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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    50 years today since Liam Brady made his debut, and Don Givens scored a hat trick, as Ireland beat Russia 3-0
    Some observations from my viewing.

    Lots of toilet rolls on the pitch ( probably the " grease proof " versions )

    Steve Heighway doing almost Rory Delap throw-ins.

    Decent amount of fans on top of the roof of the stand.

    A bit of bite in the game.

    It would be nice to have a Giles and Brady now or even one of them.

    I know that QPR had a good team back in those days but perhaps Don Givens was a bit unlucky not to get a chance with one of the bigger clubs !

    Johnny Giles is quite small.

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    30 years today since beating Northern Ireland 4-0, with Roy Keane scoring his first goal for Ireland

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    40 years today since Paul McGrath and Alan Campbell made their debuts for Ireland, in a 2-1 loss to Italy
    All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    40 years today since Paul McGrath and Alan Campbell made their debuts for Ireland, in a 2-1 loss to Italy
    Some great names from the past there ~ Irish and Italian ~ Some of the Italians from the 1982 World Cup win ~ Paolo Rossi died 4 years ago at only 64 years old ~ I thought it was only last year or the year before ~ Time is flying.

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    12 years to the day since the legendary Conor Sammon made his Ireland debut in a 2-0 win over Poland.

    Wes Hoolihan and Ciarán Clark both scored their first Ireland goals on the night

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    Only a young Smolt back in those days !

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    20 years since an opposition player made himself public enemy no. 1
    All goals, yellow and red cards tweeted in real time on mastodon, BlueSky and facebook

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    15 years since Robbie Keane made his 100th appearance for Ireland and Keith Treacy made his debut against Argentina in Aviva Stadium
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    25 years since drawing 2-2 with the Netherlands
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    15 years since the qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 kicked off with a win in Yerevan, Armenia's only loss at home in the qualifiers

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    25 years since drawing 2-2 with the Netherlands
    I know we only drew but it felt like we belonged with the big boys again that night. One of the most aesthetically pleasing games in my Ireland memories.

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    And of course we more than made up for it 364 days later!

    Though funnily enough with a far less impressive performance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkStu View Post
    I know we only drew but it felt like we belonged with the big boys again that night. One of the most aesthetically pleasing games in my Ireland memories.
    Definitely some quality players playing for us that night, and some that lifted their performances for us, I suppose lifted by the quality players that we had back then.

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    20 years since Roy Keane's final appearance for Ireland, in a 1-0 loss to France
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    25 years ago today, Matt Holland scored his first goal for Ireland

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