Irish Quote by Martin McGuinness

I played at Lancashire when Glen Chapple was 40 to 41 and he was as good as he ever was then.

— James Anderson

I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I…

— James Maddison

I played in Croke Park in a Hogan final for St Malachy's against Colaiste Chriost Ri and with the Derry minors in two consecutive…

— Martin O'Neill

I was in and about the Northern Ireland team, I was a young boy, an up and coming star in the team!

— Kyle Lafferty

I couldn't wait to grow up to play for Derry.

— Martin O'Neill

My father, Tommy, who was a trained draughtsman, played for Preston North End in the Finney era. He liked football but did not love…

— Mark Lawrenson

I played at White Hart Lane against Michael Carrick and Edgar Davids when I was 18.

— Mark Noble

I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player.

— Graham Potter

My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east of England.…

— Jim Kerr

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

— Martin McGuinness

You could say I've not been the same player for Ireland as I have in the Premier League.

— Matt Doherty

I remember running around the park as a kid and pretending, shouting out 'Michael Owen in the cup final. He scores!' To actually fulfil…

— Michael Owen