Top 20 performances in Europe

[jinxy lilywhite]

Tbh their selection of games was on the basis of how good the opposition was.
Take the Rovers game. no 1. This was chosen as valencia where one of the top teams in european football. say if you compare that to Drogs against Kiev. They are no Valencia of the day.
i know the derry Gretna game made no 20 for the fact it was Gretna they beat. Some team beat a top german side 1-0 in germany. this result was excluded because they got hammered 6-0 in the first.
Limerick Real Madrid was there and i think was the only defeat by an irish side included

[bennocelt]

Didnt Derry put up a good show to Benfica many years ago, even though they lost 2-1, weren't Benfica euro cup holders at that time?

[rambler14]

What about Derry hammering Gretna in Fir Park?

It seems to be favouring Dundalk in a huge way having 3 in the Top 10....bit bias like!

[pete]

You can't include moral victories against big teams when no chance of progressing.

[oriel]

What about Derry hammering Gretna in Fir Park?

It seems to be favouring Dundalk in a huge way having 3 in the Top 10....bit bias like!

Derry's away game V Gretna also made the top 20. Maybe it may seem a bit bias having Dundalk as 3 in top 10, but remember one thing, we played in europe every year bar one from 76- 82 (two rounds twice, 3 rounds once) and only lost one home game (v Liverpool in 82) - so the pedigre was there

Also as i said previously, this is only one persons view, and it was in a dundalk programme (which incidently gave Rovers no 1 spot)

On noticable absence was Waterford from the top 20. they had a great team in late 60`s/early 70`s, must have been some good results in europe there ?

[CuanaD]

My Faves from the past 5 years:
2004
Hajduk Split Cro Shelbourne Irl 3-2 0-2 had my 2 eldest at the home game - they screamed their lungs out!

2005
Glentoran Nir Shelbourne Irl 1-2 1-4
Djurgårdens IF Swe Cork City Irl 1-1 0-0

2006
Cork City Irl Apollon Limassol Cyp 1-0 1-1
HJK Helsinki Fin Drogheda United Irl 1-1 1-3
Start Kristiansand Nor Drogheda United Irl 1-0 0-1
Penalty shootout: Drogheda United - Start Kristiansand 10-11 was behind the goal for the shoot-out - wrong team won
IFK Göteborg Swe Derry City Irl 0-1 0-1
Gretna FC Sco Derry City Irl 1-5 2-2
Derry City Irl Paris Saint-Germain Fra 0-0 what a great run by Derry - beating Göteborg home & away & then those 5 wonder goals in Scotland!

2007
Libertas Sma Drogheda United Irl 1-1 0-3 clinical Drogs at 'home'

2008
Drogheda United Irl Levadia Tallinn Est 2-1 1-0
Drogheda United Irl Dinamo Kiev Ukr 1-2 2-2 Still can't believe Drogs lost
JFK Olimps Riga Lat St. Patrick's Athletic Irl 0-1 0-2
IF Elfsborg Swe St. Patrick's Athletic Irl 2-2 1-2 the 2 home pats games had great atmosphere


All in all - we've had it pretty good these past few years!

[Boh_So_Good]

the LOI results in recent years have been impressive alright - are we due another round of "domestic soccer is dead" media hype soon?

In the name of Oirish journalists who are so passionate about the game of course...

[blackholesun]

Hhmmm am surprised with the no.1 selection but still think the Rovers almost knocking out eventual winner Bayern Munich only for Gerd Muller to grab the winner with minutes to go should be top! This was a team containing several world class stars of the time.

bhs

[Réiteoir]

The Kaiserslautern side Bohs beat away made it all the way to the semi-finals that season - eventually losing to the Spanish side Alaves - who were then beaten by Liverpool in the Final.

Also significant for being the first time a LoI side had won two away legs in Europe in the same campaign.

Should have been higher up the list imo.

[red bellied]

A great occasion in the Showgrounds 1994 http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=JDx89F-ZPq0

[Dodge]

Dead ties and the inter toto should be automatically discarded IMO.

[Candystripe]

Benfica went on to lose the in the final of the European cup (CL nowadays) on pens the year they beat us 2-1. A very very dodgy goal that won it for them as well.

[HarpoJoyce]

Dead ties and the inter toto should be automatically discarded IMO.

I have to ask. What is a dead tie, when a LoI club is playing in a UEFA-sponsored tournament, ever?
( I understand dead rubbers in Davis Cup Tennis. I don't appreciate any similarity.)

Benfica went on to lose the in the final of the European cup (CL nowadays) on pens the year they beat us 2-1. A very very dodgy goal that won it for them as well.

Not for the last time a very, very dodgy decision from the Brandywell.
This was the first LOI club match that was broadcast live in a European competition. Ensured capacity crowd helped make up the mind of everyone (Incl. match officials)

It was normal to believe an announcement to cover a game live would affect match ticket sales. So it wasn't done for precious Europe. 'Don't you understand we are in Europe...," is a well used argument within Irish football.

BTW, I fear some posters may get/continue to be anti-RTE.
At the time, RTE were showing Cup-Winners-Cup finals when both ITV and the BBC had finished/stopped broadcasting European Cup Finals, because BBC and ITV were a little jaded only showing non-English clubs from 1985. But not the pioneers at RTE.

[SkStu]

Dead ties and the inter toto should be automatically discarded IMO.

you asking everyone to discard the Pats v. Zimbru tie then?

[bohs til i die]

1976 - Bohs 1-1 Rangers
1984 - Bohs 3-2 Rangers
1985 - Dundee United 2-2 Bohs
1993 - Bohs 0-1 Bordeaux (We lost but we put it up to them - Zidane, Lizarazu, Dugarry etc)
2000 - Aberdeen 1-2 Bohs
2000 - Kaiserslautern 0-1 Bohs
2003 Bohs 3-0 BATE Borisov

[McLovin]

My favourite was Droghedas draw in Kiev.Unbelievable experience over there at the game.My greatest moments as a drogs fan.Other results which stick out are derrys two wins over gothenburg and and shels beating Split.I'm too young to remember the results from the 60s/70s

[Saint_Charlie]

you asking everyone to discard the Pats v. Zimbru tie then?

Yes please

[Dodge]

I have to ask. What is a dead tie, when a LoI club is playing in a UEFA-sponsored tournament, ever?
( I understand dead rubbers in Davis Cup Tennis. I don't appreciate any similarity.)

When the tie is effectively over. Pats drew 0-0 with an excellent Dinamo Bucharest side but as we had lost the first leg 4-0 it shouldn't count. Similarly Bohs 1-0 victory in Germany isn't as worthy as their victory in Aberdeen, despite the lesser quality opponent

[BohsPartisan]

Only in hindsight surely? BATE weren't actually as good as they are now back then were they?

Agree two leg performances are more important than one off games.

Yeah, we annihilated them though, which is probably the point.

[bohs til i die]

Similarly Bohs 1-0 victory in Germany isn't as worthy as their victory in Aberdeen, despite the lesser quality opponent

Did you watch the Kaiserslautern game? Like Drogheda in Kiev, Bohs had the chance to got 2 up, and also a goal dis-allowed which was a borderline offisde call.