![]() If he makes it through to the senior ranks he might seem a little exotic but he will not be so terribly out of place. ![]() “He’s played for all three countries, but the best experience he had was with Ireland,” explained his mother. A couple of weeks ago Ryan Johansson, a promising teenager at Bayern Munich who also qualifies for Luxembourg (where he was born) and Sweden declared for Ireland which he was able to do by virtue of his maternal grandparents. There is clearly a cynicism about it all but the association here is only doing what most of its rivals also do and managers must play the game in order to ensure that they get the strongest team possible out on the pitch. Had Rice gone the same way nobody would have given him a second thought. Many, like Rice, are approached at an early age, quite a few accept the invitation and after a couple of caps a fair proportion are never heard of again. Since then, the FAI has developed a network of scouts whose main aim is to spot players who are eligible to declare for Ireland. Things were certainly more simple through the first few decades after 1922 when only players born on the island represented the Republic of Ireland but nobody is seriously suggesting that we get back to that (are they?) and the world is a rather more complicated place than it was in 1965 when Shay Brennan made his debut. Unless you can say, hand on heart, that you would rather lose with a team whose motives are beyond question you are going to sit at least a little uneasy on a high horse.Īnd even then, how would you start to police it?ĭeclan Rice in action for the Repubic of Ireland in a friendly against the USA at the Aviva Stadium. To discover more about policing, crime and punishment in the 19th century visit the It's a fair cop! exhibition at Andover Museum until 1 May.English sniping about the FAI standing for "Find An Irishman," always rang a little hollow and now seems completely laughable given their own recruitment policies across the codes but that is modern day sport for you. So, in 1884, whistles were issued in place of rattles and by 1887, all rattles had been withdrawn from use. They found that the sound from a whistle could be clearly heard at 1000 yards – almost twice the effective distance of a rattle. In 1883, the police began tests to find an alternative to the cumbersome rattle. They were also weighted with two lead plugs to make them easier to swing, which also turned them into a formidable weapon. They had folding handles and were designed to fit in a specially made pocket in their distinctive swallowtail coats. Rattles were standard issue for ‘peelers’, the officers of Robert Peels Metropolitan Police, established in 1829. From collections in the care of Hampshire Cultural Trust. On display in the exhibition ‘It’s a Fair Cop!’ in Andover Museum until 1 May. Rattle, used by Edmund Lucas, nightwatchman, Alton, Hampshire, late 19th century. They proved ideal for summoning aid, as a fire alarm or just generally getting attention. ![]() The essential piece of equipment used by officers of the law from the 17 thcentury until the 1880s, well into the era of the modern police force, was the wooden rattle. ![]() A sort of medieval Neighbourhood Watch.īut how was a night watchman or parish constable to raise a ‘hue and cry’? It included the requirement to raise ‘hue and cry’, in effect, a form of collective responsibility, placing the onus on the entire local community to raise the alarm in the face of criminal activity. This was the main piece of legislation that regulated policing in England until the 19th century. The ‘Statute of Winchester’ in 1285, required local communities to appoint a watchman, to stand guard at the entrance to each town under a system known as ‘Watch and Ward’. An Ordinance of 1252, had established the role of the parish constable, who could summon men to arms and deliver offenders to the sheriff. Legally, it remained the responsibility of all the crowns subjects to assist in maintaining law and order. Individuals tasked with enforcing the law have existed since Anglo-Saxon times, with the first sheriffs appointed in the 9th century. ![]()
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