Manchester City's Stephen Ireland's Dead Granny's - Funny Animation

In September 2007, Ireland was at the centre of controversy when, in the immediate aftermath of a Republic of Ireland international match and days before their crunch game against the Czechs, coach Steve Staunton informed him of a telephone call just received from his girlfriend reporting the death of his maternal grandmother. On returning the call Staunton was able to ascertain that this was in fact a fabrication designed to excuse Ireland from international duty and allow him to return home with minimal opposition. Now consigned to deceit Ireland confirmed the dead grandmother story to Staunton who quickly consented to Ireland's compassionate leave on these grounds, a private jet was chartered for his return.

However the media quickly discovered that Ireland's grandmother was not dead, at which point Ireland announced it was his paternal grandmother who died but yet again, reporters discovered that Ireland's paternal grandmother was also still alive, and her relatives had threatened to sue one newspaper that reported her death. Ireland changed his story again, saying one of his grandfathers had divorced and it was his second wife who had died. That was also quickly discovered to be untrue.

"I realise now it was a massive mistake to say my grandmothers had died and I deeply regret it."
Irish coach Staunton was furious at Ireland. The coach's mood wasn't helped by the fact Ireland lost 10 to the Czechs, which effectively ended their hopes of qualifying for the Euro 2008 championships.

"Jessica (his girlfriend) said she was very lonely and wanted me to come home. She thought they might let me home quicker if they thought my grandmother had died," Ireland explained.
He has not played for Ireland since this controversy.

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[brosstan]

@rosskelly1985 Dude what is your problem? The sketch is taken from a Norwegian comedy show about sports, and the accents are shit mostly because most grown Norwegians talk shitty English. So you can take your phony tough-guy act somewhere else, because none here gets scared from it, we all know your some whiny reject who doesn't have that girlfriend you keep talking about, and you sure as hell don't speak to anyone face to face the way you do here.

Learn to take a joke, moron -.-

[olbikkja]

@rosskelly1985 I guess your girlfriend is form Ireland. I seriously doubt she's hot. HAHA.

[TheRipper97]

@olbikkja his girlfriend is from Ireland, and he calls her ''Mom''

[MacGyver920]

@ShamrocksGetYouHigh First of all, the people who've made this, are NORWEGIAN, not Swedish. And second, the accents are just meant to be funny, not real.

[l8rnwow]

The sad thing is that he said his grandma was sick because his girlfriend had a miscarriage... so this video wasn't funny!

[habbomanish]

@ShamrocksGetYouHigh it's norwegian

[TheDookie41]

is this true ?

[hulmedogcity]

stephen ireland had hair then

[ShamrocksGetYouHigh]

ha! dis funny. and im irish. i cant do a swedish accent so whats the point of giving out about these accents. some people, too sensitive.

[rosskelly1985]

hey oibikkja, your a 45 year old cyber creep tryin to talk to young lads on the internet? i guarantee you dont even have a girlfriend..... get a life ye sick peadofile weirdo!!