Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best goal!

**pineapple stu** · 01/07/2020, 5:03 PM

2) Shane Long H v Germany, 2015
Probably the most Irish goal it's possible to score (that doesn't involve a header).

**pineapple stu** · 01/07/2020, 5:03 PM

3) Ronnie Whelan A v Luxembourg, 1987
A slightly less famous Whelan rocket connected with Euro 88! Time is 0:58; time-stamped link is here.

**pineapple stu** · 01/07/2020, 5:04 PM

4) Andy Keogh H v Serbia, 2008
Andy Keogh rescuing a draw in Trap's first game in charge all those years ago. Time is 0:20; time-stamped link is here.

**pineapple stu** · 01/07/2020, 5:04 PM

5) Ashley Grimes H v Spain, 1982
"Que golazo" from a player who would play in Spain later in his career. Probably would look better if the camera had actually caught it better!

**NeverFeltBetter** · 01/07/2020, 5:36 PM

Long (Germany)
Keogh
Long (England)
Grimes
Whelan

**geysir** · 01/07/2020, 6:37 PM

Group L - L for Long

All excellent goals - a dead heat from 2 to 5.

1. Shane Long v Germany, 2015
2. Ashley Grimes v Spain, 1982
3. Ronnie Whelan v Luxembourg, 1987
4. Andy Keogh v Serbia, 2008 - nonchalance extraordinaire
5. Shane Long v England

**Eirambler** · 01/07/2020, 6:59 PM

Group L
1. Grimes
2. Long (Germany)
3. Keogh
4. Long (England)
5. Whelan

**nigel-harps1954** · 02/07/2020, 12:57 AM

Group L:

1. Grimes
2. Keogh
3. Long (Germany) - probably a bit of bitterness since I sold my ticket for that game the day before
4. Long (England)
5. Whelan

**tetsujin1979** · 02/07/2020, 7:48 AM

Don't feel too bad, the guy I went to the Germany game with went to the bathroom and missed Long's goal!

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 7:57 AM

Jump in for an aul vote tets btw! The more the merrier in this one

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 7:58 AM

So it's Gibson and Harte into the knock-outs as Group K concludes. Decent gap back to Duff, Kelly and Brady respectively, but another competitive group all told.

Long and Grimes lead the way in Group L, though Andy Keogh isn't too far behind. Still time to vote though.

The group stages finish tomorrow - so just four more to get through. Group M is up now -

1) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991
2) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
3) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987
5) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999

Videos to come now

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 7:59 AM

1) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991
I always thought there was more pressure in the build-up to this one to be honest. Still a nice finish, even if Motson says he could hardly miss. Time is 8:06; time-stamped link is here.

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 7:59 AM

2) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
A lovely patient build-up and a header fuelled by petty revenge at that official in the yellow cap

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 8:00 AM

3) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
geysir's number 1 choice here, no doubt!

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 8:00 AM

4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987
Quick thinking or bad sportsmanship? The Scots didn't seem too happy with it anyway, but they're not voting here.

**pineapple stu** · 02/07/2020, 8:01 AM

5) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999
A lovely sweeping finish from the edge of the box to leave the keeper completely flat-footed.

**Eirambler** · 02/07/2020, 8:29 AM

Group M

1) Matt Holland A v Portugal, 2000
2) Robbie Keane H v Yugoslavia, 1999
3) John Aldridge N v Mexico, 1994
4) Mark Lawrenson A v Scotland, 1987 - I think the wrong link is up for that - here's the goal:

https://youtu.be/Y2eh7P2NPzI

5) Niall Quinn A v England, 1991

I never knew that the qualification for Euro 88 that started everything for us was built on the back of what was, to be honest, fairly bad sportsmanship for that Lawrenson goal.