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Author Topic: Claret, blue and green  (Read 3976 times)

Offline eamonn

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2026, 10:57:08 PM »
Dave, do you have a pic of the cover?

Offline eamonn

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #46 on: March 20, 2026, 10:59:31 PM »
Copilot/AI:

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Family Nickname: According to Eamonn's brother, Michael, their father always called him his "little chicken".
Affectionate Origin: His father would often say, "Come on my little chick, we are off to football," as they headed to matches.

The nickname stuck with him throughout his successful career, during which he won a League Championship with Aston Villa (1981) and was part of their European Cup-winning squad in 1982. He is so revered in his native Galway that Terryland Park was renamed Eamonn Deacy Park in his honor after his death in 2012.

 


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