Liam Brady: An Appreciation

The story of the Boys in Green most talented footballer

In the late 1970’s ‘The Arsenal’ were laden with Irish Internationals (from both sides of the border). Frank Stapleton, David O’Leary, Pat Jennings, Sammy Nelson, Pat Rice and a young shaggy haired player by the name of Liam Brady were first IX fixtures. Terry Mancini and later John Devine kept the first IX Irish quotient above 50% from ‘74 to ‘81. Oh, and you can include an Irish manager in Terry Neill (an ex-Arsenal player) also.