Pre-season tours used to be the norm a while back, even in Micky’s early days.At the last Q&A Nicola P mentioned the club was exploring the possibility of a pre season tour of Ireland.
More links than IOM? Although Kelly may have some roots there?Pre-season tours used to be the norm a while back, even in Micky’s early days.
We have had a lot of decent Irish internationals over the years. I can remember Peter Farrell and Tommy Eglington. David Kelly and Alan Mahon too. Our greatest of course was John Aldridge. Even now, we have two full Irish internationals on our books in Joe Murphy and Lee O’Connor.
Farrell was p/m when I first saw Rovers. He and Eggo came as a pair. They must have been best mates as they played together for five teams. Three were Shamrock Rovers, Everton and Rovers. Curiously, they also played for both Northern Ireland and the Republic interchangeably, as was allowed just after WW2. Both were decent players and very popular.Peter Farrell was player manager BBTC?