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A Different Shade of Green: The Alan McLoughlin Story
TWENTY-ONE years ago on November 17 to the day, Alan McLoughlin entered the cauldron of Windsor Park and scored the equalising goal against Northern Ireland – a strike which sent Jack Charlton’s team to USA ’94. A measure of McLoughlin the player
Two years ago, he entered a battle, having been diagnosed with cancer of the kidney. He then generously offered himself as a human guinea-pig for a new drug in the hope of helping others beat the disease – although the process is deleterious to his own health. A measure of McLoughlin the man
A major unhappiness in his book is at the critics who looked on him and other English-born players of Irish parents as ‘Plastic Paddies’, including Roy Keane/ Eamon Dunphy. He was offered the chance to play for England B on the same day he accepted the call-up to Ireland B. Nothing plastic there. A measure of McLoughlin the Irishman
Two years ago, he entered a battle, having been diagnosed with cancer of the kidney. He then generously offered himself as a human guinea-pig for a new drug in the hope of helping others beat the disease – although the process is deleterious to his own health. A measure of McLoughlin the man
A major unhappiness in his book is at the critics who looked on him and other English-born players of Irish parents as ‘Plastic Paddies’, including Roy Keane/ Eamon Dunphy. He was offered the chance to play for England B on the same day he accepted the call-up to Ireland B. Nothing plastic there. A measure of McLoughlin the Irishman
240 pages, Paperback
First published October 12, 2014
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December 13, 2017
Enjoyable book, interesting tale with some decent insights which didn't fall into the blandness (or sensationalism) of a lot of footballer's books. Would recommend though not readily available to buy in many bookshops or online, deserves to be more widely published!
June 6, 2021
Good easy read
Read book after Alan’s death in 2021 with book written in 2014 you still get idea of his journey with book being Informative and easy to read
Read book after Alan’s death in 2021 with book written in 2014 you still get idea of his journey with book being Informative and easy to read
May 25, 2016
I only finished this book as I am a Pompey fan. Ghost writers writing in the first person and using vocabulary you know very well that the subject would not use makes reading an unsatisfactory experience.
November 21, 2014
Very enjoyable. Brought back a lot of memories. Alan comes across very well.
The perfect book for an Ireland away trip.
The perfect book for an Ireland away trip.
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