(They’re saying boo-ertie – INPHO/Tom Honan)
(Football punditry – far more fun than discussing the Iraq War – BBC/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
(But tell us what you really think – Twitter screen grab)
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(So much for that ‘master race’ theory)
(Johnson practices his angry face - INPHO/Photosport/Andrew Cornaga)
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(It's a far cry from the two of them appearing on 'The Premiership' together)
(Did someone say 'bandwagon' - Billy Stickland/INPHO)
(Was this the ingenious disguise that enabled Roy to avoid Bertie at the airport? Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
(Wrestling's a sport, right? Jessica Hill/AP/Press Association Images)
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(Oh dear!)
(Sigh! Matthew Ashton/EMPICS Sport)
(No George, just no! EMPICS/EMPICS Sport)
(The less said, the better - EMPICS/EMPICS Sport)
(Neither of those two know who the other person is - INPHO/Cathal Noonan)
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15 awkward moments when sport and politics met
1. Bertie Ahern getting booed at Ireland matches
(They’re saying boo-ertie – INPHO/Tom Honan)
2. Tony Blair going on Football Focus
(Football punditry – far more fun than discussing the Iraq War – BBC/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
3. Deadspin and Donald Trump’s Twitter war
(But tell us what you really think – Twitter screen grab)
4. Jesse Owens embarrassing Hitler
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(So much for that ‘master race’ theory)
5. Martin Johnson’s Mary McAleese red carpet snub
(Johnson practices his angry face - INPHO/Photosport/Andrew Cornaga)
6. Eamon Dunphy slamming Bertie Ahern
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(It's a far cry from the two of them appearing on 'The Premiership' together)
7. Charles Haughey congratulating Stephen Roche on his Tour de France win
(Did someone say 'bandwagon' - Billy Stickland/INPHO)
8. Bertie Ahern attempting to intervene in the Roy Keane Saipan row
(Was this the ingenious disguise that enabled Roy to avoid Bertie at the airport? Niall Carson/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
9. Linda McMahon's failed political bid
(Wrestling's a sport, right? Jessica Hill/AP/Press Association Images)
10. The Ultimate Warrior's general belief that he can make it as a legitimate politician
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(Oh dear!)
11. David Mellor and THAT Chelsea kit incident
(Sigh! Matthew Ashton/EMPICS Sport)
12. George Bush and the Texas Rangers' love-in
(No George, just no! EMPICS/EMPICS Sport)
13. Italy's 1938 World Cup-winning team pose with Benito Mussolini
(The less said, the better - EMPICS/EMPICS Sport)
14. THIS handshake
(Neither of those two know who the other person is - INPHO/Cathal Noonan)
15. Lance Armstrong hangin' with George Bush Senior
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