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Group B
1st) Aiden McGeady A v Georgia, 2014
2) Steve Staunton H v USSR, 1990
3) Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2004
4) Ray Houghton N v England, 1988 (iconic but not a great goal visually)
5) Andy Townsend H v Northern Ireland, 1993
6) Robbie Keane N v Nigeria, 2009 (Nigerian defenders didn't look like they were trying too hard)
Group C
1st) Ronnie Whelan N v USSR, 1988
2) James McClean A v Wales, 2017
3) Kevin Sheedy N v England, 1990
4) Robbie Keane N v Saudi Arabia, 2002
5) Keith Andrews N v Italy, 2011
6) Kevin O'Callaghan H v Malta, 1983
Group C:
1. Whelan
2. Andrews
3. Keane
4. McClean
5. Sheedy
6. O'Callaghan
So around two hours left in Group B, and it's very tight between McGeady, Keane (Holland) and Stan.
Group D will be up around 6pm, featuring the oldest goal in the competition.
Full time on Group B so -
McGeady v Georgia (48)
Robbie Keane v Holland (45)
Stan v USSR (42)
Houghton v England (26)
Townsend v the North (23)
Robbie Keane v Nigeria (21)
(This counts osarusan's lone vote for Stan as 1 vote. To give it as 6 and 0 for the rest would change the standings alright - but to count the number of top two votes each received, it was 7 for McGeady, 6 for Keane and 5 for Stan - so I think it is fair that McGeady and Keane are the 1/2)
So Group C is still open, and Group D is now up. We have -
1) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
2) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
3) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
4) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
5) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
6) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
Videos to follow now.
1) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
A nice bit of individualism in the oldest goal in the competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShVqGF0Ymi8
2) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
One of the highlights of a frustrating campaign - and another goal which we stubbornly failed to defend in the end...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PcTPKSeDrw
3) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
Even the (Canadian?) commentator knows this is a great goal. Time is 0:13; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9x68LLAKs&t=0m13s
4) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
The precursor to the 8-0 win - a last-gasp backheel winner on a pitch of stones and broken glass (apparently)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG_xWdrmFSo
5) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
The start of John Byrne's best-ever season I'd say - he also scored in every round of the FA Cup (except the final) in this season. This one had us with one foot in Sweden for a while...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpOg8GUn_c
6) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
He's available still apparently! Time is 0:28; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOkX58gChqQ&t=0m28s
Group D
1st) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
2) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
3) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
4) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
5) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
6) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
Group A
(Later than a slow walking race between Ian Harte and Mick McCarthy, but just for the record.)
- Kevin Doyle A v Slovakia, 2007
- Liam Miller H v Sweden, 2006
- Glenn Whelan H v Italy, 2009
- John O'Shea A v Germany, 2014
- Niall Quinn A v Wales, 1991
- Robbie Brady A v Bosnia, 2015
Group B
(Postal vote for fun, not counting.)
- Steve Staunton H v USSR, 1990
- Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2004
- Aiden McGeady A v Georgia, 2014
- Robbie Keane N v Nigeria, 2009
- Ray Houghton N v England, 1988
- Andy Townsend H v Northern Ireland, 1993
Group C
- Ronnie Whelan N v USSR, 1988
- Kevin Sheedy N v England, 1990
- Keith Andrews N v Italy, 2011
- James McClean A v Wales, 2017
- Robbie Keane N v Saudi Arabia, 2002
- Kevin O'Callaghan H v Malta, 1983
Group D
- Liam Brady H v France, 1977
- Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
- John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
- Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
- Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
- Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
Better late than never Mr Grise! :)
Your votes in A and B wouldn't actually have changed the final results, although it would have squeezed things up tighter still in Group B.
Ronnie has a 100% record in Group C, and James McClean is the slight surprise in second place at the moment.
Group C: Whelan versus Russia.
Group D: Keane versus Israel.
Group D - D for death
1. Liam Brady 1977
2. Robbie Keane 2005
3. Stephen Ireland 2007
4. Frank Stapleton 1983
5.John Byrne 1991
6. Clinton Morrison 2005
Group D is definitely the toughest so far.
Keane
Brady
Byrne
Stapleton
Morrison
Ireland
C
1. Whelan
2. Sheedy
3. McClane
4. Andrews
5. O'Callaghan
6. Keane
Bit behind but...
Group B:
1. Keane v Nigeria - feels like such a novelty for an irish time to string 10 passes together
2. Stan the man - short run up free kicks are a unique beauty
3. Keane v Holland - maybe Robbie’s best goal?
4. McGeady - love this goal. Watching it assumed it was gonna be No.1
5. Houghton - in its own way, it’s my favourite
6. Townsend - nice goal but amongst good company