88 v England or 94 v Italy

**shaneker** · 08/05/2008, 11:54 PM

I have to say I have never enjoyed reading a thread on any forum as much as this one. I was only a wee baba in '88 and Italy '94 is the first Ireland game I have any recollection of (my Dad's mate jumping so high he came down and went through the chair!) so Italy has to get my vote, but for people of my age, Germany in Kashima is the highlight, to have worked so hard to get there and be there with five other members of my family as a young lad, and to have turned to my Dad as the clock ticked over 90 minutes and asked 'we're not going to do it, are we?' and think it was all over, the World Cup was ending there in front of me...and then Robbie beat Kahn, in the goal I was stood right behind. The only time in my life things moved in slow motion - I used to think 'yeah, right' when people said that, but it did! The most ecstatic moment of my life.

For you who are lucky enough to remember England, I envy you. It was the first, and sadly we will never be able to experience that again. But the next generation will envy all of us for Robbie's goal in Japan!

**jbyrne** · 09/05/2008, 7:36 AM

[QUOTE=shanekerins;938221]... 'we're not going to do it, are we?' and think it was all over, the World Cup was ending there in front of me...and then Robbie beat Kahn, in the goal I was stood right behind. The only time in my life things moved in slow motion - I used to think 'yeah, right' when people said that, but it did! The most ecstatic moment of my life.[QUOTE]

would you believe some Irish fans at that match were walking down the steps beside me out of the stadium and missed the goal?

why travel half way round the world just to leave early to be first in the queue for the buses back to tokyo that werent leaving for another hour in anycase?

robbies goal was an unbelievable moment

**Emmet** · 09/05/2008, 10:55 PM

I think that, considering what happened before the tournament started, there could well be an argument that Robbie Keane's goal against Germany ranks higher than Houghton's against Italy

**Angus** · 12/05/2008, 7:20 AM

I had the privilege of being in Giants Stadium which was an amazing experience.

One notable incicent in the game - worth watching if you have the DVD. For the first 10 minutes, it looked like Baggio was going to kill us - he was everywhere.

Big Jack rose from the dugout and pointed at somebody and for the next 80 minutes Roy Keane kicked seven shades of s*** out of him.

2 other surreal moments: I had not ticket and went into a bar at MSG - went up to the barman and asked for a ticket - he said stay there and went down the back. I honestly reckon if I had asked for absolutely anything, he would have told me to stay there - elephant ear on a bun ? Hold it there

Our travel agent apparently also got jerked about on tranpsort so he hired a load of old yellow school buses - so a convoy of these things arriving back into Manhattan with about to be drunken guys singing out the windows was good fun....

**Morbo** · 12/05/2008, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by youngirish

Even at half time they still didn't give us much of a hope. Flicking back over to BBC at full time and looking at their faces is a memory that shall forever stay with me.

Haha sweet, don't suppose thee BBC's prematch or post match analysis is on youtube, or any anywhere else on the net is it?

**jbyrne** · 12/05/2008, 2:40 PM

Originally Posted by Morbo

Haha sweet, don't suppose thee BBC's prematch or post match analysis is on youtube, or any anywhere else on the net is it?

i have ITVs with brian clough on a dvd but not a clue how to use youtube

**seanog2001** · 12/05/2008, 2:47 PM

id have to say italy in 1994 for the reason that its the first world cup i can vividly remember the game watching it in the pub and the place erupting i was only 11 at the time but can still remember springing around the pub it was all about the houghton roll for weeks later when you scored a goal classy