one way of shutting them up! RIP Alan

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In order to be "re-united" it would have to have been united in the first place. The only time it had been united was as a Lordship, then a kingdom and then the Act of Union in 1801. Still, I'd welcome the Republic of Ireland back into the UK enthusiastically. No, seriously. Won't happen, but I'd be up for it.

@@malmckee9358 you do realize Ireland was a sovereign state before the British arrived?.. Don't you? Please stop showing your ignorance.. For your children's sake at least.

Why wasn't he?I don't remember

@@mbucd That is the million dollar question! He would have scored for Ireland and would have improved Irelands chances in 1994.

Alan McLoughlin should have been the first man on the Team for the World cup matches in 94 felt it was ungrateful of Jack to leave him on the bench might have had a grip with him However we had great memories of that World cup Paul McGrath was great But Bingham and Co were disgrace and Alan wiped the Smiles of their faces

bye bye Declan Rice...off to the Irish motherland....England.

@@hensmithers9687 get a life dickhead.....

@@hensmithers9687 Nice of the powers that be to arrange a shop window for the bigger countries ! That’s exactly why it was brought in ! Disgraceful…

you're right...theres barely any Irish people in Ireland any more...

where's Declan Rice headed lol

Totally agree

The Republic are not the national team of Ireland the national team of Ireland hasn't existed since the early 1920 s

@@truecityslicker6773 Not technically correct. The "Republic of Ireland" is a de facto title used to differentiate the Irish state from NI/UK on the island of Ireland. But officially, the Republic of Ireland is called Ireland. People just use "Republic of Ireland" to be clear they are talking about the country and not the island.

Big time.. They were vile.

you have to take it all in context, it wasn't normal times, the IRA murdered children in a fish shop only down the road from the stadium the week before like

@@04Redeemed The Ireland football team didnt though. that is my point, it was a football match

@@NC-ck5oj they were just people venting their anger at a symbol of the south. Human nature, understandable given the context.

@@04Redeemed WTF are you talking about? They weren't venting. They exhibiting the same rabid, sectarian hatred that the worst of Unionism has embraced for centuries.

I never knew rats could write???

sure shouldnt you know that didnt you reply to me? funny thing about nortwest englands departure, in essence they knocked themselves out hahaha their first tournament and then knocked themselves out.

I don't think north-west England has a team, never mind an international side. As for Northern Ireland, here's a few facts: There are some 65,000 or so English people living there, out of a population of 1.8 million. Most of the settlers into Ulster (which includes Donegal, which was heavily settled in the 1600s) were Scottish. Many of the Scots settlers would have been descended from the people who gave Scotland its name: the Scotti, who had settled in western Scotland from Ireland. So, a sort of homecoming then. These same settlers for north-eastern Ireland brought the Gaelic language with them. Scots Gaelic is a descendant of old Irish Gaelic. Not all of the Scottish settlers were Protestant (though most were). The Protestant Churches in Ireland encouraged the usage of Irish Gaelic. The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland discouraged it. Many Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland are also descended from Scots, either from Plantation stock or earlier. Around 95% of the aboriginal inhabitants of the British Isles are descended from the mother of Robert de Bruce. That includes all the Irish people of the whole of the island. In 1994, the Republic of Ireland's team was essentially an England B Team, with only 7 of the 22 players in the squad actually being from Ireland. I wish all the best to the Republic of Ireland, but it's nice to see Northern Ireland squarely beating the Republic in the FIFA world rankings, and staying up there since the second half of 2017. Nice to see how Northern Ireland has stamped out sectarianism in the game so effectively. Nice to see, as always, Northern Ireland punching well above its own weight, considering the paltry 1.8 million population and the poaching of players from Northern Ireland to the Republic in the last few years. As the Irish Unionist Party once said, Erin go bragh! ;)

You’re right there, Mal. As a supporter of both sides (if it’s an Irish side, I support it) it’s great to see the disgusting atmosphere generated by the ‘fans’ at this game become a thing of the past. Bingham was an absolute disgrace that night. Whipping up the embittered hatred left, right and centre. Nichol was as bad.

@@malmckee9358 Absolute nonsense, distortions, and outright lies. Who do you think you're fooling? 😂😂

well your getting confused again there sheep boy - republic fans had to explain why most of their team was British so it shouldnt be difficult and fuck knows what Tony cascarino was.

+Hen Smithers how ironic! A Northern Ireland fan commenting on the amount of 'non-native-born' players in someone else's team! Do you really want to go there?! Seriously, It must be hard being a Northern Ireland fan. Talk about identity crisis! You'll have a job explaining to the French/and other fans how you're not even a country and you assert your 'national/regional identity' by pledging allegiance to a crumbling overseeing state who would love to be rid of you! You don't even have your own national anthem for crying out loud! Hardly romantic is it! ;)

You drooled over tony cascarino just admit it

+Hen Smithers Yes I was/am a huge fan of his! I liked him nearly as much as you loved Maik Taylor...what was his connection with Norn Iron again?......Don't worry, I'd ignore my points above if I were you too- no real come-back there is there! ;)

You grew up as an England supporter really

Ireland sure you don't mean the republic

Unfortunately you weren't there to see the hatred spewed as a majority of fans in a certain university bar in Northern Ireland chanted bigotry in their support of the Republic of Ireland.

Ha I was confused too in 1988 when we played them in a WC qualifier

That was never going to be the case. Them players are professionals and would never be sucked into that idiotic conspiracy theory that you are suggesting. The whole integrity of the game would be put in question. Politics should never decide a football game.

Well, if the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland) hadn't split off from the Irish Football Association and formed their own Football Association of Ireland, then maybe it would be.

There would be an all ireland team if eamon de valera had not sold out in 1921

Why not? Most people, locally, talk of the south and the north when in context. You guys need to read some stuff so you can see what actually annoys people in the North! For example, the hypocrisy of naming your country after the whole island, when your jurisdiction ends at the border... and then having the audacity to get annoyed when people refer to Northern Ireland as "Ulster".

Ironically I'm fairly certain the goal scorer Alan McLoughlin is a Protestant

+craigshort123 I'm pretty sure he's not. (open to correction) Not too many Protestant McLouglins from Mayo where his parents are from. Also he attended a Catholic school in Manchester.

not many people in the Republic could answer that question,because not many people in the Republic give a shit about what religion a player is.

Indeed, the Republic has moved on from the days when it used to provide cheaper transport for schoolkids going to Roman Catholics Schools, but charged parents of Protestant or secular schools through the nose. Well done that country.

Irish Republicanism was founded by Protestants, led the the Home Rule movement, 1/4 of the Easter rising leaders and the 1st elected President of the Irish Republic were Protestants. The Irish flag Catholic (Green) Peace (White) Protestant (Orange). Northern Ireland can't claim the same as religion has nothing to do with the game in the South, why would we care? I do know Katie Taylor (The boxer) is a protestant and a former international.

Ireland's motherland is Ireland. England's motherland(s) are Denmark, Germany and France. (..and no one in Ireland cares about religion, it's the 21st century!)