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11th Dec 2015

PIC: Jon Walters as Michael Collins may be the best Euro 2016 flag we’ve seen yet

Weird but good

Kevin McGillicuddy

This is both odd and fantastic.

Jonathan Walters is a national football hero and some people are now comparing him to another almost mythical figure from Irish history.

The Stoke forward helped us book our place in the European Championships next summer with his two goal haul against Bosnia.

He’s rightly got all the glory in the weeks and months since, but we’re not sure he will quite the reference in this flag dedicated to his skill and authority that could be making its debut in France next summer.

https://twitter.com/sam6sheehan/status/675040733745840128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Someone has done a smart photoshop of Michael Collins, in case you hadn’t guessed, but we’re not sure how much Walters knows about his Irish republican history or the Corkman.

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