If you wanted to supplement it... and can stretch to an extra €80 or so: http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/football-gifts/personalised-football-book.htm
I got my OH the ManU (it nearly killed me!) version of this, incidentally for his 30th last week too...looks a bit tacky on the website, but its really cool when you get it - well presented and I had a flick through - really interesting (even for a scouse fan!! )
Just another idea...or if his folks/siblings ask for suggestions maybe -you'd want to give it about two weeks to get here, and they do charge £25 to send to Ireland..but overall, with the exchange rate, its not THAT expensive really....