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[Football] Alan McLoughlin RIP
- Thread starter DJ NOBO
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RIP. A quality goal scoring midfielder for clubs and country.
Far too young.
Far too young.
Jam The Man
Well-known member
Remember watching that in the Mill House pub (RIP), thinking at least there’d be some English players at the World Cup, with us having ballsed up qualifying ourselves.
RIP Alan. Damn fine player
RIP
Sad news.
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Sad news.
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Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
Really sad. Living locally and with school mates who were Pompey fans, I used to jump on the train to Fratton a bit in the 90’s and watch Pompey play and he was always a really good player. The fans loved him.
Heard him interviewed on talkSport a few years ago and he was talking about his battle with cancer and things seemed to be looking up for him. Such a sad loss and far too early an age. RIP.
Heard him interviewed on talkSport a few years ago and he was talking about his battle with cancer and things seemed to be looking up for him. Such a sad loss and far too early an age. RIP.
Goberpiles
Active member
- Feb 25, 2017
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Really sad news and a great player for Pompey and Ireland.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
A top class goalscoring midfielder, just the sort of player we are lacking in our squad now.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
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Very sad passing - met him once and he seemed a very genuine guy - and an underrated footballer.
He will always be a folk hero for Irish football fans be cause of his goal in Windsor Park.
He will always be a folk hero for Irish football fans be cause of his goal in Windsor Park.
GREASED WEASEL
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- Dec 10, 2017
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Remember him as a Pompey player first and foremost
Didn't know he played for the Republic
Sad news
Younger than myself
Didn't know he played for the Republic
Sad news
Younger than myself
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GREASED WEASEL
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Jolly Red Giant
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Yep - 42 caps - born in Manchester to Irish born parents. He was picked for the English squad but turned them down to play for Ireland.
The video shows his crowning moment in an Irish jersey - the goal that won qualification for the Republic of Ireland to the 1994 world cup
The game also saw shameful antics by the North's manager Billy Bingham before and during the match whipping up sectarianism among the Northern Ireland fans. In the two weeks before the game 23 people were killed in sectarian bombings and shootings in the North. The atmosphere at the game was vicious, with sectarian abuse directed at the Republic's players, vicious racist abuse directed at Paul McGrath and Terry Phelan and physical threats targeted at Alan Kernaghan, a Protestant born in England but raised in the North. He was discarded by the North after playing underage football for them, before declaring for the Republic. On several occasions Bingham was seen on the sidelines attempting to whip up the crowd into a sectarian frenzy.