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Scotland Under 23 selectors chose four Falkirk players for the squad to play Netherlands at Tynecastle on 23 October 1957. The four were O'Hara, Alex Parker, Jimmy McIntosh and Bert Slater (Reserve. The Scots won 4–1 with O'Hara impressing. O'Hara earned two more Under 23 caps. Significantly one
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era. The NFL in the 1960s and 70s offered a final pay-day for UK players late in their careers. Many went to South Africa in the close season and guested for clubs. FIFA had banned clubs, but not individual players, from playing in South Africa. He played in South Africa for
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Falkirk team and his move to a bigger club was considered inevitable. Everton moved in with an £18,000 fee to sign Parker and O'Hara in a double swoop in Summer 1958.
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