Great memories Roy Keane may not have always had the best times in an Ireland shirt – particularly in the latter stages – but there are still plenty of memories he looks back on with happy thoughts. His time under Jack Charlton was perhaps his favourite time with the boys in green and in the […]

1 year ago

“I definitely would have gone for Ireland.” Former England international Trevor Sinclair has admitted that he wished he had played for the Republic of Ireland instead. Sinclair had played 12 times for England, but could have qualified for Ireland as his mother was born in county Sligo, and has stated that if the Boys in […]

3 years ago

“Jack played up to that character and thought, ‘People will underestimate me’.” For over 40 years, Jack Charlton and Bobby Charlton were prospects, finds, surprises, titans, winners, influencers and talking heads in the footballing landscape of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Everyone that knew football, knew the Charltons. The lives of the two men touched, […]

3 years ago

“Here, Pat, I’m really not great with the speaking… “ 25 minutes into a chat with Paul McGrath and I fear time may be against us, and that he may be looking to get on with his day. I have just asked him if he ever got in to present caps or speak with Stephen […]

4 years ago

“You couldn’t do it now with social media of course and sport science.” Without stating the obvious, it was very much a different time in the footballing world. The drinking culture in football at the highest level has all but been eliminated or at the very least, extremely well hidden. When Roy Keane was playing […]

4 years ago

“When we were away, we had to ask for a curfew. We had to say, ‘Jack, we don’t want to go out tonight!’” Andy Townsend was 21 years old and playing non-league football for Weymouth when he got his big break with Southampton. Four years later and he was playing international football for Jack Charlton’s […]

5 years ago