Richard Dunne last night announced his retirement from international football last night and while he'd like us to remember him as that take-no-nonsense beast that held off the Russians on his own, we're about to throw a spanner in the works.
Did you know he once auditioned to be in a boyband and that he only got his first football at the age of 16? We've got it all here...
Dunne decided that if he was going to be cool he'd need to get a chain Robbie's and a goatee like Jason's
Back in 1998, Richard opens up to Matt Holland about the problems that have been troubling him
He always blamed Jason Gavin's poor timing and Robbie's elbow put hair for their unsuccessful audition to be part of Westlife
The day the lads were told they could stay up past 8pm
Richard's Mammy and Daddy recount the day he got his first football
Joe Royle makes a last ditch attempt to hide Dunne's hideous tie from the camera
Dunne and Ryan Casey devise a plan to pour water down Brian Kerr's shorts
Dunne is delighted after he finally buys that Robbie Keane chain
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No one had believed him when he said he was going to hang out of the stadium rafters
Not many people knew that Richard suffered from narcolepsy
A problem that followed him throughout his career
And spread to his teammates
Seriously though....
The King has retired, long live the King
