On 7 October 1998 , high-profile French footballer David Ginola and Irish goalkeeper offered their services to play for a Derry City Select XI in a charity match in order to raise funds for Omagh 's redevelopment after the town was bombed by the IRA earlier that year . The opposition that day , a Mick McCarthy Select XI , composed of players such as John Aldridge , Steve Staunton and Packie Bonner . Ginola is remembered for scoring a cheeky dink from a penalty which he sent straight down the middle of the goal after feigning and tricking the keeper into diving to the side . This was followed by a smug grin directed toward the 10,000-strong crowd - not at all in the spirit of sombre commemoration of the atrocity
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