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'John Giles came to the house... He wanted to get a group of young lads together, the best in the country'

Sun 9:30 PM 25,852 8

#LOI LEGENDS
"I was going in training with the youth team and I just thought: 'What's the point?'"

Oct 15th 2017, 9:31 PM 41,718 3

#INTERVIEW
'I told Bobby Robson I wasn’t coming back to England'

Oct 8th 2017, 9:30 PM 27,414 13

#INTERVIEW
'The Irish lads at Leeds were so good to us. They would always be giving us money and stuff'

Oct 1st 2017, 9:30 PM 39,231 7

#LONG READ
"You're thinking: 'We're 45 minutes away from the group stages of the Champions League'"

Sep 24th 2017, 9:30 PM 17,612 7

#LOI LEGENDS
'I was actually offered a new contract but that was taken away when Souness left'

Sep 17th 2017, 9:30 PM 35,119 4

#PEERLESS
‘People think that football started in Ireland with Jack Charlton, but that’s simply not true’

Sep 10th 2017, 11:02 PM 22,570 19

#GOAL MACHINE
'That was the beginning of the end at Cork City because the new owners were strange, strange people'

Sep 3rd 2017, 11:58 PM 26,667 5

#RICO
‘I was confident that I was good enough… But I was worried about having a nightmare’

Aug 27th 2017, 9:30 PM 27,037 12

#LOI LEGENDS
'This is Cork... there's no way those f**kers are coming down and taking the league from us'

Aug 20th 2017, 9:30 PM 35,301 19

#THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE
'Pat hands me the phone and it was Kenny Dalglish. He goes ‘We really want you to sign’'

Aug 13th 2017, 9:30 PM 33,739 12

#LOI LEGENDS
'Captaining your hometown club to the league makes all those nights training in the rain and dark worthwhile'

Aug 8th 2017, 8:00 AM 11,479 5

#CANDYSTRIPES
'Ollie Byrne said ‘listen, we’ve got a chance of beating Deportivo’. That was the belief he had'

Jul 30th 2017, 9:30 PM 22,286 19

#NUTSY
'I'd given everything to Cork, but there's always that tinge - that little bit of regret'

Jul 23rd 2017, 10:27 PM 25,754 14

#UNSUNG HERO
'It was weeks before I realised that it was actually Eusebio'

Jul 16th 2017, 9:30 PM 27,116 3

#LOI LEGENDS
"I hated football and was contemplating getting a 'real job'... Then I got called up by Libya"

Jul 9th 2017, 9:30 PM 44,917 16

#INTERVIEW
'You were against Pele and Beckenbauer. It was like going to play in Hollywood'

Jul 2nd 2017, 9:30 PM 24,396 11

#LOI LEGENDS
'We used to kick the s**t out of each other in training but the bond was incredible'

Jun 25th 2017, 9:30 PM 32,262 10

#TALK TO JOE
'He said 'there’s no f***ing way you’re leaving this room until you sign the contract!''

Jun 18th 2017, 9:25 PM 47,586 10

#LONG READ
‘I knew I was a good player but the manager didn’t believe me’

Jun 5th 2017, 9:30 PM 44,880 10

#LOI LEGENDS
'Players who travel away, they might have loads of money but they don't have the memories I have'

May 28th 2017, 9:30 PM 33,709 8

#NO REGRETS
'He was like, 'You n***er' and I thought, 'Wow - really?'': Wes Charles on Ireland and abuse

May 21st 2017, 10:37 PM 36,951 22

#PRINCE CHARLES
'I got the phone call from Brian Kerr and remember roaring crying in front of my ma'

May 14th 2017, 9:30 PM 47,277 14

#PASSION
The steely Scotsman who became Irish football's perennial party pooper

May 7th 2017, 9:30 PM 25,275 9

#LOUTH AND PROUD
‘Nutsy said: I don’t think Luque will be travelling - Real Madrid put in an £18m bid for him’

Apr 30th 2017, 9:31 PM 36,098 5

#LOI LEGENDS
'I was 21 and doctors are saying you’re going to end up in a wheelchair if you continue to play'

Apr 23rd 2017, 9:33 PM 35,786 7

#LEGEND
'To say I could have had a great career in England, that's only b******s'

Apr 16th 2017, 9:30 PM 54,257 25

#SSSSSHHH
'To be told at the last minute that I wouldn't even be on the bench, it was a sickener'

Apr 9th 2017, 9:30 PM 48,771 17

#GEOGHO
'You look back and think 'F**k it, I underachieved a small bit - I don't have the medals I should have''

Apr 3rd 2017, 4:00 AM 30,539 16

#OUT OF THE WOODS?
‘I never enjoyed life outside of football... There’s not much you can do’

Mar 26th 2017, 9:25 PM 47,910 30

#INTERVIEW
'Robbie Keane came along and that was the end of my chances'

Mar 19th 2017, 9:30 PM 20,728 5

#INTERVIEW
'Brian Kerr used to call me 'Johnny Forty Teeth' because I'd be missing training every second week to go to the dentist!'

Mar 12th 2017, 10:10 PM 36,938 24

#OSO
From the England U18 squad with Cole and McManaman to becoming a LOI legend

Feb 26th 2017, 9:35 PM 44,534 31

#SPARKY
Tony Sheridan: 'I'd like to be remembered as a player people loved to go and watch'

Feb 19th 2017, 8:00 PM 30,012 19

#ROCK AND ROLL STAR

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