Thread by @noriordan, New series starting in @IrishSunSport today sees @OCowzer and I pick our [...]

New series starting in @IrishSunSport today sees @OCowzer and I pick our 10 best Ireland players of all time. They’re in chronological order and first up is Jackie Carey https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5261655/jackie-carey-ireland-football-manchester-united?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebarweb

Ireland’s 10 Best Football Players: Jackie Carey – the gentleman who was Ireland’s first real...

FOR some, the mark of a good footballer is needing only one name to be instantly recognisable. Ireland’s first superstar went by three. At home he was Jackie Carey. In England he was called Johnny …

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5261655/jackie-carey-ireland-football-manchester-united?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebarweb

Next up is another former Manchester United player and also a cricket international Noel Cantwell from @OCowzer He was our guest speaker at @SWAInews banquet in his native Cork in 2005 and he was quite the character https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5266735/noel-cantwell-manchester-united-fa-cup/

Few Irishmen shaped English football the way Noel Cantwell did for Manchester United after the...

THERE are few Irishmen who have shaped English football as much as Noel Cantwell. His criticism of Matt Busby led to him being named Manchester United captain and leading the rebuild at Old Traffor…

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5266735/noel-cantwell-manchester-united-fa-cup/

And up today is John Giles https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5269143/john-giles-ireland-leeds-midfielder/

John Giles was a midfield general for almost 20 years and goes down as one of Ireland’s greatest...

AS PART of the RTÉ TV panel, John Giles often found himself embroiled in conversations about whether so-and-so was a good player or a great player. When it came to the man himself, it was never rea…

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5269143/john-giles-ireland-leeds-midfielder/

Liam Brady is next in our list of Top 10 Ireland players of all time, written by @OCowzer https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5273099/liam-brady-ireland-arsenal-juventus/

Liam Brady’s magical career took him from Arsenal all the way to Italian giants Juventus as their...

LIAM BRADY is the left-footed midfield general at the top of the left-foot midfield general rankings. He is the only Irishman to score a winning goal against Brazil and the first non-British footba…

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5273099/liam-brady-ireland-arsenal-juventus/

And in the Donegal goalkeeper subsection Packie Bonner gets the nod https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5277961/packie-bonner-may-be-remembered-for-one-historical-moment-for-the-republic-of-ireland-but-he-was-much-more-than-that/

Packie Bonner may be remembered for one historical moment for the Republic of Ireland but he was...

DONEGAL has been fortunate to have produced not one but two international-class goalkeepers. Shay Given won 134 caps compared to Packie Bonner’s 80, his Ireland career spanned 20 years compared to…

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5277961/packie-bonner-may-be-remembered-for-one-historical-moment-for-the-republic-of-ireland-but-he-was-much-more-than-that/

Paul McGrath from @OCowzer today https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5282966/pau-mcgrath-republic-of-ireland/

When all is said and done Paul McGrath will go down as one of the true greats that Ireland has ever...

PAUL McGRATH’S debut was against Italy when they were world champions. It was in Italy that he showed he was world class. And it was against the Azzurri again that he confirmed he was out of this w…

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5282966/pau-mcgrath-republic-of-ireland/

This series resumed over the last few days and finished today after a brief gap as some actual news took over. Eighth in the list is the man who put the ball in the English net after being overlooked by Scotland, Ray Houghton https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5285514/ray-houghton-republic-of-ireland-career/

Ray Houghton’s Irish career may have only started through a stroke of luck but he earned his...

WHEN Jack Charlton was appointed Ireland manager he set about using the parentage rule more ruthlessly than any of his predecessors. But even he could not have anticipated that a tip-off from Davy …

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5285514/ray-houghton-republic-of-ireland-career/

And ninth in the list and making a return to Irish football this week is Damien Duff https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5298681/ireland-greatest-players-damien-duff/

Ireland’s greatest ever players – Wing wizard Damien Duff is fondly remembered by fans of every...

NOT long after his appointment at Blackburn Rovers, boss Roy Hodgson likened Damien Duff to George Best. It was high praise but there were times when it did not look too outlandish. Duff might not …

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5298681/ireland-greatest-players-damien-duff/

And the 10th and final entrant is someone who has been in the news this week is Ireland's record appearance-holder and goal-scorer Robbie Keane https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5302601/robbie-keane-republic-of-ireland-greatest-scorer/

Robbie Keane will go down as Republic of Ireland’s greatest ever scorer and nothing will change that

NO one represented, captained or scored for Ireland as often as Robbie Keane. His record speaks for itself. Over 18 years as a senior international, the Tallaght native played a record 146 times — …

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/5302601/robbie-keane-republic-of-ireland-greatest-scorer/

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