Source: FOOTYMAD
Nolan Looking For A Dog Called 'Paddy'
Kevin Nolan has considered an attempt to represent Ireland at international level ... but he doesn't qualify. Preston-born Mark Lawrenson managed it through having a dog called 'Paddy'! The Newcastle captain has never played for England and he has thought about switching allegiances to Ireland. But he does not qualify through his grandparents and at the age of 27 he thinks that his international career is over. Kevin Nolan: "It's amazing I haven't got an England cap, isn't it? "But Lampard and Gerrard are a cut above. They've been world class year-in, year-out in the Premier League. England has gone for me. "The possibility of playing for Ireland has been brought up a number of times but unfortunately my grandad and my nans are only a quarter Irish, or half Irish, and they need to be fully Irish! "I did try and cheat like Tony Cascarino did by going over and having 14 pints of Guinness. Didn't work though."
