On This Day

[tetsujin1979]

10 years since the first game at the redeveloped Aviva Stadium, a friendly against Argentina
also, Robbie Keane's 100th cap for Ireland
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[Diggs246]

I've a story from that game traps translator Manu went into the Argentine bus after the game to get a jersey signed for charity. The manager told her to get off the bus. But was " overruled" by messi and she got all the signings on the Jersey !

[pineapple stu]

It's ten years since Keane's 100th cap for us?

Bloody hell.

[tetsujin1979]

It's four years since his final cap!

[tetsujin1979]

20 years since we should have beaten the Netherlands away from home
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[tetsujin1979]

Ten years since Keith Fahey scored his first international goal
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[tetsujin1979]

40 years since we beat the Dutch 2-1
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[seanfhear]

40 years since we beat the Dutch 2-1
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It says 1982. ~ ~ 38 Years Shirley. You are not stealing 2 years off me just like that !

[tetsujin1979]

It was a qualifier for the 1982 World Cup - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_G roup_2

[Stuttgart88]

I remember it well. Simon Tahamata. It was virtually dark at the finish.

[tetsujin1979]

20 years today since Matt Holland scored his first goal for Ireland in a 1-1 draw away to Portugal
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[Stuttgart88]

Happy Shane Long Day everyone.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Still love how in the live broadcast the first cut after the goal was a close-up on a very unhappy Manuel Neuer. He really wasn't expecting the rocket that flew past him.

[BonnieShels]

Ten years since Keith Fahey scored his first international goal
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I was at a wedding in Slane Mill that day. Had to drag herself to a local up the hill to watch the game. She was less than pleased.

[tetsujin1979]

15 years since Brian Kerr's final game in charge.
A 0-0 draw against Switzerland that would have to improve to be described as "drab"
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[Razors left peg]

15 years since Brian Kerr's final game in charge.
A 0-0 draw against Switzerland that would have to improve to be described as "drab"
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I think that was the most depressed I ever was coming out of Lansdowne Rd

[tetsujin1979]

We could have planned for another hour and not scored. Switzerland only needed a draw, and barely left their own half for the entire game. I know Kerr was a conservative manager, but did we really need to keep four defenders on for the whole game? Taking off Robbie Keane and Clinton Morrison when we had to score was baffling

[Razors left peg]

We could have planned for another hour and not scored. Switzerland only needed a draw, and barely left their own half for the entire game. I know Kerr was a conservative manager, but did we really need to keep four defenders on for the whole game? Taking off Robbie Keane and Clinton Morrison when we had to score was baffling

Gary Doherty and Stephen Elliot up front when we were chasing it was what turned my opinion that Kerr need to be replaced

[pineapple stu]

27 years ago today...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9Bt18Rvv4

[BonnieShels]

It's got to be up there as the most consequential and memorable night supporting Ireland.

Getting chills even thinking about it now.

[tetsujin1979]

40 years today since Chris Hughton and Michael Robinson scored their first goals in international football in a 6-0 win against Cyprus
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[pineapple stu]

40 years, no?

(Just to make everyone feel old!)

[tetsujin1979]

sorry, it is 40. I can't count.

[seanfhear]

40 years today since Chris Hughton and Michael Robinson scored their first goals in international football in a 6-0 win against Cyprus
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Should that be 40 years or have I this wrong ?

[pineapple stu]

Never saw those goals before. The Grealish one in particular would have been in the Best Goals comp otherwise. Hughton's is a most un-Hughton goal, albeit that the keeper really should have done better. The second is a contender for our worst ever goal, and Stapleton's little dink is a nice finish.

[seanfhear]

sorry, it is 40. I can't count.
I was just posting that. Jack Charlton would have loved some of those players at their peak !

[seanfhear]

What was the full team. We had some fine players on the 80’s ( even late 70’s ) Ok maybe not the entire Eleven or Squad.

[tetsujin1979]

What was the full team. We had some fine players on the 80’s ( even late 70’s ) Ok maybe not the entire Eleven or Squad.
Lineup here
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[seanfhear]

Lineup here
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That was a damn fine team and Don Givens got a good few goals for us as well down through the years.

Not that it is possible, but I wouldn’t give todays team a chance against that team !

[tetsujin1979]

25 years today since Jack Charlton's final game in charge, the 2-0 loss to the Netherlands at Anfield in a play off for Euro '96
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[BonnieShels]

I can't believe that was played in December.

Playoffs felt so so alien at the time that I guess a game in December wasn't that out there as the weird thing to remember about that game.

[jbyrne]

longest 24 hrs of my life. ferry at 8am, trains to anfield, hardly landed a punch all match then return journey home arriving by ferry at 8 without a single wink of sleep the whole time.

however, by far the best pre match atmosphere i ever experienced. 30 mins of song after song from the irish fans on the kop

[tetsujin1979]

I realise they are bigger things going on today, but I'm still surprised there's no mention of the anniversary from the FAI

[seanfhear]

I realise they are bigger things going on today, but I'm still surprised there's no mention of the anniversary from the FAI
Eaten Bread is Soon Forgotten.

[tetsujin1979]

15 years today since Steve Staunton's first game in charge, a friendly against Sweden that saw the debuts of Joey O'Brien, Kevin Doyle, Wayne Henderson, and Stephen Ireland, as well as Liam Miller's first international goal
Highlights
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Full game
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[seanfhear]

15 years today since Steve Staunton's first game in charge, a friendly against Sweden that saw the debuts of Joey O'Brien, Kevin Doyle, Wayne Henderson, and Stephen Ireland, as well as Liam Miller's first international goal
Highlights
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Full game
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Where did it all go wrong ? Even Mick Byrne couldn’t save the day.

[tetsujin1979]

20 years today since Roy Keane's 50th cap, a 4-0 win over Cyprus in March 2001
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[BonnieShels]

15 years today since Steve Staunton's first game in charge, a friendly against Sweden that saw the debuts of Joey O'Brien, Kevin Doyle, Wayne Henderson, and Stephen Ireland, as well as Liam Miller's first international goal
Highlights
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Full game
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I was living in Perth, WA at the time and couldn't find a way to watch that game for love nor money. I remember getting my oul lad to text me updates. Couldn't believe the score and hoped it was the start of a new era.

I guess it was the start of a new era, just an awful one.

[tetsujin1979]

40 years today since we lost 1-0 to Belgium, after a disallowed goal for some reason (2:44 below) and a goal from a free kick for being tackled by the force of gravity (6:40)
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[Colbert Report]

Wow, I'm no fan of VAR but I just watched both goals in that clip and I can't think of a stronger argument in favour of VAR than those.

[Razors left peg]

Where did it all go wrong ? Even Mick Byrne couldn’t save the day.
Think that was one of the most enjoyable games I was ever at. The atmosphere was brilliant and it felt like the start of something. Its one of the only friendlies I really remember in detail.

[backstothewall]

15 years today since Steve Staunton's first game in charge, a friendly against Sweden that saw the debuts of Joey O'Brien, Kevin Doyle, Wayne Henderson, and Stephen Ireland, as well as Liam Miller's first international goal
Highlights
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Full game
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I joined this forum in response to that game. I had a different username at the time. I made a couple of hundred posts under a different name. I went away for a while, couldn't remember my credentials, and re-registered as BacktoWalsall when it all started to go wrong for Stan.

It all looked so positive on opening night for him. It makes me wonder what might have happened if Bobby Robson hadn't taken ill.

[BonnieShels]

I joined this forum in response to that game. I had a different username at the time. I made a couple of hundred posts under a different name. I went away for a while, couldn't remember my credentials, and re-registered as BacktoWalsall when it all started to go wrong for Stan.

It all looked so positive on opening night for him. It makes me wonder what might have happened if Bobby Robson hadn't taken ill.

Story of your life on here.

So all this time you were never even 'WALSALL'!

Shenanigans!

Damn you Walsall!

[tetsujin1979]

30 years today since the 1-1 draw in Wembley against England
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[tetsujin1979]

Not a massively important game, or result, but it's 25 years today since Gary Breen scored his first goal for Ireland, in a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands.
Bergkamp's finish for the equaliser is exquisite
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[tetsujin1979]

Another 25 year anniversary today, since David Connolly's first international goal, against the United States in the 1996 US Cup
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[seanfhear]

Another 25 year anniversary today, since David Connolly's first international goal, against the United States in the 1996 US Cup
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Great reverse pass by Liam O’ Brien and a great finish by David Connolly.

[tetsujin1979]

20 years since Clinton Morrison, John O'Shea, and Steven Reid made their international debuts, with Morrison becoming the first player since Tommy Coyne to score on his debut
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[Kingdom]

Great reverse pass by Liam O’ Brien and a great finish by David Connolly.

Looked like Quinn with the reverse pass?
Given had a bit of a shocker there.

[tetsujin1979]

25 years since thumping Liechtenstein 5-0, Quinn with two, Ian Harte (on his birthday!), Keith O'Neill, and Andy Townsend with the goals
Still our biggest away win
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