Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was filmed signing an Argentina jersey, declaring: 'Hello Foxford, this shirt is for you'
The link between Foxford and Argentina goes all the way back to Mayo man William Brown. And, Mac Allister, whose lineage can be traced to Donabate in Co Dublin, shared a short clip of himself signing jerseys. He said: “Hello Foxford, this shirt is for you.”
READ MORE: Mayo town dubbed 'Buenos Eires' as it vows to throw biggest party outside Argentina if they beat France in World Cup finalAlmirante Guillermo Brown, as he is known in Argentina, would revolutionise the South American country’s armed services and is commonly referred to as “the Father of the Argentine Navy”. Today, there are more than 1,200 streets named in his honour around his adopted homeland.
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