Jack Charlton called him Noel for four years until he scored in Italia 90. He was at the coalface of the Saipan affair between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in 2002. He played for Arsenal, Manchester City, and Sunderland, and earned 92 caps for the Republic of Ireland.
In this second part of a very special podcast to commemorate 35 years since the glory days of Italia 90, Niall Quinn chats with the two Marys about all of this and also:
- Leaving Arsenal to ensure Jack Charlton would take him to the World Cup
- The excitement of Italia 90
- Jacks ruthlessness when it came to dropping players
- A harsh Jack moment in Sardinia Airport
- How Jack revealed to him that he was starting against the Dutch
- The homecoming
- How he is not proud of anything that happened in Saipan - "mortified that it happened".
- The kit not arriving and fake facts
- His relationship with his father
- His mother still living on her own at 94
- Now working with his daughter Aisling and where is son Mikey is now
- His wife Gillian currently studying
- The politics of sport and funding
- His annoyance at the government department dealing with sport
- Cork City and Niall's input there
- Why he thinks the current Irish Mens team is performing the way they have been
- The solution
- Annoyance with the betting levy
- The FAI working with crumbs
- How a resolution doesn't fit between the four year election cycle
- Why the current team can't be as good as their team of the 90's
- Donating his 1.5 million testimonial money to charity and Jack Charltons opinion of it
- "I didn't think I deserved a testimonial"
- Receiving an MBE
Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television & Media.
Proudly sponsored by the Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
