St Raymonds Day. Epulum of Dulcis Victoria! Has a nice ring to it doesn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
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St Raymonds Day. Epulum of Dulcis Victoria! Has a nice ring to it doesn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Watched it at home. I remember my best mates uncle from London brought him to it(Couldn't believe how lucky he was) but couldn't go myself as was only a poor schoolboy and also couldn't watch it in pub. Was at the home matches against Scotland and Belgium...both ni-nil draws if I remember correctly. Also rem a bit of trouble outside after the Scotland game
I remeber players used to write a column in Shoot every week and Bryan Robson was rather begrudging towards our win. Referred an awful lot to "long ball" and missed chances
I remember the morning of the game , a sunny Sunday morning and myself and a few mates were outside a mates house talking about the game and everyones in great form. One of the lads didn't know much about football and therfore couldn't get in on the conversation. Not wanting to be left out he felt he had to say something, so he says ' I think John Aldrige should play in defence' ....everyone went silent...before he continues ' eh, he's good at clearing the ball ', followed by more silence before we all burst out laughing. He still got slagged about it many years later. If I met him today I'd have to bring it up.
1988 was the year of my Leving Cert so unfortunately I wasn't there. I tried to persuade my father that deferring the Leaving for a year would not be a big deal but he was having none of it. I spent the Sunday afternoon roaring the team on and then had to cram for my Irish exam the next day - I may even have written an essay about the match despite being asked something completely different.
I did (just about) pass the exam but I haven't missed a tournament since.
One other memory - I bought a scarf outside Lansdowne Road on the day we beat Brazil in 1987. When I couldn't go to Germany my older brother brought it with him to the 3 matches. After that the same scarf traveled to Italia 90, USA 94, Japan & Korea 2002 and every home game in between. It was only a tatty green and white hooped scarf but I still brought it along as a lucky charm until some little fe*ker swiped it on the way to the ground in Sofia last Saturday. I suppose I'll have to buy a new one now.:(
With your Ma. :p
Wouldn't worry about it, it hasn't brought us much luck the last 7 years has it? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
Still a sickner losing something you've had that long seriously though.
9 years old and kicking a ball of the old garden shed
Actually I was pretty philosophical about it last week - if someone had offered to swap my scarf for a point I would have taken it so still came home happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
Wasn't me I swear.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqR2zEIJHY
I love this commentary, the sounds of Eoin Hand in stitches laughing just after we scored is priceless :D
What happened to Lineker that day? Here we had the most ruthless center forward in Europe and he could not hit a barn door. I can clearly remember Lineker lining up a shot clean through and he skied it out of the ground. Unbelievable considering his record at that time. People should remember that the 88 English team a serious contender for the championship. Jack "killed" them. Another thing I remember from the day was Peter Shilton coming down to the Irish end (after the toss)and applauding the Irish fans. And the fans applauding him back. The way it should always be.
Watching at home with the Da.
Nobody gave us a cat in hell's chance of winning, but the early goal was great, made extra special by the fact a Liverpool player scored it, and Liverpool players scored all our goals at the tournament.
Had to face a barrage in the second half, they had at least 5 clear chances and how they didn't score, I'll never know, we struggled badly in the heat.
(there was no acclimatisation programme :rolleyes:)
Bar the last 10 minutes of our game against Holland, that was a great tournament in the 15 games imo. Holland beat Germany in a wonderful semi-final, Holland and Russia met twice, England were dumped out without a point, Italy beat Spain. And the final saw one of the greatest final goals of all time. Denmark along with England lost all their games, while France the holders, failed to even qualify.
According to Mick McCarthy's autobiography, Lineker had hepititis at the time, which was the reason they gave for his performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
That makes sense. He had 3 clear chances that day and missed them all badly. Thank god!Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
To be honest they should've went on and won the competition
In fairness, ill or not Lineker still had a number of chances on target, it was just that Bonner was inspired that day, that point blank save in the last minute from Lineker was something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
correct me if im wrong but think its 15 years today since we beat Italy 1-0 in New York
You are indeed correct, sir!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernian
http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1...ita_v_ire.html
If June 12th is Ray Houghton day then this is Paul McGrath day. Ray scored the goal but Paul was magnificent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernian
Great day but not a patch on Stuttgart - huge Irish support but way too many corporate types ("do you have to shout so loud?" ) Although the touts were struggling to give away free tickets in the end there were many genuine fans left at home who waited a week before coming directly to Florida for the Mexico game.
Although I enjoy a day out at an American sports event the result appears to matter a lot less than here in Europe. You have your beers, hotdogs, enjoy the experience won or lose. It wrecked my head during the world cup though.
Singing one team in Europe (there was one of those EU referenda in the news) and screaming "Arrivederchi Italia" x 50 at an RAI tv crew who were lapping it up were the highlights from afterwards.
Although we didn't hear until the following day it was a shock to hear about 6 people shot dead while watching the match on tv in a pub in Loughinisland. It was one of many terrorist atrocities committed at the time in Northern Ireland but somehow those associated with football seem to hit home harder.
Totally agree re comparison with Stuttgart.On the recent trip to Bari, four of us had a chat about our most memorable sporting experience.Stuttgart was the unanimous favourite, even the two rugger heads put it ahead of the "European Cup" win for Munster in Cardiff.My own top 3 were Stuttgart, Dutch game in Dublin, and City away to Galatasaray.
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Originally Posted by gspain
Yeah, that was my first World Cup and much as I really enjoyed it the attitude of the locals (bemusement mainly) was a let down. Japan / Korea was streets ahead from the point of view. I did like the way they held a rake of tickets back till the morning of the game though although they could have been more public about it. Plenty of people I met over there had just strolled up to the stadium and bought tickets for that game despite all the news stories stating that tickets were going for 10 and twenty times their face value. A lad we met over there got one for the Norway game at the ground in the same box office for that game.
I set the reminder on my phone to go off at 20.12 last night. Thought of Pagliucia frozen in the moment, contorting like a roman candle in thin air and the profanities he must have blurted when he saw how far off his line he was, and dark realisation settled that the ball wasn't going to sail harmlessly over the bar.
Cue disbelief and then pandemonium! Can't believe it was 15 years back. We were up top level behind that goal and all, cracking view of it drifting in! Terry Phelan's face during the celebrations is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen! He was clinging onto people for dear life! Not even a hint of a smile!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
http://www.independent.ie/multimedia...ty_302264t.jpg
I always wondered how we would have done if Quinn and Cascarino had been fit. Huge loss for 94 not having those two available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
Aye ...though not as much as Quinny wonders I'd say. There was a story at the time that Citeh had received a £4M bid from Roma for him the week he did his knee. S*** for luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
When you consider the heat, I dont think it would have made any difference. Tommy Coyne was more mobile than the two of them and it allowed us to play 5 across the middle and try to slow the game down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
I know Cascarino didnt play but he was in the squad wasnt he ?
ray is as brown as terry there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
YEah, think he got half an hour against the Dutch but he was clearly unfit. Quinn was actually fit but Peter Swales the Man City chairman wouldn't let him go as he hadn't got fit before the end of the premier league season.Quote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
Always thought Coyle could have been brought in to give us the option to try and change things if the 5 man midfield wasn't working, think Jack thought we'd get away with it in the group stage (which we did in fairness) and that Cas would be fitter then he was for the knock out phase. Unfortunately we fluffed our lines against the Dutch with howlers from Phelan and Packie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRRt8Pwv3cY
That was a hot and humid day at Giants Stadium. Best individual performance I've ever seen in an Irish shirt that day by McGrath.
I know this is an old thread but was looking through Youtube recently for irish videos and found this gem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH0iUW-HBjo
Shocked about the smug and quiet demeaning comments of Clough.
The laughing on the bus shows how much respect they had for Ireland. They never saw it coming.
Enjoyed Kenny Sansom's party piece (11.28 - 12.45) ... but not as much as the presenter's wish that he make the same impression on the pitch.
Not the wisest thing to say when Sansom's impressions included Frank Spencer and Harold Steptoe, but the England team obviously took him at his word!
Saint and Greavsie recorded their highest ever ratings over this.
Can someone change the thread title...
35 years today and where were you as we beat France 3-2 in one of the great games at Lansdowne and these were the kids that did it. Probably all playing Division 1 at the time but not sure in today's multinational EPL whether McDonagh, Langan, Moran (even), Martin and Robinson would make it.
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Brilliant game, one of the very best.
We would have finished top of the group which included Belgium, Holland and France but for that 88th minute goal in Belgium by Ceulemans - Italia 90 might have been old hat :(
...not to mention Stapleton's header ruled out for no apparent reason.
We were 3-1 up at one stage against France. Wouldn't a 3 goal margin have qualified us too?
Edit: no...4 might have
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Belgium 11 8 5 1 2 12 9 +3
2 France 10 8 5 0 3 20 8 +12
3 R. Ireland 10 8 4 2 2 17 11 +6
4 Dutch 9 8 4 1 3 11 7 +4
5 Cyprus 0 8 0 0 8 4 29 −25