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# The Boys of Summer

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'The youth teams seemed a bit of a shambles - I wanted to give it the respect it deserved'
'People still remember me for marking Ronaldo in the FA Cup final and it's quite nice to tell my kid'
'There was a magic about Noel - he had a special vibe, an aura of humility and brilliance'
‘I swapped shirts with Pablo Aimar in the team hotel... he didn't speak English but I think he got the gist of it’
‘I’d been released by Blackburn... I was at a crossroads in my career’
16 players from the 1997 World Youth Championships who became stars
‘Brian always believed in us. We slowly started to believe in him as the tournament went on’
Mars bars, diarrhoea, Connect 4 and a once in a lifetime triumph: an oral history of Malaysia '97
Boys of Summer: We celebrate Ireland's golden generation and their golden moment