Us nike cup ?

[bwagner]

Any chance of this or an invite to another small tournament?

I would for us to have something like his, like 2 - 3 games over a couple of weeks.

[theworm2345]

That tournament hasn't existed for a decade. Don't know of any other invitational tournaments right now aside from the annual Kirin Cup (which I believe Ireland participated in the 80's).

[pineapple stu]

Kirin Cup only started in 1992.

We were in the Icelandic Cup in 1986 (don't know if it had a name; ourselves, Iceland and Czechoslovakia). There was also a Brazilian Independence celebration Cup in 1982.

Mini-tournaments are reasonably common still (there was one last week involving Iran, North Korea, Oman and I think Qatar), but they tend to involve smaller nations and be one-off, self-organised things. So it seems the easiest way to get an invite is to start one ourselves.

[shep]

Good idea Stu.....and why not simply have ourselves Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland...Scotland should want games under their belt with new manager,and its been a while since we played the north

[Leeside Swagger]

Kirin Cup only started in 1992.

We were in the Icelandic Cup in 1986 (don't know if it had a name; ourselves, Iceland and Czechoslovakia). There was also a Brazilian Independence celebration Cup in 1982.

We won this if I remember correctly....

[Mark Breen]

Good idea Stu.....and why not simply have ourselves Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland...Scotland should want games under their belt with new manager,and its been a while since we played the north

Kind of like a '4 Associations' Tournament' ......

Maybe hold it in the Aviva Stadium

See here for details: http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...129&Itemid=274

[shep]

Kind of like a '4 Associations' Tournament' ......

Maybe hold it in the Aviva Stadium

See here for details: http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...129&Itemid=274

D'oh

[gspain]

Kirin Cup only started in 1992.

We were in the Icelandic Cup in 1986 (don't know if it had a name; ourselves, Iceland and Czechoslovakia). There was also a Brazilian Independence celebration Cup in 1982.

Mini-tournaments are reasonably common still (there was one last week involving Iran, North Korea, Oman and I think Qatar), but they tend to involve smaller nations and be one-off, self-organised things. So it seems the easiest way to get an invite is to start one ourselves.

We lost in the Kirin Cup Final in 1984

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kirin84.html

The Brazilian Independence Cup was in 1972 and we met Portugal, Chile, Iran and Ecuador if I recall correcting winning v Iran and Ecuador and losing the other 2.

We won the Icelandic tournament as mentioned beating the Czechs and the hosts.

[pineapple stu]

So wikipedia was wrong?!

Was it a full national side up against a Japanese collegiate side?

[carloz]

But i thought ourselves and Costa Rica were setting up our own World Cup

[gspain]

So wikipedia was wrong?!

Was it a full national side up against a Japanese collegiate side?

We only recognize the China semi final as a full International but it was a decent squad - Bonner, Anderson, Beglin, O'Leary, McCarthy, Grealish, Stapleton and Walsh.

Eamonn O'Keefe scored v China.