 year old son in Dublin about 3 years ago and he couldn't have been nicer. Top top man. ✊🏼🇮🇪✊🏼
He's a legend.
He is a top lad Been lucky enough to have a pint with him a few times he's a normal humble man 👍 legend 🇮🇪
He’s a true scouser and a true Irishman!☘️🇮🇪
My grandparents were Irish but I would never think about playing for or supporting anyone but my country, England
my dads mum was irish been going to scotlands for 40 years
All great servants of Ireland. Thanks for the great memories lads! ☘
Top guys, great memories. Mc Ateer's goal against Holland, to qualify for Japan/Korea unforgettable.
You said it all.
I live in Northern Ireland Belfast, I was born and raised in England 🏴 I’m proud born Englishman and wouldn’t change it any other way
no one asked
Patrick Sugrue who put 50p in you
You live in Belfast Ireland 🇮🇪 get it right you tan
Definately has nothing to do with the fact that not one of them was good enough to play for England.
McAteer probably could have, but that's it.
@@jarrettlowery2802 Good player, but he would've been lucky to win a handful of caps had he declared to play for England. Not knocking the Republic of Ireland at all, but the view that English born players choose them because its their best chance of international football is a reasonable one.
That’s why they beat them in the World Cup?
@@petercraig4 What? RoI haven't beaten England in nearly 35 years. Admittedly, its taken England even longer to beat the RoI, but lets not seriously debate who has the better players to pick from. Not a single player in the current RoI starting XI would start for England, and its been that way for a very long time - thats nothing for England to be proud of necessarily; given the relative population sizes and funding, we always flatter to decieve when it counts. We love battering the likes of Montengero 7-0 in qualifiers, only to bow out of tournaments at the QF. Apologies if that comes across as arrogant, but its the fact of the matter. Again, I'm not knocking the RoI - they do fantastically with the players at their disposable, consistently punching above their weight.
@@johnniejay he definitely wouldn't have been a star, but I think he could have gotten decent playtime
What these lads did for Ireland cannot be measured , and it says more that some were not born on Irish soil but they played with a passion when they put on that Irish jersey and gave us some of the greatest moments in Irish sports history , they don't have to explain themselves to anyone .
I always feel Irish because of my mother,she is from Ireland i’m from Holland,when I go to Ireland to visit to see my family I feel Irish because it’s my second home I feel proud and honoured.
These guys don’t feel that way I don’t think they haven’t.I remember when I said my comment it is a very simple answer when players feel to be Irish also to play with the national team you will play with pride no matter what and where you are coming from that is not important,if players feel English they should play for England not Ireland.Simple as that!
Well said Alexander ,it's a cultural thing.
@Steve Ibrahim why not both?
Well said, pride and honour.
They gave their all for the team no one could ask for more.Gave us great moments to cheer and great Memories F##k the negative comments!
Should have interviewed Tony Cascarino. Turned out after he retired that he had no Irish relations what so ever and should never have been allowed play for us.
Lol glad he played for Ireland tho
Cascarino, who was born in England, represented the Republic of Ireland-qualifying through his adopted Irish grandfather, Michael O'Malley, who was from Westport, County Mayo. He was also eligible to play for both Scotland and Italy because of his Scottish and Italian descent.
@@frankyw8803 Cascarino said in his book his grandfather was not a blood realitive and that he never held an Irish passport. His mother only told him after he retired that his Irish grandfather was not his blood grandfather, she was not his legitimate daughter.
He actually was able to. He wasn't blood related but FIFA let's you qualify through adoption apparently
@@oog2370 Nope......"A FIFA Player's Status Committee is responsible for making such judgements. Under FIFA rules, eligibility by descent is strictly limited to biological descent; adoption is not considered at all"
God bless Ireland said the heroes and these guys were heroes.
All those players who were born in England and played for Ireland always put in a shift and gave 100 %.Jason Mcateers winner against Holland to get us to the 2002 world cup showed his passion and the passion of the rest of the players involved.
I have many cousins born in England to Irish parents and to me they are 100 % Irish and love this country just as much as any native Irish person.
How many of these would get INTO an English team....and we have won nothing for over 50 years...lol
Aldo could of got in the English team.
I always liked Aldo even@ Oxford United :)
John Aldridge, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGrath, possibly Andy Townsend and Jason McAteer also.
If you give hate to these lads, you are denying their heritage. All their lives they've grown up with an Irish family, although they were born in England, I'm sure that when they were growing up, they must have got some stick from the English lads for being Irish.
And these lads that have been interviewed wanted to play for Ireland because they felt Irish at heart and rightly so.
Imagine how you would feel, growing up in a different country but your family is Irish. And you are living amongst people who aren't.
You decide to play for your own country because you have a sense of patriotism and identity, only to be negatively told by your own Irish men that you aren't Irish. How bad would you feel?
Respect lads & thanks for the good memories 🇮🇪
If a dog is born in a stable does it make it a horse? Many of the best Irish patriots were born abroad & spoke with a foreign accent. James Connolly, Jim Larkin, Éamonn De Valera, Seán Mac Stiofán, Joe MacManus & Diarmaid O’Neill just to name a few. Ireland wouldn’t be half the country it is today without the Irish diaspora. And as for the Football team we’d have probably not ever even qualified for a World Cup without these ‘Plastic Paddies’.
Well said. And you can add to your list, Paul McGrath, David O’Leary and Phil Lynott. Again all born in England, but escaped the scrutiny that some of the others experienced, because they had an Irish accent!
Some of these lads comments I can accept. Some, like Aldridge, who has both England and Irish parents and was born in England and sounds like a scouser. Come on. Why can't they just say "I wanted to play International football and Ireland was a safe bet."
Eh, because he is Liverpool Irish and his Mam is Irish? My young lad is born and raised in Boston and I have to get him to stand for the American anthem...usually I get.."Dad, but I'm Irish. I don't want to stand." It's a state of mind thing and how you are raised.
Notice how it's full of players who knew they couldn't get into the England first team hahahaha
Hugh support in the seventies and eighties from people born in English cities who were Irish to the core.
@ pat glennon. I’m one of them pat. Born in Brum with Irish parents.
Our school travelled down to London from Birmingham to cheer on the Irish team against England in 1980.. one of our schools ex pupils, Gerry Peyton, was debuting for Ireland that day. Another pupil at our school, was one David Kelly who would be another one to declare for Ireland at a later date.
Just for the record non of the kids cheered for England and we faced moderate hostility that night. I have actively followed the Irish team for a lot of my adult life , not me or any of my cohorts have every followed England.
Incredibly, I still get challenged occasionally about following Ireland. English people find it baffling. Most Irish fellow fans accept it, but you do get the occasional idiot spouting the plastic paddy insult!
Education of our history, would help some of these ignorant folk
I am Argentine-Italian and I love both countries, but are countries without any conflicts between them. Both are republics, catholic, etc. I do not understand how someone can have family from Ireland and still play for England. Even if you are born there and love your city as Aldridge said.
My grandparents are Irish but I'm 100 percent English
My mother is Irish. Yet I am an Englishman. Why should we blame or be blamed for the conflicts of previous generations.?
@@That_Random_Bloke Nobody has to be blamed but loads of Irish living in the UK were blamed thus my point. I am not judging on them.
@@andrewjoyce9038you have Irish blood but you're 100% English????
@@Crum-pe4mn Irish background but I'm 100 percent English
If any of these boys were picked for England they would’ve never even considered playing for Ireland.
Don't think so mate
Jack grealish might agree with what you are saying
@@brfmc964 ah he'll change to Ireland even his team mates are asking him to
@@79mjm79 i really hope so, same goes for karamoko dembele with scotland and all the players that were born in the Caribbean or Africa who can choose to represent either the country they were born in or their country of origin
Back in the 1980's and 1990's there wasn't much between Ireland and England when it comes to football so it was a split decision back then.
I'm born in England and no disrespect, but my Irish Father showed me how to be an Irish man with every move he made, every word he spoke. I'm Irish and grateful.
Alf. Yer daddy raised you well.
To be honest I think some of these lads are spoofing, I mean Aldridge and McAteer have a threadbare attachment to Ireland. Breen and McCarthy are entirely different. It's just true that SOME of the lads took the chance to play for Ireland as they'd no chance of playing for England
wron well wrong
Ruari...come on man..Liverpool isn't exactly outer Mongolia, I was born there but have proudly called myself Irish (and represented Ireland in triathlon, studied there) to call all Scousers this is to betray your ignorance, look up Jim Larkin, Thomas Johnson and Piras Beaslei and come back to me and tell me you feel.the same. Slan
Marcus Maher What the fuck are you on about? You completely misunderstood what I said. You need not be born in Ireland to be Irish. However some of these lads weren't Irish at all, they were opportunists
Ruairí Ó Sé ,you’re right about some,certainly McAteer is a girl.
What a pile of shite. If a dog is born in a stable it doesn’t make it a horse does it? Gary Breen is arguably the most passionate Irishman to ever play for Ireland.
My dad drinks Guinness,I'm in.
i was born in london in 1975, got christened in South Dublin 5 weeks later. i spent 4 years in Dublin, then moved to London for another 7, im now living in South Dublin 42 years of my 49 years alive. i called called everything in Ireland at first but i got it. i NEVER CLASSED MYSELF AS ENGLISH..........................EVER!!!!!!!
my parents are irish, as theirs, as theirs etc.....
you're welcome
The no show of Matt Holland in this video backs up Roy Keane’s point about him;
“As English as David Beckham.”
Matt Holland blood and family is Irish so Matt Holland can say he’s Irish
Rdxjk 390 matt holland said in an interview this week that he grew up in an english household
Matt Holland was a better player than David Beckham but David Beckham is a nice person
Keano & the rest of yous need to get over yourselves.
Keano didn't cover himself in glory in that 2002 World Cup when he walked out of the Irish squad.
Boys/Girls, Older People, Children, If you feel Irish then you are Irish, Do not let nasty narrow-minded people hurt your feelings, You are Irish one and all and from me to you, come into the Parlor you are totally welcome. We needed more of you in our gang because you are all great. You have received my stamp of full approval. Gods blessing on you all.
Born and raised in England, always thought I was English - Did a DNA check, and I am not English at all, I am Irish/Scottish - Massive shock to me.
Actually if you were born in England you are in fact English. Sorry if this is chocking.
lulnug Well, if it wasn't clear, I was reffering to ethnicity, not what passport I have a right to.
@@lulnug Don't talk rubbish. It is nothing to do with where you are born
In all fairness, players like Reid, Holland, Aldridge, Townsend and McAteer were clearly Englishmen playing for Ireland. Gary Breen actually grew up with a strong sense of Irish cultural identity and is undoubtably Irish. I find ironic that a lot of loud mouth idiots would say people like Breen are not Irish when some of the greatest historical figures in Irish history like Michael Davitt, James Larkin and Thomas J Clarke were born in England. National identity is different from case to case and whilst there has definitely been a lot of Englishmen who’ve played for Ireland, there needs to be a differentiation between players born in England who are unequivocally Irish and English plastic paddy’s who’ve only used Ireland as a plan ‘B’.
And James Connolly was born in Scotland
They probably meant it, but there are some Anglo-Irish hypocrites in football. Mark Larwrenson is one, on RTE he refers to "us" when talking about Ireland and on the BBC he refers to "us" when he talk about England, so funny.
Well to me above all else Lawrenson is a fellow prestonian. In fact his sister was my old French teacher in high school in the 80s and theyd raffle off one of his liverpool shirts every year to help keep the school mini bus on the road. It's not unusual for him to feel both. Living all his life in England hes bound to have a strong feeling towards England. You Irish should be grateful he chose to play for Ireland cause he could have walked into the England side.
I always laugh at Irish people who hate everything about England, but are still glory hunters by supporting a Premier League team. You can't cherry pick.
Great point 👍
Seeing how it's the Foreign Players and Foreign Managers who Transform the Premier League (which is a competition supported worldwide), why can't Irish football fans support Premier League clubs?
It's about culture
Culture isn't something you have it's something you take part in
As an Irish man I'm so proud of everyone in this video so much love
If you don’t feel English you are not English it’s that simple
Best period in irish football was with the English born generation sadly those days seem to be gone
You mean, English born, coached, educated, funded then weren’t good enough for England so played for Ireland to be able to say they were “international” players
@@simonshotter8960 fr
Born in Malaysia to an Irish mam and English dad and raised here, but always felt more Irish, and proud of it. Maybe it was because my siblings who all took after my dads side in looks and cheered on England, that I taking after my man followed Ireland, taking out Irish citizenship as soon as I was able to. Thanks mam.
Funny how there's none of this for the Wales players born in England...
Oh yes there is. It's the same for Wales, Scotland or Ireland. Just look at the emotion at a Welsh sporting event compared to England to see what it means to play for a country like Wales.
+timothy phillips ....Yeah Timmy- being a Welshie footballer only to lose at everything !
As opposed to an English one who can't stop winning trophies. HA.
+Kagan Plant - kagan your mighty Wales GREATEST ever performance in any major football competition to date was France Euro's .... all getting excited as if you were gonna do anything only to lose to - yes thats right "shitty" little England !!!!
Pissed on yer fireworks didnt it ...
LMFAO
Yes Jones sounds like a very Irish name I should have known. Did you read about Vinnies Irish connection in the Sun? Sorry I haven't seen the results yet. Have you booked your tickets for Russia?
I don't care what they say ,,, myself as a proud Kerryman have to say that we thank you & luv you all.
I wonder if they were good enough to play for England would have they chosen to play for Ireland. I highly doubt it.
Bit like having to choose between the Irish Guards and the Irish Army.....
They weren't good enuf playing for England.
@@kevinprior3549 They were good enough to beat England in 88
To be honest they were not bad players at all and some of them could have easily played for England and done no worse a job than those selected ahead of them john Aldridge especially i cant think of many english strikers that were better than him during his prime i mean the guy played for Liverpool in the 80s when Liverpool were class Paul McGrath too was there any England defenders that were much better than him ?
Paul McGrath would have got into any premier league team of his era. Guaranteed.
PFA player of the year 92/93 says it all.
Anyone remember the Ireland v Italy game at the 1994 World Cup?
Top Italian striker Roberto Baggio will never forget it as Big Paul kept him quiet for 90 minutes.
Look at Steven Reid .. he was some player and some athlete ... injury robbed him and us of a gem of a player.
yeah a massive shame ,Reid was a fantastic player.
Jack Grealish should watch this.
shaquille sheppard jack grealish is sit any way
Jack Grealish wouldn’t be any good for Ireland. Pure Shite. Another Stephen Ireland
And declen rice
Yup
@@caoimhinuaconchobair6672 Anyone who lies about their grandparents dying to get out of playing for their country has serious issues. As for Grealish he can't make up his own mind, so for me his heart is not in it.
As an American it’s different growing up in this. I’ve alway respected football and all players. At the same time I felt kinsman tried to make it not what it should be. I love football
I`m Australian but love my Irish ancestry
Jack Charlton quote:
every player we brought into the squad considered himself Irish ... Had it not been for the economic circumstances which forced their parents or grandparents to emigrate, they would have been born and reared in Ireland. Should they now be victimized and denied their heritage because of the whims of journalists? I think not
Bull. My grandparents are irish but I would never consider playing for them I feel no connection to Ireland whatsoever.
@@andrewjoyce9038 Yeah, I'd say they're ashamed of the council estate thrash their children produced!! You're so dumb,you don't even realise you're insulting yourself and your whole family, braindead.
@@irishnewblood ok paddy go get me some pototoes
@@andrewjoyce9038 Making fun of a genocide against your own people,like I said,ashamed mate......I'd say all your little ukip mates love you,little do you know they're laughing their asses off at you,pathetic,uneducated and soon to be seen on Jeremy Kyle lol,
@@irishnewblood genoside, run out of spuds not a single paddy had the gumption to go fishing, surounded by water.
I was in a bar in London in 2001, full of England fans, who in unison were screaming for Ireland to beat Holland. Surreal experience
They all have one thing in common....Poor footballers ;-)
England is shit at football. :)
Somebody should send this video to the irish guy
Yep! Same here born in UK. Irish parents, family, friends. My grammar school was dominated by Anglo Irish children like me. Possess an Irish Passport and my 4 boys are applying for them as well.
go back to ireland and take ya kids
County..whoopdedo..my grandparents are irish..but im 100% english...my country is england not uk by the way.which isnt a country..if you love ireland so much go and live there
Irish guy will cry in his scarf seeing this.
I was born in Liverpool in 78 as a catholic and I was never English i was and still am Irish!!
Robert Parr you poor thing unlucky you 🤣 a dog born in a stable isn’t a horse 🐴👍🏻
Thanks for the lesson I told my mate who is Chinese that he cant be chinese anymore coz he was born in Liverpool haha You do know we are humans and not animals dont you lad?
Robert Parr absolutely 👍🏻 I’d would always go with my family heritage rather than place of birth !!!! But hey who cares as long as your happy 😃
@@robertparr1256 If you identify more with the nation ireland and as Irish by nationality then you are irish to me and Im actually from Ireland so you can take my word. Part of the reason I love supporting liverpool and visiting the city is how similar the people are. Very witty, tight knit community, left leaning , hate the tory government etc.🤣 Perfect fit when it comes to an english team to support for an irish person. My favourite part of the UK for sure👍
Robert Parr To be fair mate....You were born in Liverpool, so that rules out being English straight away......Scouse not English. :-)
If you look at the 13 who beat Italy in the 94 World Cup only 4 were born in Ireland the rest were English (including Paul McGrath) and 2 Scotts. Add in the manager - big Jack.....
who gives a toss, not good enough for England. zero loss to england.
@@stephenmcstay1620 Ray Houghton who scored the goal is Scottish kidda
typical plastic irishman, scotland are and where crap but he couldn't,t get a game, so in order to get some international games he played for the irish.
My parents are from Leitrim but live in New York but no doubt, would put on the Irish jersey if given the opportunity.
Basically Ireland’s best players are just players who weren’t good enough to play for England🤣🏴🏴🏴
In other words..."i was to shit for England, so after i found out my great great grandmothers shopkeepers next door neighbour was half Irish, i qualified for Ireland".
Northy triggered much?
Kekistan divided shall never be free not at all just sick of the plastic paddys on here.
how many black play for england in rugby and none where born there
John Smyth "how many black" . So we can fuck off/block every "black" from every white indigenous ENGLISH sport selection ? Your libtard brain takes common sense to a new low. Ok then libtard...question reversed..why don't "the black" play for their countries of origin ?.
Seamus McCaffrey haha fucking hell..an Irishman calling someone stupid !! The irony.
I hate the term plastic paddy. Born and bred in Ireland but my young lad is born in Oz. Not his fault I emigrated
ireland will never produce homegrown players as long as 130k irish travel to watch the english league every year.
Andrew Bonner Law was your Prime minister,he ruled your country,he was born in Canada...Pick the bones out that.
Calm down mate ur Country is filled with foreigners so is the premier league
It’s crazy nearly all of them sound English though!?! Albeit Roy Keane is probably the most Irish player has ever had!?! I remember hearing him say to Mick McCarty that here at least I was born in Ireland!?! And I heard that Jack charlton was a complete dipso!?! I heard a story that he actually went into a pub and wrote a check knowing that they’d never ever cash a check from the manager who twice brought us to the football World Cup!?! A feat that we have never ever achieved again!?! But on a lighter note!?! I honestly do believe that we have an absolutely amazing chance of bringing the web Ellis back to Ireland with us this time round!?! It’s always Argentina who knock us out in the quarterfinals but having beaten them in the United States and here in Ireland twice in a row!?! God I can’t wait for the rugby World Cup to start!?! 139 days and I’m counting them down!?!
they played with bigger hearts and 120 percent..thank you plastic paddies!
You can't play with 120%. There is no such thing.
The fact mcateer thinks plastic paddy is a new term shows he knows nothing about Irish football as that term has been around since the sixties maybe even more!! And England never asked him! What a knob
As if none of them would want England to win the World Cup.
Can someone explain why there's an Italian tri colour flag flying in that video? Its defo green white and red. And not green white and orange.
So much hatred in these comments..I'm English through and through but respect any individual's decision.
My country's ancestors are to blame for the ill feeling from the Scots,Welsh and Irish because they conquered and abused them hundreds of years ago ..time to move on,the past is in the past and we'll be taken over soon enough, if it's any consolation.
Never conquered Scotland, called a union for a reason. and it wasn't hundreds of years ago that the brittish army where in Ireland killing and abusing the Irish catholics
The Magnificent Creep then beat every one else without them
Idiots replying to idiots ya earn your statements with victories and these poor loser did nothing. The victor the spoils the losers the poor me tunes
@@younge1666 your are mate...it was 800 years !!!! TWAT
@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 Irish had to fight and die for their independence in 1920's.The Scots, for all their belly aching, they were given a free vote and bottled it. Enough said.
Ireland have had more English players then Irish players
Aldo---Scouse Irish---Legend.
They were irish end of. My childhood right there.
True Irish legends
Ireland had a population of 40 million before the famine and the emigration to England and the US, so it makes sense for anybody of Irish descent to play for them because they are Irish.
I’m English but my mum was born in Scotland 🏴 so theoretically I’m both that and Scottish. Identity can be what you choose rather than what you are.
Also Ireland 🇮🇪 is the last remnant of the Celtic civilisation in Europe so big pride if you’re from there .
And wales?
8 million. Not 40. Christ boy that would have been some squeeze
Play for Ireland because you can't get in the English team.
jimipurple123 or because your family are Irish?
DuffPaddy1 or you owe an Irish wolfhound.
Owe an Irish wolfhound what?
Lots of hatred towards the English from the Irish yet their greatest sporting achievement was enabled by English players and an England football legend/icon in Jack Charlton
Use your brain before commenting
Great documentary, about the England B team.
England B beat England A in Euro 88 - how embarrassing!!
Funny that but on a lot of occasions did better than England
Yet England's A Team Wins F@K All these days I notice.
Ray Houghton was born in Glasgow
Ray Houghton never felt English, he's Scottish.
People playing for another country they wasn't born in shouldn't be allowed just because their parents or grandparents turned their back on the country they was born in doesn't make them Irish
I could play for Ireland because of Irish roots but I’m a Englishman end of
Well said
If you have an English accent you're English, unless you're good at football then you might be Irish.
Thanks Bhoys for a great childhood .I want them back
Let's face it, why would these lads want to play for England? There's no chance of England ( & admittedly Ireland) ever winning a major trophy so no loss for anyone in choosing Ireland.
Let's face it, none of these guys were good enough and had any hope of getting into the English national team. Truly no loss.
Lmao speak for yourself id hardly call the national team that lost by 1 goal in the semis of the last world cup a team that has "no chance" ever winning a major trophy. Ireland on the other hand😂
Fair balls to all of them..
None of this lot would turned down England had they been presented with the chance.
FreedomSaoirse We limeys don't mind losing to other limeys. Wait a minute.....twice? When was the second time this particular lot beat us?
FreedomSaoirse Oh yeah.........1949. So several decades before 'this lot' in the video I was obviously referring to. Ha, dear me. Thick as pigshit.
FreedomSaoirse Shush.
turn down the opportunity to lose every single game in euro 88? or USA 94? fuck off.
hunkyfunkyjunky Basically, yeah. Funny old game innit?
that was a big issue back then, however, it is not considered as any problem nowadays, for instance, a new dutch born turkish prodigy had accepted to play for turkey and he can't speak a word of Turkish :) besides that, this particular idea and decision by late Jackie Charlton had worked out very well so, crucially since 1988 Ireland has been considered as one of the important football teams
Well done Jack Grealish. He was born in England a Brummie and picked the country of his birth. Which is what it should always be. It is a nonsense being able to pick your grandparents nationality. I would even question the nationality of your parents as a factor. It means that these so-called "small" countries have a much bigger reserve of players to select from than people think.
Steve O'Kane Are you a solicitor or summat? Obviously they had every right under international law so go fuck, me ol' china-plate!
Steve O'Kane - 'You cant be irish unless your born in Ireland'..
Would you care to rewrite Bunreacht Na hÉireann with that? Do you know what that is even? If you do you need to read it before you make false statements. Because you are completely wrong.
Any person born outside of Ireland to one or both parents born on the island of Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen under the Irish Constitution.
I was born in England, and no, I never considered myself English. How could I? Why should I have? My heritage, ancestry, culture, religion, and upbringing in an Irish household to an Irish family, within the Irish community of where I lived is what counted - regardless of where I was born.
That's what so many people, Irish as well as English just don't (or don't want to) understand.
It's not about where you are born. You are what's in your blood. In your family. In your upbringing. Your heritage. Your DNA.
Or are you saying that parents can give birth anywhere in the world and their child would therefore be the nationality of where the child was born. Absolutely ridiculous, and pure ignorant.
Who are you to tell someone what Nationality they are or should class themselves as?
More shame in your Gene's being Irish or a complete denial of a history of weakness either way there is a joke there as per
Hi Andy with you there. Like you born in England everything Irish except the accent.
I had my DNA done for a laugh, it’s 94% Irish, which didn’t come as a surprise at all!
But of course to the I’ll informed you and me alike will always be a tan or a plastic paddy. I am old enough to not give a shot what people say these days. Although I know it can be hurtful to be labelled when one is younger!☘️🇮🇪
born and bred in ireland and all my life I wanted to play for Siberia
'We never once felt good enough to play for England'
neither did the team who lost to Iceland last year. PS euro 88 - 1-0
hunkyfunkyjunky Iceland? Aren’t they ranked higher than ROI? Can’t be that bad then eh?
oh I like Iceland - never seen a team that far exceed their individual capabilities like them. so back to your original comment - these players weren't good enough to play for England but a lot of them were in the team that beat them in euro 88 - how does that make sense?
hunkyfunkyjunky They play with big hearts as a team. Not a bunch of money hungry mercenaries like the England players. Sad but true.
totally agree re Iceland - anyways you are avoiding backing up your original statement. no probs. peace x
If a dog is born in a stable it doesn’t make it a horse
RIP Big Jack. He was clever enough to exploit the FIFA eligibility rules at the time. A shame that bringing in so many English/Scouse/Scottish players came at the expense of true Irish greats like Stapleton and Brady.
Brady, who I agree was a great player, didn't fit the way Jack wanted to play ...
@Wisty Boy God rest him but we are fighters
Nonsense, Brady and Stapleton were nearing the end of their careers when big Jack took over and their legs had gone which wouldnt have allowed them to function in Jacks Pressing strategy
I'm part Irish, well I drink Guinness and listen to the pogues, does that count?
Ha ha good one
Ah Ireland so great everyone leaves it to for somewhere else in the world
+ CFC Steve Ah you'll find a far bigger % of brits per head living abroad than Irish
Have you born in Ireland ?
@@johnsmith-bx4rn Ireland is british
@@TheRugbyClubHQ you're living in a world of make believe james
Ireland is in the British Isles, not the United Kingdom though.