The day after being beaten by Spain in the 2002 World Cup myself , my wife and a friend went to a bar in Seoul generally frequented by American Army personnel to watch Mexico v The US .
The vast majority of the Irish team were there having a whale of a time , drinking , singing playing pool , we had a great time time trying to convince the Americans present that yes that indeed was the Irish team that had been knocked out the previous day .
They really could not believable how approachable the team were - autographs, pictures and time to chat.
Back to the signed jersey ! , I got mine signed by everyone there , the only problem was I was wearing a Slovenian jersey that I had picked up on my travels which diminished the value somewhat !