Jason McAteer
Irish footballer
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All we had to cool us down was cold flannels and plastic bags of water, which we poured over our heads,
The heat was stifling and the stadium was a cauldron,
He drank so much he basically flooded his body,... and when we flew back to New York he took a really bad turn. All of the fluid and the pressure built up inside him and the pilot had to drop altitude to help him. That was a real health risk for him.”
Some of the boys were melting,
- says Jason McAteer as he recalls one of the most notorious matches in World Cup historyIrish Timesirishtimes.com/sport/soccer…
A few weeks later I got the bill from Fifa for the door and I’ve no choice but to pay it.”
- In his autobiography McAteer recalledIrish Timesirishtimes.com/sport/soccer…
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