Cascarino

“Moving from Chelsea to Marseille was incredibly difficult, but it was also the most beautiful thing” Tony Cascarino on his 1994 move to France

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When Tony Cascarino called time on his 12-year spell in English football to join Marseille in 1994, his career had already taken plenty of twists and turns. The Republic of Ireland striker was 31 years old when he made the move to France, and as he joined Marseille in a turbulent time in the club’s … Read more

“I worked as a hairdresser before joining Gillingham – it was clattering Steve Bruce that earned me the contract” How Tony Cascarino earned his big break in football

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Long before Tony Cascarino was a Republic of Ireland international playing in successive World Cups, he was a promising youngster balancing life on the training ground with that on building sites and hairdressing salons. Cascarino’s career would see him take in stints at Chelsea and Marseille, but at the age of 18 he was drifting … Read more

‘Jack Charlton used to tell us off for drinking Coke. He said we should drink beer because it would help us sleep better’ Tony Cascarino on being part of Ireland’s 1990 and 1994 World Cup journey

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Few international teams in modern football history have been able to capture the imagination like Jack Charlton’s Republic of Ireland side of the early 1990s. Under the former Leeds United lynchpin, Ireland qualified for their first ever World Cup in 1990, reaching the quarter-finals in Italy, and soon proved that not to be a one-off, … Read more