Foot.ie decides - Ireland's best goal!

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Group B

1st) Aiden McGeady A v Georgia, 2014
2) Steve Staunton H v USSR, 1990
3) Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2004
4) Ray Houghton N v England, 1988 (iconic but not a great goal visually)
5) Andy Townsend H v Northern Ireland, 1993
6) Robbie Keane N v Nigeria, 2009 (Nigerian defenders didn't look like they were trying too hard)

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Group C

1st) Ronnie Whelan N v USSR, 1988
2) James McClean A v Wales, 2017
3) Kevin Sheedy N v England, 1990
4) Robbie Keane N v Saudi Arabia, 2002
5) Keith Andrews N v Italy, 2011
6) Kevin O'Callaghan H v Malta, 1983

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Group C:

1. Whelan
2. Andrews
3. Keane
4. McClean
5. Sheedy
6. O'Callaghan

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So around two hours left in Group B, and it's very tight between McGeady, Keane (Holland) and Stan.

Group D will be up around 6pm, featuring the oldest goal in the competition.

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Full time on Group B so -

McGeady v Georgia (48)
Robbie Keane v Holland (45)
Stan v USSR (42)
Houghton v England (26)
Townsend v the North (23)
Robbie Keane v Nigeria (21)

(This counts osarusan's lone vote for Stan as 1 vote. To give it as 6 and 0 for the rest would change the standings alright - but to count the number of top two votes each received, it was 7 for McGeady, 6 for Keane and 5 for Stan - so I think it is fair that McGeady and Keane are the 1/2)

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So Group C is still open, and Group D is now up. We have -

1) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
2) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
3) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
4) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
5) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
6) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007

Videos to follow now.

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1) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
A nice bit of individualism in the oldest goal in the competition.

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2) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
One of the highlights of a frustrating campaign - and another goal which we stubbornly failed to defend in the end...

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3) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
Even the (Canadian?) commentator knows this is a great goal. Time is 0:13; time-stamped link is here.

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4) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
The precursor to the 8-0 win - a last-gasp backheel winner on a pitch of stones and broken glass (apparently)

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5) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
The start of John Byrne's best-ever season I'd say - he also scored in every round of the FA Cup (except the final) in this season. This one had us with one foot in Sweden for a while...

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6) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
He's available still apparently! Time is 0:28; time-stamped link is here.

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Group D

1st) Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
2) John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
3) Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
4) Liam Brady H v France, 1977
5) Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005
6) Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983

[Eminence Grise]

Group A
(Later than a slow walking race between Ian Harte and Mick McCarthy, but just for the record.)

1. Kevin Doyle A v Slovakia, 2007
2. Liam Miller H v Sweden, 2006
3. Glenn Whelan H v Italy, 2009
4. John O'Shea A v Germany, 2014
5. Niall Quinn A v Wales, 1991
6. Robbie Brady A v Bosnia, 2015

Group B
(Postal vote for fun, not counting.)

1. Steve Staunton H v USSR, 1990
2. Robbie Keane A v Holland, 2004
3. Aiden McGeady A v Georgia, 2014
4. Robbie Keane N v Nigeria, 2009
5. Ray Houghton N v England, 1988
6. Andy Townsend H v Northern Ireland, 1993

Group C

1. Ronnie Whelan N v USSR, 1988
2. Kevin Sheedy N v England, 1990
3. Keith Andrews N v Italy, 2011
4. James McClean A v Wales, 2017
5. Robbie Keane N v Saudi Arabia, 2002
6. Kevin O'Callaghan H v Malta, 1983

Group D

1. Liam Brady H v France, 1977
2. Robbie Keane H v Israel, 2005
3. John Byrne A v Turkey, 1991
4. Stephen Ireland H v Wales, 2007
5. Frank Stapleton A v Malta, 1983
6. Clinton Morrison A v Israel, 2005

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Better late than never Mr Grise!

Your votes in A and B wouldn't actually have changed the final results, although it would have squeezed things up tighter still in Group B.

Ronnie has a 100% record in Group C, and James McClean is the slight surprise in second place at the moment.

[osarusan]

Group C: Whelan versus Russia.

Group D: Keane versus Israel.

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Group D - D for death

1. Liam Brady 1977
2. Robbie Keane 2005
3. Stephen Ireland 2007
4. Frank Stapleton 1983
5.John Byrne 1991
6. Clinton Morrison 2005

[SkStu]

Group D is definitely the toughest so far.

Keane
Brady
Byrne
Stapleton
Morrison
Ireland

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C
1. Whelan
2. Sheedy
3. McClane
4. Andrews
5. O'Callaghan
6. Keane

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Bit behind but...

Group B:

1. Keane v Nigeria - feels like such a novelty for an irish time to string 10 passes together
2. Stan the man - short run up free kicks are a unique beauty
3. Keane v Holland - maybe Robbie’s best goal?
4. McGeady - love this goal. Watching it assumed it was gonna be No.1
5. Houghton - in its own way, it’s my favourite
6. Townsend - nice goal but amongst good company