‘The shorts came down over my knees so I had to roll them up a bit’ – The Irish teens thrown in at deep end
Ireland's John Giles, Steve Heighway and Liam Brady (on his senior international debut) at Dalymount Park in 1974.
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Evan Ferguson (18) is expected to make his competitive senior international debut against France. How have other Irish players, trusted with a competitive game in their teens, coped through the years?
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