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.
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.
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
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)!
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!
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
@@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.
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?
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 🥶
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
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!
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"
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!
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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’.
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.
As if Mick McCarthy could have played for England...FFS. “Shall we pick Tony Adams or Mick McCarthy”...Bollox. The Plastic Paddies were essentially B Rated English Players with a Manager with good tactical nouse.
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.
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
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?
@@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.
@@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
@ 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
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 😂
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
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.
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
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.
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 .
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,
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
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!?!
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.
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😂
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.
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👍
Robbie fowler could of played for ireland in those years, a player totally wasted by england. That shows you a player who could of played for ireland and went to two world cups, and because he decided to choose england, he never got anywhere in england team. Alan shearer by the way thought fowler was the best striker around, and show how dumb the england managers were in not using him. If fowler had picked ireland, he could of went to two world cups. The uk gov saw kids born from irish parents in uk, as irish kids. Thats why on census you put down white irish, as your ethnic group on the census The uk gov saw all kids born in uk, with irish parents, as irish. I was born in london of irish parents, uk gov saw me as irish, i would never stand up for english national anthem, but i would stand up for irish national anthem. One last thing, when you see england saying that they could of won world cup 1990 Ireland had just as much chance as england in that event, ireland lost to italy in rome in quarters, and the referee was totally on italian side, and could not let ireland play. Ireland were screwed over in that match, and it was great 4 years later we beat italy in new jersey Thats the only time when i watched football, that a referee was overtly conning the game in favour of one team. Thankfully argies beat them in next round, and west germany won overall. But ireland, had just as much chance of winning world cup 1990 as england did, and the english proclaim they could of won it. Back then england were no better then ireland. England have never beaten italy in major tournament football.
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 ?.
My grandparents were Irish god bless em but I've never once felt Irish. 100% English. Can't stand people who celebrate Paddys day and they don't even have any Irish family muppets!
@@andrewjoyce9038 both my parents are Irish, I was born in the UK, I feel Irish. Not logical, I admit. But there you go. I wish I felt English, but I don't.
@@john-williamodwyer1544 If both parents are Irish that's understandable. It's the ones who suddenly discover a long-dead Irish grandparent that are questionable, but those are the rules. I feel it should be changed to just one or both parents. I'm half Welsh and half English but brought up in England. I only feel at all Welsh when I'm in Wales but could never support Wales when playing England.
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.
The English complain about us calling up English born players, ignoring the fact that 800 years of colonisation meant our country was fucked after independence meaning these lads parents and grandparents had to emigrate. We wouldn't be having this discussion if you left us alone because most of these lads would be born here.
My fucking arse. Nobody try and tell me these guys beforehand didn't sit and yell their lungs out when England were on tv in games or at tournaments. Always felt Irish? Sure you did, pal.
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!☘️🇮🇪
+Nyctohylophiliac No one is trying to sell you.Do you actually believe!! LOL roflao that just because someone is born somewhere they feel loyal to it!Boy are you naïveMILLIONS in the island of Britain do not consider themselves as either British or English. AND NEVER WILLAnd I don't mean just millions of Irish.No matter your ignorant and arrogant DAY DREAMS inspired by british fairytales.Here is a wee fact for idiots like ou who are reared on BSthe USA is older than the UKFrench conquered Britain and Ireland.All institutions are a mirror image of French!And before them the Romans conquered little britain and ruled it for 500 yearstoday the EU Germany owns britain and Irelandyou might not like facts of history but your willing and eager ignorance does no change it
irishaware I really hope for your sake you're just trolling, because between the weak grasp of English, both in comprehension and literacy, and the ignorance of history, you really are an embarrassment if you're being genuine.
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.
