1962: Born September 1st, St Paul's, Cray.

1982: Signed professional forms for Gillingham.

1985: Recommended to Ireland manager Eoin Hand by a football writer, makes his international debut against Switzerland.

1988: Recalled by Hand's successor, Jack Charlton, after an 18-month absence and is named in the squad for the finals of Euro '88 in West Germany.

1990: A member of the squad for the World Cup finals in Italy but loses his starting place to Niall Quinn after the 1-1 draw with Holland.

1994: Again named in the squad for the World Cup finals he is kept out by injury until the final 15 minutes of the last game against Holland.

1997: Scores in the 1-1 World Cup draw with Romania to move to within a goal of Frank Stapleton's Ireland record of 20.

1999: Displaces Paul McGrath as Ireland's most-capped player by winning his 84th cap in the 2-1 win over Yugoslavia. Goes on to play four more times for Ireland.