UEFA Countries which we have never played competitively

Was reading Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi..._competitively

and came across this list. None a surprise except Greece whom we have managed to avoid all these years

Armenia
Azerbaijan (Billsthoughts is an expert on them)
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Kazakhstan
Moldova

Have we played the Ukraine ?

What about Montenegro or Serbia? There's another couple for you.

PP

Haven't played the Ukraine competitively

We haven't really played competitively against San Marino either

What countries do we have a 100 per cent record against.

http://rsssf.com/tablesi/ier-intres.html

All the results are here I think.

What about Slovenia? We never played them competitively as far as I can remember. Wikipedia sucks the devil's trumpet.

Originally Posted by youngirish

Wikipedia sucks the devil's trumpet.

Have to agree with youngirish, Wikipedia is a load of w@nk when looking for a reliable reference.

I would imagine that there are 10's of teams we haven't played competitively considering all our qualifiers are against European teams (except for Israel) and we have only qualified for 3 world cups. Apart from that we have played a few US Cups and that other cup against Nigeria and Jamaica a few years ago. Unless there was some kind of pre WWII cup I'm unaware of that included the likes of Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Canada, etc.

Would be interesting to know which teams we have never played either competitively or in a friendly.

Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

Have to agree with youngirish, Wikipedia is a load of w@nk when looking for a reliable reference.

I would imagine that there are 10's of teams we haven't played competitively considering all our qualifiers are against European teams (except for Israel) and we have only qualified for 3 world cups. Apart from that we have played a few US Cups and that other cup against Nigeria and Jamaica a few years ago. Unless there was some kind of pre WWII cup I'm unaware of that included the likes of Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Canada, etc.

Would be interesting to know which teams we have never played either competitively or in a friendly.

While Wikipedia is as reliable as Fook, i think its UEFA teams only he's talking about.

Originally Posted by Ireland4ever

While Wikipedia is as reliable as Fook, i think its UEFA teams only he's talking about.

oops that's what I get for not reading the page properly

Anyway I'm sure it has missed a few UEFA countries too.

Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

Have to agree with youngirish, Wikipedia is a load of w@nk when looking for a reliable reference.

I would imagine that there are 10's of teams we haven't played competitively considering all our qualifiers are against European teams (except for Israel) and we have only qualified for 3 world cups. Apart from that we have played a few US Cups and that other cup against Nigeria and Jamaica a few years ago. Unless there was some kind of pre WWII cup I'm unaware of that included the likes of Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Canada, etc.

Would be interesting to know which teams we have never played either competitively or in a friendly.

We played T&T in T&T in '81 or '82, and lost 2-1 I believe. Liam Brady scored the goal, but I have never been able to find T&T's scorers or the minutes, referees, etc. We also played in the Kirin Cup sometime in the 80s, though we played 2 club teams and Japan

Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

I'd love to play against Kazakhstan, that'd be some trip to go on.

Jagshemesh!

Somebody tell Mick Byrne to pour a bottle of gypsy tears on Finnan's knee.

Anyone see the Welsh game - don't think we have played them competitively!

Ireland have never played East Germany.
[And I guess, never will].

Originally Posted by gypsydownunder

Ireland have never played East Germany.
[And I guess, never will].

Fu*k, I don't think we've played Middle Earth either, and, maybe, never will.

Originally Posted by gypsydownunder

Ireland have never played East Germany.
And I guess, never will].

They're listed there as one of the ones we will never play along with Saarland

Hmm.

Please suggest additions to this list

Will Never Play Competitively owing to "countries" vanishing:
E. Germany
Saarland

Might Yet Play Competitively owing to status:
Kosovo
Greenland
Euskadi
Northern Cyprus?
Vatican City
Gibraltar

Existant teams Yet to play Competitively (by my reckoning):
Greece!!!!
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Montenegro
Serbia on their own
Slovenia
Moldova
Belarus
Azerbijan
Armenia
Kazakhstan (recently defected from Asian Football competition)
San Marino

5 Balkan teams (6 if you count Moldova), 5 former Soviet Union (including Moldova)

Do I recall correctly when I think we played against Palestine in a World Cup qualifier once pre-Emergency (whadya mean "War"?), or did they concede the game?

We also played a tournament in Iceland in 1986 that we won under JC (first thing we ever won), and, prior to Glenn Crowe, that was the last time a LOI player togged out (Pat Byrne, AFAIK).

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

We also played a tournament in Iceland in 1986 that we won under JC (first thing we ever won), and, prior to Glenn Crowe, that was the last time a LOI player togged out (Pat Byrne, AFAIK).

Nah, the last before Crowe played in a friendly v Uruguay. Think it was Pat Byrne though (could've been Peter Eccles)

Originally Posted by Dodge

Nah, the last before Crowe played in a friendly v Uruguay. Think it was Pat Byrne though (could've been Peter Eccles)

Blubeard is correct. Pat Byrne versus Czechslovakia was last LOI player capped before Crowe against Greece.

Very disappointed with the last draw for these qualifiers. Too many normal countries!

Draw for the WC qualifiers in January will hopefully give us away trips to any or all of these:

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbailjan, Armenia and Kazakhstan! That would cut down on the leprechaun brigade.


KOH