My Facebook memory from 10 years ago today was "Utterly depressing. At least it gets easier :( ".
I don't think it is getting any easier!
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My Facebook memory from 10 years ago today was "Utterly depressing. At least it gets easier :( ".
I don't think it is getting any easier!
20 years today since our last World Cup game
To really hammer home how long that has been, Andrew Omobamidele was born a week after this game
Damn your eyes, tets. I was just feeling good about myself. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Ok ~ with hindsight ~ Robbie Keane should have taken the Harte penalty ( Harte was having a bad run of form from play and penalties / free-taking ) during the match ~ How did Killer (much as I love him ) miss the rebound ~ And some of our penalties in the shoot-out were poor but that can happen ! !Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
20 years ago today I was old enough to remember four World Cups and Ireland had qualified for and reached the knockout stages of three of them. To someone my age (20 at that point) it was just the norm that we were there and were competitive - I had never seen anything different to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I can remember the 70’s and 80’s where qualifying for anything seemed an impossible dream. We had a lot of good players in those years, and I particularly remember the 82 WC qualifiers under Eoin Hand where we were desperately unlucky, and the victim of some, let’s say, questionable, refereeing away to Belgium. Still think we would have acquitted ourselves well in Espana 82. Brady, Stapleton, Lawrenson, O’Leary, in their prime, Ronnie Whelan just breaking through, and a handful of other solid players, Grealish, McDonagh, Langan, Gerry Daly. I remember thinking we had a better side than the North at the time, didn’t seem fair that they got to the finals out of a much easier group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
25 years since Kevin Kilbane's debut, a 4-2 win against Iceland
It's probably 25 years since Ireland beat Iceland in any sport :)
Didn't our Under 19s give Iceland a good beating just there during the summer?! 3-0 or something like that?
Yeah played them twice over in Spain back in June. Beat them 3-0 in the first game and lost 1-0 in the second game.
20 years today since the end of Mick McCarthy's first time in charge, a 2-1 loss at home to Switzerland
Time Flies.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
25 years ago, a. 2-1 loss on the second leg of the 1998 World Cup play off against Belgium
Their second goal is contentious, the linesman gave a throw to us, but was overruled by the referee, and Belgium scored from the throw.
The whole game is on YouTube, with Spanish commentary. Goals at 26:50, 1:03:40, and 1:14:20
30 years since drawing 0-0 against Spain, Aldridge was robbed for a goal by a dodgy offside decision
While searching for that clip, I found the Road to America documentary on YouTube, perfect quality
VAR would have been interesting there. The Spanish left back might have been playing Aldridge on-side and who knows what was going on ~ on the right side out of camera.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Some great names from the past ~ ~ Irish and Spanish ~ ~ Butragueno (?) and many others.
If memory serves nadals( tennis) cousin got sent off ?.tets is that right?Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Was it his uncle? Miguel I think
Think he's in my Euro 88 sticker album
Uncle thats right
Nadal ~ ~ the Beast of Barcelona ~ ~ Not to be confused with Goicocheia (?) ~ ~ The Butcher of Bilbao, and obviously far more dangerous at chopping you down ~ ~ I’,m pretty sure that he was the guy that broke Maradona’s ankle while Maradona was at Barcelona.
Had to do some digging, it was Juanma Lopez - https://www.transfermarkt.com/spain_...ericht/2373800Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
transfermarkt has us playing 5-3-2, but I think Staunton was playing left wing?
Goikoetxea was booked in the same gameQuote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
20 years today since Brian Kerr's first game in charge, a 2-0 friendly win against Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/football...yminute.sport2
Im not saying I wish a career threatening injury on him but if he was to get one...... fcuk it, who am I kidding, still hope he breaks a leg every time I have to see his head on TVQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I’ve thought a few times if only Rice and Grealish had of just stayed with us and it is very , very annoying….
if only I suppose…..
Maybury a player that never let us down. Deserved more caps
Suffered from being a right sided defender in a team that already had Gary Kelly, Steve Finnan and Stephen Carr available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
20 years since a 2-1 win in Georgia, goals from Gary Doherty and Damien Duff.
Infamously remembered for Kevin Kilbane being struck with a knife, which should have resulted in the game being called off.
25 years since losing 2-0 to Argentina, full game is on YouTube with Spanish commentary
30 years since Ray Houghton made his 50th appearance for Ireland in a 1-1 draw against Denmark. Think Quinn scored three times in four games against Schmeichel for Man City and Ireland that season
A lot in that 1 minute 31 seconds ~ A mistake by McGrath that led to a very good goal for Denmark ~ Definitely a penalty ( not awarded ) for a foul by Kernaghan ( I think ) ~ And McGrath showing great athleticism after winning the corner ~ Good goal from Quinn from a cross from Staunton.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
20 years since Brian Kerr's first home game in charge of the national side, also Shay Given's 50th game for Ireland, and the first game I attended
We really missed out on what could have been with Stephen Carr ( as did he obviously ) ~ ~ A huge prospect at one stage but injury robbed him and us of what could have been an outstanding career.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
50 years since Liam Tuohy's last game in charge of the national side, a 1-1 draw with France
goals here, Mick Martin scores the equaliser at 0:30
Interesting the number of players we had at that time playing in the First Division who were not in that team - Giles, Heighway, Conroy, Kinnear, Dempsey, Mancini. Dunne. Jimmy Conway would also have been playing regularly for Fulham at that time. We could have had a decent side if players had turned up.
An interesting On this Day marking Liam Tuohy’s last game as manager of Ireland. Following a prolific LOI career, predominantly at Shamrock Rovers, he accumulated nearly 30 senior trophies (The Leinster Cup and President’s Cup included). Throwing in a three-season spell at Newcastle (signed for them at 27) and eight senior caps (4 goals) made his 1971 appointment as Ireland manager no surprise. He was paid £500 a year, resulting in the necessity to remain manager at Rovers and take on a third job as a salesman at HP Ice Cream.
As to the match, it’s also interesting to see Ireland’s goal was scored by Mick Martin. He joined Manchester United from Bohemians along with Gerry Daly. Both had impressive spells at Old Trafford before moving to other First Division clubs. Bohemians were amateurs at the time but their talent was impressive. Apart from Martin and Daly, they nurtured such as Jimmy Conway, Turlough O’Connor (both Fulham), Ashley Grimes (Man Utd) and Gerry Ryan (Brighton) who all had significant careers in England.
Unlike today, the League of Ireland in the late 60s and early 70s, had regular input at international level. Such as Frank O’Neill, Mick Leech, Ronnie Nolan, Johnny Fullam, Mick Smyth and Mick Lawlor (all Shamrock Rovers), Freddie Strahan, Joe Haverty (Shelbourne), Al Finnucane (Limerick), John Herrick (Cork Hibs), Tom McConville (Dundalk), David Pugh (Sligo) and Alfie Hale (Waterford) all featured. There was no international windows then and cross-channel players were regularly denied international release by their clubs - or were suddenly “injured”.
Tuohy, who later proved a highly successful manager for our U19 side, became a mentor for Brian Kerr who continued that underage success. Tuohy had a natural dry, quick wit which took no prisoners. It comes to mind when I hear Kerr’s punditry as he offers prefabricated quips and laboured one-liners to embellish his monotone criticisms. Some things can’t be taught.
Unfortunately, Tuohy’s career was somewhat fractured by Charlton’s arrival and obdurate manner. Not for the first or last time, the FAI stuffed up when what was presented as a two-horse race (Charlton-Tuohy) was little more than a ruse to have Bob Paisley appointed. In a shambles with more twists than a John Le Carré novel - John Giles was also invited to apply - Charlton emerged the victor (see link for gory but laughable details).
Tuohy continued with his successful management of the U19s until Big Jack, invited to give the team a motivational gee-up before their match against England at Elland Road, overrode Tuohy’s authority and game plan. Tuohy was embarrassed, felt undermined and sidelined. He resigned.
Charlton, of course, did what he did and became an unlikely icon for Irish fans. Tuohy stood back for a while but reemerged as a FAS football director and underage coordinator at Home Farm. He died in 2016.
Vote shambles
https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/03/bob-paisley-the-greatest-manager-ireland-never-had/
Tuohy moves on
https://www.independent.ie/sport/tuohys-school-of-excellence-still-has-that-winning-formula/26181043.html
Great post snapshot, much appreciated.
15 years since Giovanni Trapattoni's first game in charge of the senior side, a 1-1 draw with Serbia. Andy Keogh scored his first goal for the senior team, Glenn Whelan and Damien Delaney both made their debuts
If you really want to feel old(er), Ade Solanke in the U17 squad was born two and a half weeks later!
Ten years since the 1-1 draw against England at Wembley