Bernie Slaven (born 13 November 1960 in Paisley, Scotland) is a footballer who played internationally for the Republic of Ireland (playing 7 times and scoring 1 goal). The clubs he played for were: Morton, Airdrie, Queen of the South, Albion Rovers, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Port Vale where, in 1993 he scored in a 2-1 victory over Stockport County in the Autoglass Trophy Final at Wembley. is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Paisley (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Soccer redirects here. ... Morton Football Club is a football club, who currently play in the Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division. ... Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire. ... Queen of the South Football Club is a professional football club, based in Dumfries, which currently plays in the Scottish Football League. ... Albion Rovers is also the name of a Welsh football team, see Albion Rovers F.C. (Wales). ... Middlesbrough Football Club (commonly known as Boro) are an English football club based in Middlesbrough. ... Darlington Football Club (also known as The Quakers or Darlo) are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. ... Port Vale are an English association football club who currently play in Football League One. ...

He rose to fame at Middlesbrough after a fee of £25,000 from Albion Rovers in Scotland with whom he scored 31 goals in a single season winning the Daily Record golden boot in the process. He is often considered one of the best buys ever made by Middlesbrough due to his prolific goalscoring exploits, scoring 146 goals in 381 games, mostly playing in the number 7 shirt. His international career included a call-up for Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland squad for the 1990 World Cup. John Jack Charlton, OBE, DL (born Ashington, Northumberland, May 8, 1935) was a footballer who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and who won the World Cup with England. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...

Following his retirement, he played a handful of games for Billingham Synthonia F.C., who held a close relationship with Middlesbrough. Billingham Synthonia F.C. is a football club based in Billingham, England. ...

He is now a presenter on the Three Legends football phone-in on Century FM in the North-East along with other Legends Malcolm Macdonald (formerly of Newcastle United) and Micky Horswill (Sunderland A.F.C.). He represents Middlesbrough as their Legend. He recently had an autobiography, Legend?, published. In August 2006 he released a DVD called Lucky Slaven which features 90 of the Middlesbrough goals during his spell at the club. In October 2006, Bernie and his commentary partner Alastair Brownlee, won an award in New York for their commentary on Middlesbrough's UEFA Cup run in the 2005/2006 season. 100-102 Century FM is the name of a radio station now controlled by GMG Radio as part of its Century Network. ... Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born January 7, 1950, Fulham, England) was an English footballer always known as Supermac. Born in Fulham, London, Macdonald started out as a full back before switching to centre forward. ... Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. ... Micky Horswill (born March 6, 1953 in Annfield Plain, Durham) was a British professional footballer with Sunderland A.F.C. He first linked up with Sunderland when he was 12, starting with twice-weekly coaching and signing apprentice forms at the age of 15. ... Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Middlesbrough Football Club (commonly known as Boro) are an English football club based in Middlesbrough. ...

In 1999, Slaven bared his backside in Binns department store window in Middlesbrough following a bet on Century FM. He bet if Middlesbrough beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, he would perform the dare. Middlesbrough beat Manchester United 3-2, so Slaven had to go ahead with the dare, with the score painted on his cheeks. Century FM is the name of a number of UK regional radio stations mostly owned by GCap Media. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir. ...

In 2002, still a popular figure in the area, Slaven ran for the position of Mayor of Middlesbrough. Slaven admitted knowing little of politics and his campaign was ultimately unsuccessful

Trivia

Slaven's former Republic of Ireland international teammate Tony Cascarino claimed in his autobiography that, Slaven would telephone his dog every night when away from home with the squad^[1]: "... Bernie would be howling like Lassie into the phone 'Woof, woof, aru, aru, woof!' He'd be kissing the receiver and lavishing affection - 'Hello, lovey dovey' - on a dog!". Anthony Guy (Tony) Cascarino (born September 1, 1962 in St Pauls Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland. ...

In 2007 Slaven admitted that he had been a practising homosexual for many years.

References

External links

Bernie Slaven page on Middlesbrough F.C. website

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