Jason McAteer’s goal against Amsterdam may finally have been overshadowed in the minds of Irish football fans.
14 years on since his wondergoal against Holland in Dublin, Shane Long’s stirke against Germany is now the ‘Where Were You Moment’ for Irish fans.
The former Liverpool man was a key figure as we booked out place at the 2002 World Cup, which was the Scousers second major tournament with Ireland, having featured in the 1994 World Cup in the USA under Jack Charlton.
The midfielder was part of the famous ‘three amigos’ group of Gary Kelly and Phil Babb, who had a reputation as good footballers and also a men with a taste for the night-life and more.
Lots of funny stories #dogandduck on @GoalsOnSunday from @MCATEER4 & Gary Kelly with @benshephard pic.twitter.com/Rcu28EEwzF
— Chris Kamara (@chris_kammy) November 15, 2015
Kelly and McAteer were guests on Sky’s Goals on Sunday show today and he provided a perfect description of what many Irish fans would have suspected about the Irish squad and some of its younger members 21 years ago
Jason McAteer has just described World Cup USA 94 as "being away with 22 of your mates, playing footy and being on a stag!!" Hahahahaha
— The Jedi Gooner (@TheJediGunner) November 15, 2015
Classic. "We were like the Dog and Duck on tour" – Jason McAteer on Ireland's World Cup in 1994. #gos
— Baz Cooper (@bazdjcooper) November 15, 2015
The comments seemed to go down well with many watching at home
Gary Kelly and Jason McAteer absolutely hilarious on Goals on Sunday. Fantastic stories about playing for Ireland
— Charles Ducksbury (@cducksbury) November 15, 2015
Great watching @GoalsOnSunday with Jason mcateer and Gary kelly. Laugh out loud moments! "USA 94 was a six week stag" haha
— Ciaran (@LoveCycling) November 15, 2015
Loving Gary Kelly & Jason McAteer saying excellent things about Howard Wilkinson. Wilko was a genius! #lufc #legend @GoalsOnSunday
— Andy Povey (@andypovey) November 15, 2015
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