Emotions run high for ‘fan’ McClean
Not unsurprisingly though, the winger struggled to put his first Irish cap into anything other than exclamations of joy.
“Goosebumps. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck. Over the moon.”
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SUBSCRIBENot unsurprisingly though, the winger struggled to put his first Irish cap into anything other than exclamations of joy.
“Goosebumps. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck. Over the moon.”
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