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‘Absolutely beautiful' hail fans as Shay Given left 'emotional' by daughter's tribute on ‘people who inspire you' day
SHAY GIVEN was left emotional after his daughter's paid tribute to him on "people who inspire you" day in school.
The Republic of
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Shay Given revealed his daughter dressed up as him for school
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He shared a photo of her to Instagram
Credit: Instagram/no1shaygiven
And in a moment that caught her dad off guard, she donned a
jersey
with 'Given 1' on the back, as well as a pair of goalkeeper gloves.
He shared a photo of his daughter to
The Donegal-native said: "An emotional morning for me today when my daughter came down dressed as me for 'people who inspire you' day at
school
"
In the comments, fans were similarly blown away by the gesture.
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Aisling O'Reilly said: "Shay that's unreal 🥹🤍"
A second follower posted: "Absolutely beautiful." while a third hailed: "Brilliant mate! An inspiration to more than just your daughter too!"
A fourth commented: "Love this Shay, proud moment ☺️….Aryana saw this and now wants to be a keeper…."
The former Toon goalkeeper was similarly emotional when he
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Speaking on Premier Sports, former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper
He said: "You imagine how his head is right this second.
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"Twenty six years as a manager, he hasn't fluked his way to winning a trophy in
Europe
.
"He has been around the block. He's been all over the world managing, obviously in Glasgow.
"He has come to
London
and the
"Yes, it has been disappointing, there is no getting away from that.
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"He won't shy away from that but he has got a European trophy for these Tottenham fans."
'LAUGHING STOCK'
Among the thousands of Spurs fans celebrating a historic night will have been Shay's own brother who, Given revealed, is a lifelong Tottenham fan.
Not only that, but the Donegal-native revealed that Spurs goalkeeper
Given added: "They have been a laughing stock in terms of 'very Spursy', 'Tottenham will never win anything.'
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"My brother is a Tottenham fan. My brother is in the middle of all of that actually.
"Fraser Forster got me a ticket for my brother.
"He has been a Tottenham fan all of his life. He will be in there and in tears.
"It is a special night for him because he is usually the butt of the joke in the family group chat because they get a lot of grief, the Tottenham fans."
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