http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysingreen/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=29291
There is also a story in this evenings Herald claiming that the FAI paid 15k for a private jet to ship Ireland home for the funeral. Weird shite altogether!!
Hereās the truth.
http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2728395,00.html
Sad really. Heās only a young fella.
Shocking stuff, the truth always sets you free in the end.
Christ thatās a bizarre story
have to feel sorry for him
Feely sorry for the lad and his girlfriend. From www.mcfc.co.uk:
Ireland sets the record straight 14/09/2007 13:17
Statement from Stephen Ireland.
I wish to explain the circumstances surrounding my departure from the Republic of Ireland international squad following the Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovakia in Bratislava last Saturday.
When the game ended our manager Stephen Staunton took me outside the dressing room into the corridor along with the Ireland team doctor. He told me that they had taken a call from my girlfriend, Jessica, and she said my grandmother had died.
I was deeply shocked because I believed it was my maternal grandmother who had brought me up from when I was five. The manager went back into the dressing room to get my phone and when I got it I immediately rang my girlfriend to get more details.
My girlfriend was distraught and explained that she had just suffered a miscarriage. Jessica said she was very lonely and wanted me to come home. She said she thought they might let me home quicker if they thought my grandmother had died.
When I finished the call I told the manager and doctor that my grandmother had died and because we were very close I wanted to go home immediately. The manager said that was no problem and he would get the FAI to sort it out.
The FAI hired a private jet to get me home and I flew out of Bratislava the following morning. Before I left I told the FAI media officer that the name of my grandmother was Patricia Tallon.
Early on Monday morning I got a phone call from Stephen Staunton telling me that the FAI had discovered my grandmother in Cork was not dead. He wanted to know what was going on and I told him that there had been a mistake and it had been my fathers mother. I told him her name was Brenda Kitchener, that she lived in London.
Jessica and I were still very upset over the miscarriage so we flew home to Ireland for a few days.
On Thursday, I got a phone-call from Manchester City stating that the FAI had discovered that my grandmother, Brenda Kitchener, was also alive. I decided at that stage that I must tell truth and admit I had told lies.
I realise now that it was a massive mistake on my part to tell the FAI and Manchester City that my grandmothers had died and I deeply regret it. The miscarriage that Jessica suffered last Saturday has caused both of us a lot of heartache and had caused us both to panic.
It was wrong and I sincerely apologise, particularly as I caused a lot of problems for many people.
I would like to apologise to my grandmothers and all my family for any distress I have caused them.
Ireland manager Stephen Staunton, my Ireland team-mates, the backroom staff and the FAI also deserve my profound apologies. I truly appreciate that the extraordinary lengths they went to put my welfare first and ensure I got home from Slovakia as quickly as possible.
I am also sorry for causing Manchester City any embarrassment and apologise to the supporters of both Manchester City and Ireland for misleading them and the media.
I love playing for my country and am grateful for the understanding Mr Staunton and the FAI have shown to me since I told them the truth.
I have learnt a valuable lesson from this mess and hope those I have hurt by my actions will forgive me.
Stephen Ireland
Sad news for Stephen and his girlfriend but is it too soon to joke about his grandmothers yet?
Bandage wrote:
Sad news for Stephen and his girlfriend but is it too soon to joke about his grandmothers yet?
They were almost great grandmothers, almost.
Ouchā¦
Irelandās grandmothers really recieved a āmiscarraigeā of justice from these past few days.
I donāt blame the FAI or Stephen Ireland in this at all - I heard Kate McCann abducted both grandmothers.
Bandage wrote:
I donāt blame the FAI or Stephen Ireland in this at all - I heard Kate McCann abducted both grandmothers.
Really? I suspected Gerry.
gerrardno1 wrote:
Irelandās grandmothers really recieved a āmiscarraigeā of justice from these past few days.
Ouch
Just on Ireland - I do feel sorry for him but if ever there was a reason advocate the telling of the truth it was thenā¦
This comes from a journo in Dublin and was sent out on
Wednesday before the miscarriage report came
throughā¦
irelandās family circumstances are complex and ireland
himself is a rather mercurial character. brian kerr
isnāt the only colleague heās fallen out with. his
parents split up long ago, he doesnāt talk to his
mother after falling out with her some time ago and
his girlfriend, who heās been with since he was 14 and
has two kids with, sounds like a bit of a lunatic.
she was the one who called the FAI saying his
grandmother was dead and stephen had to go home,
giving no further details. when the information was
passed on to ireland, he assumed āgrandmotherā
referred to the grandmother who played a big part in
his upbringing, rather than the other grandmother he
hardly knows. as he speaks to so few of his relatives
he was not able to contact them before flying home.
the cork journos in prague probably found out before
he did that his cork grandmother was still alive.
the girlfriend is ā¦ feisty. she has been known to
bring his kids to man cityās training ground and tell
the receptionist, "these are stephen irelandās kids.
tell him to fucking mind them, iām going out." wonder
what sven makes of that.
also he pulled out of the US tour in may to attend his
uncleās wedding in australia. apparently there was no
such event & he was in fact going on holidays, but the
FAI decided to turn a blind eye because, well, heād
already scored a few goals for the first team and all
the other established players had cried off.
the best story is he supposedly brought her to the
team hotel during the double header against wales and
slovakia in dublin, telling the FAI staff to book her
into a room. the FAI guys dithered and eventually
summoned stan, who told her that she couldnāt stay
with the squad as the players were preparing for the
game. "iām stephen irelandās girlfriend and he saved
your fucking job. get me a fucking room!" man i wish
iād seen thatā¦
anyway, watch out for stephen ireland over the next
couple of years.
Thatās fooking mental stuff Raven, nice find!
Thatās the kind of scoop weāre looking for on here. Great rumours altogether.
Crazy stuff coming from Ireland. Apparently heās posted an anti soccer rant on his bebo page. His name on bebo is ādaddy dickā. I never knew this guy was such a complete tosser and his bird is a complete skanger.
I donāt know Ben. I read it in the paper. Iāll try find it at home becasue Im certainly not googling ādaddy dickā in work.
Fook I just did, and the bollixing thing didnāt work. Ah well at least my name isnāt Peter File!