“I watched wrestling when I was younger and ‘Stone Cold’ used to smash cans of beer together and pour them over him after all his wrestling bouts. “We were told to come up with some ideas and bring our own props and I instantly thought of the ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin celebration,” he said. It was a great laugh to record and I can’t believe the reaction it has received so far.”īallyclare’s social media officer Scott Gault suggested the GIF idea ahead of the new season and that sent Dobbin’s mind racing back to his childhood. “She probably wasn't too pleased about that, but it worked out really well. “The morning we filmed the GIFS, there were no cans of beer in the fridge, so I had to take a couple of my mum’s ciders. “Yeah, they were actually tins of cider,” he chuckled. He had to ‘borrow’ a couple of his mum’s Rockshore Ciders instead. On the nine second clip, which has been viewed more than 10,000 times already, Dobbin cracks open a couple of cans to re-enact WWE wrestling legend Austin’s signature ‘beer shower’ celebration.Įxcept it wasn’t beer. Blackpool FC fans hail Shayne Lavery following 93rd-minute goal.

Ballyclare Comrades midfielder Ciarán Dobbin has revealed how ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin inspired him to come up with one of the Irish League’s best ever GIFS.ĭobbin lit up social media after bagging a brace in a man-of-the-match display in Saturday’s thumping 5-1 win over Ballinamallard United on the opening day of the Lough41 Championship.īut it was the 23-year-old’s inventive GIF celebration for his first goal of the afternoon - a close range header from a Liam McKenna corner - that stole the show on Twitter.

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