Shelbourne are away to FC Zurich on Thursday night in their Europa Conference League second qualifying round tie.
Damien Duff says his players and staff - even their foreign-born stars - are flying the flag for Ireland when they take to the pitch in Zurich on Thursday night.
READ MORE: These eight League of Ireland clubs have applied for a share of €120m Govt infrastructure fund “I mentioned it last week when we were playing St Joseph’s home and away, we are representing Shelbourne, of course, you are always representing your family, your friends, your wife, your kids,” he said.
“We are Irish people. Granted, we have guys from around England and Scotland, but they have Celtic blood. Some of them are adopted Irishmen. “It’s not, as somebody referenced to me yesterday, a free hit. Again, it’s a poor phrase, I don’t like it. On Thursday night they will come up against one Irishman that Duff is familiar with. He worked with Ireland Under-21 striker Armstrong Oko-Flex at Celtic.
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