That defeat and the one against Yugoslavia is one of the reasons people of a certain age have a bit of disregard for Mick Mac. We never attempted to match them and sat back for the whole game. I know it's the last minute, but there is no pressure on the centre-half. Kenny, who was very solid for us, looks very poor for this goal. Technique is fantastic.
That's the one I always think of, great player, the John Egan of the Portugal team most underrated player, great goal.
Those goals are nothing alike :-)! The first is terrible, but the Icelandic is a good one to give credit where it's due.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Too much pain in this this thread. There's no thing such as 'memorable stunners' scored against us, though plenty of memorable misses.
Henry's goal at Lansdowne looked spectacular, probably a fluke.
In fairness a great strike technically....
A cracking goal, in fairness to the lad. 31:34 or so on the video.
That was Robbie's second appearance or something, wasn't it? I remember the chants of Keano as I left the stadium, Roy having missed the game due to Alex Ferguson. Veron's performance that day is probably the best non-Roy performance I've ever seen in person. Ortega was on another level too. That side could have won the 98 World Cup were it not for Bergkamp.
DeLorean beat me to that Rui Costa effort. Smashing player with a rare elegance to his game. I used to go out of my way to watch him during the 90's & 00's.
Suker's first touch for that goal was God level. He basically smited us.
Looking back, we did seriously well to get out of that one, given the atmosphere and importance of the game a lesser side mentally could have easily folded. It's not often mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Stuttgart, Genoa, Giants Stadium, Ibaraki* or even the Holland game at Lansdowne but it's well up there for me. The night was extra special because we were the only home nation** side to qualify. I don't mean that in an anti-English way either, just gave a greater sense of achievement to the whole thing, plus we had the European Champions in our group, England had previously unfancied Norway topping their group.
*I couldn't remember the name of the place where Robbie got the late equaliser. Kind of sad that Saipan is lodged in the brain more than Ibaraki
**I know, I know
That Croatia game was seriously painful only to be topped a few days later with the Macedonia game. Great touch by Sukur but very poor from a centre half (Cunningham i think) to let a ball from that far away loop over his head.
Forgot about that Iceland game. One of those games where you went from despair to ecstasy to despair to ecstasy etc.
That Ortega goal was some finish.
The French game under Kerr wasnt as poor as the Cyprus and Swiss game that followed. We matched them for most of the night and cancelled each other out. We didnt create much but either did they. The Henry goal was a real sickener. Little did we know what was to come from him.
We seemed to score alot of set piece goals under Mick Mc. Not something we have been so good at of late. God bless the good ole big man up front tactic.
Great thread.
Martinez's goal for Andorra in the last qualifying campaign was a cracker, I thought. First time, edge of the area, top corner. Sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPIY1DAokEI (1m 43s in)
He meant it of course! Peace International '99...
The one thing this thread proves is just how sh!te Shay Given was!
McLoughlin's goal was almost as good as Quinn's technically. The chest-down, the bounce, the left footer from 20 yards. Great win considering the pressure to get a point and also atmosphere at Windsor Park that night.
Was anybody here at WP that night? What was it like? (I was at the Landsdowne pub in the Bronx)
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"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
gspain was I think (well, he's at pretty much every game in fairness)
Andorra's goal against us in Landsdowne in the last campaign at 1.40
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