20 years since Niall Quinn set a new goalscoring record for Ireland with his 21st international goal in a 4-0 win against Cyprus
Keith O’Neill = = A what, could have been !
20 years ago today
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Last edited by TonyD; 10/11/2021 at 3:35 PM.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Ten years today since the play off win in the first leg against Estonia
Good Lord.
The day I bought my last (current) Ireland jersey. One of the mankier efforts of recent years.
Made it out there but never got a ticket. Good trip though.
I was there and I had no idea it was just 0-1 until the 65th min. What a weekend btw
Friend of mine flew to Latvia, rented a car, and drove to Tallinn for the game!
Yeah, I flew to Riga too (with Bald Student and Student Mullet, late of this forum) but got the bus up instead. It was way cheaper. Flights to Tallinn went through the roof.
Remember being in the mediaeval bar/restaurant and finding a lost credit card. Picked it up and it said "Stephen McGuinness PFAI". Doubtless legitimate travelling expenses were going on it...
I was at a clubs and socs event in (then) NUIM that day. We had the John Hume building to ourselves, and myself and two others took over their massive JH1 lecture theatre to play that game on the projector, which as I recall involved breaking into the lectern.
I was very apprehensive, but Estonia just fell to pieces.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Seeing all the above posts the FAI simply don't deserve us
we had to fly through Copenhagen and wait for 4 hours in their crap airport paying 14 lids a pint!
Five years ago today
First away win against higher ranked opposition in a competitive international since beating Lithuania in 1997
Last edited by tetsujin1979; 25/11/2021 at 5:04 PM.
How is that 5 years ago! There goes your life hope u enjoyed it
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
We were second seeds anyway and they were third - which would make sense given we'd made the Euro 96 playoffs and the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup, beating them home and away in qualifying for the latter.
But they had a half-decent 96 campaign (beat Slovenia/Estonia twice, beat Ukraine away, drew with Croatia at home), and had we drawn this match they'd actually have finished ahead of us in the 98 group (assuming the final round results stayed the same)
So I guess it was our trough (draws v Iceland and Lithuania of course) meeting their peak. Still a bit mad though.
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