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When a Liverpool legend lined out for Shelbourne amid the '90s heyday of PL-LOI crossovers

Mick Neville on how Ian Rush ended up playing for the Irish side against Brondby.

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Feb 21st 2021, 7:30 AM

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'Al-Qaeda attacked near to where I was living.... Any foreigner was now a legitimate target'

In an extract from his autobiography, former Man United and Everton star Andrei Kanchelskis recalls a brief stint living and playing football in Saudi Arabia.

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Dec 24th 2017, 8:30 PM

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'The Irish team were heading for some godforsaken place called Keetmanshoop'

Donal Lenihan recalls when the Irish team travelled to a town in the middle of the desert in southern Namibia

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Dec 23rd 2016, 9:00 PM

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David Moyes plus 8 other British and Irish managers who have worked abroad

Brian Kerr, Bobby Robson and John Toshack are among those to feature.

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Nov 11th 2014, 1:43 PM

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Fighting in Dublin opened my eyes, says UFC star Gunnar Nelson

“People in the past have thought I was an Irishman, and some people probably still do. “

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Sep 6th 2014, 7:20 AM