He is one of the few Irish internationals to have experienced Greek football
Nestled among the mounted memorabilia on a wall in Dominic Foley’s home is a framed PAOK Thessaloniki zebra striped jersey. After a night of mulish defiance in northern Greece, he made sure not to leave Toumba Stadium without one.
Kicking ball around the shores of the Aegean wasn’t part of some grand masterplan, but the Charleville native’s sojourn to Greece was to become another pin in the map of a unique career that also saw him play in Portugal, Belgium, the UK, and Ireland.
“We were put up in a hotel in the outskirts of Athens, we had a great time. My outlook was, ‘I’m away from home in the UK anyhow, so why not be away from home playing in Greece or Belgium or Portugal? I’d regret something I didn’t do rather than something I did.” “The big thing I remember about that first game was the never-ending bus journey and the sight of snow on the ground along the way,” Foley recalls. He hadn’t come to Greece to find winter.
Occasionally though, their pathway was blocked. In the build-up to a local derby against Proodeftiki, he was advised not to bring family or friends along. It all sounded excessive, but when he arrived at the ground Foley noticed armed guards flanking certain figures. Before boarding a plane a few weeks later, Foley stuffed a PAOK jersey in his luggage. He was on his way to join Watford, having had previous loan stints with the Hornets. Under Graham Taylor, Foley made 11 appearances in the 1999-2000 Premier League season.
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