I'm wrong about it being my first memory of Ireland playing so, I thought that game came before Italia 90, which I remember watching.
I'm mixing it up with Slaven's debut game.
There was another game against Wales played in Tolka; Kevin Sheedy's last game. Finished 2-1 in early 1993. Can't remember if there was an orange ball though. Would that be the one?
Info from post 174 here might help
Yep (except for the Liam O'Brien free kick bit) - details here.
I remember Ronnie Whelan being subbed on and odd; might be the only time that's happened in an Ireland game? Probably the first anyway, given you need to be able to use two subs for it to happen, and that didn't arrive till relatively recently.
What's the story with Coyne for McLoughlin on 0 minutes? A very early injury, or an injury in the warm-up? That's not usually marked as a sub though. Or is it just a typo?
I'm sure there have been players who were subbed on and then got injured in recent history. It would be strange if it hadn't happened over the hundreds of internationals since substitutions were brought in.
Just on that, I remember in the 80s when Bulgaria were our nemesis in terms of WC qualification, and two Irish players and and two Bulgarians were sent off for fighting. One of the Irish players had just come on to the ground when he got his marching orders.
Edit:
Just found this website which gives great info on such incidents.
http://www.soccer-ireland.com/footba...ccer-facts.htm
Last edited by gastric; 17/06/2013 at 4:23 AM.
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