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29/04/2009, 5:19 PM
Umberside

Best LOI games in Europe

With the European qualification coming up in a few weeks, I thought it was a good idea to start recounting the best League of Ireland performances in Europe.

Five fantastic encounters:

Shelbourne 4-1 Glentoran - Tolka Park, 2005

After a 2-1 away win in The Oval, Shels destroy Glentoran 4-1 at Tolka in a UEFA Champions League qualifier, and went through 6-2 on aggregate. Jason Byrne was the star of the show, scoring a double in both legs, with Glen Crowe and Owen Heary the others that found the net. It would also be the last season that they competed in the UEFA Champions League.

Aberdeen 1-2 Bohemians - Pittodrie, 2000

Bohs get a fantastic result away to Aberdeen, and in the home leg hold on to the advantage unlike other Irish clubs in the past, to qualify for the next round. Despite a 1-0 home defeat, the 2 away goals keep them in the competition.

Celtic 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic - Celtic Park, 1998

Pat Dolan's Saints pull off a remarkable result at Parkhead, taking a 0-0 to Tolka Park. They could've even won it only for Martin Reilly's shot going the wrong side of the post well into the second half. Unfortunately, Celtic win the home leg 2-0 to put Pats out of the competition.

St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 Elfsborg - Richmond Park, 2008

With over an hour gone in the first leg, St Pats looked like they were out already. They were 2-0 down after a quarter of the round gone. But somehow, they clawed two goals back to put them in a great position to qualify. But in the home leg, Elfsborg took a shock lead and now it looked like Pats really were gone. However, two goals in the last four minutes put St Pats into the UEFA Cup First Round and complete an incredible round.

Shelbourne 2-0 Hadjuk Split - Tolka Park, 2004

Probably the best League of Ireland European match ever. Despite a 3-2 defeat in Split, Shels needed just one goal to go into the next round. With the teams going in at half time level, a goal was needed from somewhere and Dave Rogers stepped up with a cracker to put Shels ahead. The game was completed when some clever play from Joseph Ndo was crossed along the goal line and finished off to seal an historic moment for League of Ireland football.
29/04/2009, 6:12 PM
mr.untitled

i know it was not a victory but

Dynamo kyev 2-2 Drogheda united.
Sooooooooooo close
29/04/2009, 6:19 PM
Umberside

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Originally Posted by mr.untitled

i know it was not a victory but

Dynamo kyev 2-2 Drogheda united.
Sooooooooooo close

Yeah I thought about putting that in but opted for St Patrick's Athletic in the UEFA Cup.:ball:
29/04/2009, 6:42 PM
BohDiddley

Bohs v Aberdeen UEFA Cup 2000 :ball:
29/04/2009, 6:44 PM
Umberside

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Originally Posted by BohDiddley

Bohs v Aberdeen UEFA Cup 2000 :ball:

What a game. Completely forgot about it until recently.
29/04/2009, 6:49 PM
irishultra

Drogheda against Dynamo Kyiv was the best result imo.
29/04/2009, 6:49 PM
LukeO

Rangers 5 Shelbourne 3 in 1998... with Shels leading 3-0 with 30 mins to go... ouch
29/04/2009, 7:19 PM
crc

There are three or four candidates from Derry's UEFA Cup run in 2006, but for me the best was:

IFK Gothenburg 0-1 Derry City

Reasons: because it was so unexpected, because it was away from home and because I was there. It was the first game in a European run that put a big dent in my Visa card. I remember that the 300 or so City fans went over more in hope than in expectation, but as the game wore on it became clear that we might be able to get something from it. Hargy's goal sent us into party-mode for the rest of the night and the following morning.
29/04/2009, 7:52 PM
A face

City v Nantes a while back, we lost but great game.

Bohs V Aberdeen was good alright. Bohs v Bordeaux years ago stands out as a game where the LOI played well but result doesn't tell that story.
29/04/2009, 8:05 PM
MariborKev

As crc has said Gothenburg was some trip.

However for a performance, look no further than the record away win for a League of Ireland side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WelpDm_Scd8
29/04/2009, 8:07 PM
LeixlipRed

How come Bohs v Aberdeen was played in Tolka? Had forgotten about that.
29/04/2009, 8:10 PM
LukeO

We only had one stand... Shed and Connaught St were still terraces...
29/04/2009, 8:11 PM
LeixlipRed

Ah of course.
29/04/2009, 8:21 PM
MariborKev

Quote:

Originally Posted by LukeO

We only had one stand... Shed and Connaught St were still terraces...

Was it not to do with floodlights as well?

Was it not a combination of the lights and German TV that had the home leg against the Germans played early?
29/04/2009, 9:13 PM
sligoman

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Originally Posted by Maribor

Was it not to do with floodlights as well?

Was it not a combination of the lights and German TV that had the home leg against the Germans played early?

Are Aberdeen German?:confused:
29/04/2009, 10:40 PM
dcfcsteve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Umberside

With the European qualification coming up in a few weeks, I thought it was a good idea to start recounting the best League of Ireland performances in Europe.

Five fantastic encounters:

Shelbourne 4-1 Glentoran - Tolka Park, 2005

After a 2-1 away win in The Oval, Shels destroy Glentoran 4-1 at Tolka in a UEFA Champions League qualifier, and went through 6-2 on aggregate. Jason Byrne was the star of the show, scoring a double in both legs, with Glen Crowe and Owen Heary the others that found the net. It would also be the last season that they competed in the UEFA Champions League.

Aberdeen 1-2 Bohemians - Pittodrie, 2000

Bohs get a fantastic result away to Aberdeen, and in the home leg hold on to the advantage unlike other Irish clubs in the past, to qualify for the next round. Despite a 1-0 home defeat, the 2 away goals keep them in the competition.

Celtic 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic - Celtic Park, 1998

Pat Dolan's Saints pull off a remarkable result at Parkhead, taking a 0-0 to Tolka Park. They could've even won it only for Martin Reilly's shot going the wrong side of the post well into the second half. Unfortunately, Celtic win the home leg 2-0 to put Pats out of the competition.

St Patrick's Athletic 2-1 Elfsborg - Richmond Park, 2008

With over an hour gone in the first leg, St Pats looked like they were out already. They were 2-0 down after a quarter of the round gone. But somehow, they clawed two goals back to put them in a great position to qualify. But in the home leg, Elfsborg took a shock lead and now it looked like Pats really were gone. However, two goals in the last four minutes put St Pats into the UEFA Cup First Round and complete an incredible round.

Shelbourne 2-0 Hadjuk Split - Tolka Park, 2004

Probably the best League of Ireland European match ever. Despite a 3-2 defeat in Split, Shels needed just one goal to go into the next round. With the teams going in at half time level, a goal was needed from somewhere and Dave Rogers stepped up with a cracker to put Shels ahead. The game was completed when some clever play from Joseph Ndo was crossed along the goal line and finished off to seal an historic moment for League of Ireland football.

Missing City's away result against Gretna in 2006 off that list is, frankly, an embarassment.

A set of 4 second-half goals the combined quality of which you would struggle to find in any game anywhere - including the world cup.

Shels win over Glentoran was no great shakes in all honesty.
29/04/2009, 10:40 PM
DaveyCakes

Sligo Rovers 3 - 3 Nantes, Intertoto Cup 1996(?)

Rovers went 2-0 up, then 3-2 down and got an equalizer in the last few minutes.
29/04/2009, 10:47 PM
R�iteoir

Kaiserslautern - Bohs in the UEFA Cup (which Bohs won 1-0 and had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside) - becoming the first League of Ireland side to win two away games in the same European Campaign.

Kaiserslautern then went onto reach the semi finals where they lost to Alaves - who then lost that manic final against Liverpool...
30/04/2009, 12:01 AM
p�l-dcfc

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Originally Posted by Maribor

As crc has said Gothenburg was some trip.

However for a performance, look no further than the record away win for a League of Ireland side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WelpDm_Scd8

It's ridiculous that even so far on every time I see that clip I get goosebumps. Derry were superb. Our wins over Gothenbourg and the 0-0 with PSG (McHugh should have had a pen and Brennan(?) hit the bar) were great results, but that win at Fir Park made me so proud. Did more than any other single thing to wake me up from my 7 year LoI slumber (except for maybe the playoff against Harps). Never looked back.

Even until last year I would have considered myself both a Derry and Man Utd fan, but games like that and the atmosphere in the town made me realise that following an English team is the emptiest enterprise for anyone here to pursue.
30/04/2009, 12:54 AM
Billy Lord

Shamrock Rovers beat Odra Wodzisław of Poland home and away (2-1, 1-0) in the 2003 Intertoto Cup.
Very few LoI clubs have won both home and away legs even once in a European tie, but Rovers have done it three times (v Spora, Fram and Odra).
Beat that. :cool:

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