2) Shane Long H v Germany, 2015
Probably the most Irish goal it's possible to score (that doesn't involve a header).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJup10szLr0
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2) Shane Long H v Germany, 2015
Probably the most Irish goal it's possible to score (that doesn't involve a header).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJup10szLr0
3) Ronnie Whelan A v Luxembourg, 1987
A slightly less famous Whelan rocket connected with Euro 88! Time is 0:58; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzCWL7rnZLo&t=0m59s
4) Andy Keogh H v Serbia, 2008
Andy Keogh rescuing a draw in Trap's first game in charge all those years ago. Time is 0:20; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522MQoXvzm4&t=0m20s
5) Ashley Grimes H v Spain, 1982
"Que golazo" from a player who would play in Spain later in his career. Probably would look better if the camera had actually caught it better!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBR3tnMXrg0
Long (Germany)
Keogh
Long (England)
Grimes
Whelan
Group L - L for Long
All excellent goals - a dead heat from 2 to 5.
1. Shane Long v Germany, 2015
2. Ashley Grimes v Spain, 1982
3. Ronnie Whelan v Luxembourg, 1987
4. Andy Keogh v Serbia, 2008 - nonchalance extraordinaire
5. Shane Long v England
Group L
1. Grimes
2. Long (Germany)
3. Keogh
4. Long (England)
5. Whelan
Group L:
1. Grimes
2. Keogh
3. Long (Germany) - probably a bit of bitterness since I sold my ticket for that game the day before
4. Long (England)
5. Whelan
Don't feel too bad, the guy I went to the Germany game with went to the bathroom and missed Long's goal!
Jump in for an aul vote tets btw! The more the merrier in this one :)
So it's Gibson and Harte into the knock-outs as Group K concludes. Decent gap back to Duff, Kelly and Brady respectively, but another competitive group all told.
Long and Grimes lead the way in Group L, though Andy Keogh isn't too far behind. Still time to vote though.
The group stages finish tomorrow - so just four more to get through. Group M is up now -
1) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991
2) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
3) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987
5) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999
Videos to come now
1) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991
I always thought there was more pressure in the build-up to this one to be honest. Still a nice finish, even if Motson says he could hardly miss. Time is 8:06; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVh40Eb1yE&t=8m6s
2) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
A lovely patient build-up and a header fuelled by petty revenge at that official in the yellow cap :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwC0vsJcjI
3) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
geysir's number 1 choice here, no doubt!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9f5-6Bvc0
4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987
Quick thinking or bad sportsmanship? The Scots didn't seem too happy with it anyway, but they're not voting here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2eh7P2NPzI&feature=youtu.be
5) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999
A lovely sweeping finish from the edge of the box to leave the keeper completely flat-footed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=HTERrBF2gRs
Group M
1) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
2) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999
3) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987 - I think the wrong link is up for that - here's the goal:
https://youtu.be/Y2eh7P2NPzI
5) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991
I never knew that the qualification for Euro 88 that started everything for us was built on the back of what was, to be honest, fairly bad sportsmanship for that Lawrenson goal.
As an admin, I usually abstain from polls, but if there's a tie I'll cast the deciding voteQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Keane
Holland
Lawrenson
Aldridge
Quinn
Think your Lawrenson vid is wrong Stu.
I cast the deciding vote as the tournament admin (and have done a couple of times)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
You let your hair down a little bit and have some fun :)
Edit - good spot on the Lawrenson video; updated now. Thanks!
Group L
Long (Germany)
Long (England)
Keogh
Grimes
Whelan
Group M
Holland
Aldridge
Keane
Quinn
Lawrsenson
L:
1. Long v Germany
2. Long v England
3. Keogh
4. Grimes
5. Whelan
Group M
1. Holland
2. Quinn
3. Aldridge
4. Keane
5. Lawrenson
Group M
1. Quinn (love this goal, made such a difficult finish look so easy, amazed it ranks so low in a couple of the votes)
2. Holland
3. Keane
4. Aldridge
5. Lawrenson
Edit: If Group L is still open:
1. Long (Ger)
2. Grimes
3. Long (Eng)
4. Keogh
5. Whelan
Group L
Long (Ger)
Long (Eng)
Keogh
Grimes
Whelan
Group M
Holland
Keane
Quinn
Aldridge
Lawrenson
Group L
Long (England)
Long (Germany)
Keogh
Grimes
Whelan
Group M
Holland
Keane
Aldridge
Quinn
Lawrenson
This is not getting easier, now it's akin to being asked which child you love most.
Group M.
Matt Holland v Portugal + the officials. One of my favourite games.
Robbie Keane v Yugo
Niall Quinn v England
Aldo v Mexico
Lawrenson v Scotland.
2 Scots tried to throttle Stapleton, the ref blew for a foul. While Frank emerged unscathed, one of the Scots was left hurting on the grass.
I say it was a fair cop to take the smart free kick, the Scots had bitten off more than they could chew against Stapleton.
You have a way with words geysir; I'll grant you that!
Shane Long v Germany is the runaway winner of Group L. One of my favourites too - I think the quick switch from casual goal kick to a belter of a finish is something football has over a lot of other field sports. You wouldn't see that quick a transition in rugby, hockey, ice hockey for example (it'd be offside in each case). Hurling can match it of course, but then hurling's great.
However, there's just one point between the next three - and a tie for second between Long (v England) and Grimes, with Andy Keogh a point behind. So the casting vote - Long's is a quality header (and I was in the ground for it, which always makes it feel better), but I'm a sucker for a bit of proper retro, so I'll give Ashley Grimes the nod.
No real upset in Group M likely, but keep the votes coming in anyway. Group N is on the way now. We have -
1) Andy Reid H v Cyprus, 2004
2) Gerry Daly H v England, 1978
3) Liam Brady A v England, 1985
4) Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2000
5) Mark Kinsella H v USA, 2002
Stand by for footage...
1) Andy Reid H v Cyprus, 2004
A proper wonder goal on his competitive debut. Tome is 0:24; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsE2v_z3rvA&t=0m24s
2) Gerry Daly H v England, 1978
The forerunner to Glenn Whelan v Italy, which is already through to the knock-outs. Time is 4:05; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MFuabvy0M&t=4m5s
3) Liam Brady A v England, 1985
I'd much rather the keeper hadn't spilled this tbh, because the build-up is magnificent. Time is 4:05; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPOOBjJrLi4&t=2m22s
4) Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2000
They just don't make Ireland goals like this any more... Also, how on earth is this 20 years ago?! Time is 1:02; time-stamped link is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVV-f9LoSLw&t=1m2s
5) Mark Kinsella H v USA, 2002
An acrobatic finish from Kinsella in a pre-World Cup friendly. Kudos to the English guy on Sky pronouncing his name correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eElC0h5XlA
Frank was a pretty tough guy and like a lot of tough guys he did not use it that much. Mostly he didn’t have to but he had it if necessary ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Reid
Keane
Brady
Kinsella
Daly
Man, we used to play England a lot more than we do now.
Minor correction to the Group N menu, Daly scored in the home game.
Group N
1. Andy Reid v Cyprus, 2004
2. Robbie Keane v Holland, 2000
3. Liam Brady v England, 1985
4. Gerry Daly v England, 1978 Yet another Brady free kick from left field catches the defence on the hop.
5. Mark Kinsella H v USA, 2002
Group N
1st) Andy Reid H v Cyprus, 2004
2) Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2000
3) Mark Kinsella H v USA, 2002
4) Liam Brady A v England, 1985
5) Gerry Daly A v England, 1978
Yup - though I somehow had it right in the video post! Fixed now anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir