Video: Shay Given is 40 today so here’s some of his best saves

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Shay Given!

The Stoke City goalkeeper turns 40 today having made his first Premier League start for the Brittania club on Monday night and is in the frame for a place in Ireland’s Euro 2016 squad – over 20 years since the Lifford native made his international debut against Russia.

Here’s some of his best saves down the years, starting at Newcastle United …

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=zchr95n3isg&ebc=ANyPxKrJVj9Ek-1OCOq1aW-F5sv1sQupHkKHnIoQ2cDVTitpnZKC_QVMEo6CcFlLA42BLHwY7XR8H_jpUrZK7qUtNzNaG1Q3IA

Here’s more from Newcastle and Given’s early days at Manchester City

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=tTb7ykqpL1o

For Ireland, Given denied the world’s best when they crossed paths in Dublin in 2005

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=IgKkRRom7vY

Titus Bramble has kept plenty of goalkeepers busy down the years and Given is no exception!

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=NqLaSZxX64A

Given was even named as man of the match when Newcastle lost 5-1 against Liverpool in 2008

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=SAj28eN1xr0

Perhaps his best saves was his second against Iran in the World Cup play-off in November 2001, as he helped Ireland to a 2-0 win at Lansdowne Road on their way to a 2-1 aggregate victory

https://wwwyoutube.com/watch?v=IgKkRRom7vY