QuoteONE ROGER MILLAOriginally Posted by Wolfie
no , down the country , but I'm sure nearly every pub in ireland changed over the period!Was that pub the Submarine?
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
ONE ROGER MILLA
Was he crazy!! Yeah , in a very special way , an Irishman.
I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
I can guarentee there are a couple of pubs here in Laois haven't changed since esb was introduced.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Bit unfair to expect them to have changed in two months.
SIGNATURESCOPE
You'd a great tournament in '90 Roger!!!
You must be about 57 now?
Quoting years at random since 1975
A fantastic piece of writing - was originally called "Republic is a beautiful Word" - actually , wolfie , think you have my copy of that book!!!
"The cat is in it, but it's open - and it's a wild cat"
Only saw this now. I was looking for the article online but couldn't find it. It was from the Sunday Times. Funnily enough Gary Mackay was saying that he got a sh*tload of Xmas cards and Hearts started getting a massive Irish fanbase and when he was on holiday he was always approached by loads of Irish people. Can't really remember the rest of it unfortunately. The article was called "A Night In November" btw.Any chance of a link to that article? Pretty meaningless result for Scotland so not sure how it could have changed his life, unless it was my Christmas cards
There I was thinking I was the only one sending him Christmas cardsNever got one back mind!
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
I was 12 years old at the time and I remember watching Yugoslavia 1 England 4 on ITV which was being played at pretty much the same time as the Scotland Bulgaria game. Then Brian Moore mentioned that Scotland had beaten Bulgaria and that we were through and I went berserk in my front room with my bemused parents and sister wondering what the hell I was doing.
A very happy day.
A lot of people picked up the free "The Charton Years" DVD with a Sunday Tabloid last year.
Stand corrected, but I think the MacKay goal is featured on that.
Quoting years at random since 1975
As I said (sounding like Dave O'Leary these days), I have the full game and panel discussion on betamax tape. I will investigate getting it transferred to dvd and keep you posted.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Great memories on this thread. remember the day well, was 17 years old and in college but as part of the course that year had to do a days work in an office on a Wednesday. Given that I was only working one day a week I couldn't get the time off but was allowed leave at around five to five . Tore down to the 51 on Haddington Road where my oul' lad was watching it and got in with 10 minutes to go. The place was packed. Had just got a pint and found a spot in front of the TV when the goal went in and the place errupted! Couldn't believe it!
Was David Kelly in the studio by any chance? He'd made his debut the night before and bagged a hat trick against Israel at Dalyer. Am sure he was interviewed, congratulated on his debut and told 'Now, you're off to Germany' and he replied that he mightn't make the squad.
The Da made it to Germany but wouldn't take me, the swine! Had to wait till US 94 before I could afford a major tournament after not making Euro 92. Was great watching the Euro 88 games over here though, was up in the fountain on O'Connell St after losing to Holland and there when the team came back the following day, happy times despite being gutted over that late goal....
We should also have been awarded a penalty late on against Holland after Aldridge was shoved in the back in the penalty area. Not sure how many people spotted that one.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Moran had a perfectly good goal disallowed in Paris in that campaign and all, remember watching the match when I was around 10 and the picture went for a few minutes. We still had commentary but the 'goal' went in then and the commentator had no idea why it was disallowed. Can't remember if therte was footage of it after the game. Would have loved to have seen that team at Spain 82, have memories of Argentina 78 but the Spain WC was the first one I watched every game possible, would've been class had we been there.....
Wow - I remember that! We were dancing about the living room to a blank screen when we heard the commentator shout "goal". Took ages to realise that it was disallowed.
Ah the good old days when the reason we didn't qualify was because we always got robbed.
Together with all our hearts.
Kevin Moran was penalised for an alleged foul when he headed the ball down but it was Michael Robinson who scored the 'goal'.
I remember that game between Bulgaria and Scotland . A combination of biased refs and skulduggery had aided the Bulgars in being unbeaten at home in competitive games for something like 20 years before hand. Gary Mackay became an Irish hero that day and the bar he owned in Edinburgh was a pilgrimage site for visiting Irish fans for years afterwards. He was mobbed at the St. Pat's match the following season in Dublin. And was cheered every time his name was announced on the PA. But the same can be said for Daniel Timofte the Romanian striker who missed THAT penalty in World Cup 1990 against Ireland in the Quarter -finals.
Anyway we had more than our share of bad luck over the years but the incompetence of Dave O'Leary away to Poland in the Euro 1992 when two balls he gave away resulted in Poland coming from three-one down to equalising and putting us out despite being unbeaten ranks as the worst luck we ever had.
Our bad luck in qualification pales in comparison to some teams. IN the 1974 World Cup Qualifiers , Belgium failed to make the finals despite being unbeaten and get this FAILING TO CONCEDE A GOAL in the qualifiers. They drew 0-0 home and away with Holland who topped the group.
Last edited by CollegeTillIDie; 17/11/2007 at 6:26 PM.
I uploaded the famous goal:
"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
Great stuff Metrostars.
"......or was it Bulgaria?"
What if the ref had awarded the free kick instead of advantage??
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