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‘We were wearing green Irish jerseys’: How Irish student footballers made history in China in 1976

By Denis StauntonThe Irish Times

For a group of former UCD students, a return trip to China marks half a century since an improbable tour that unfolded at a pivotal moment in the country’s history

When 18 former students from University College Dublin (UCD) arrive in Beijing on Wednesday, it will for most of them be their first visit to China for half a century. The last time was in Septembe…