Euro 88 – R. Whelan v. USSR
WC 90 – K. Sheedy v England
WC 94 – R. Houghton v Italy
WC 02 – M. Holland v Cameroon
WC 02 – R. Keane v Saudi
WC 02 – G. Breen v Saudi
Euro 16 – W. Hoolohan v Sweden
Euro 16 – R. Brady v Italy
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Just a traditional way of counting when there's a tie for a position - if neither can be shown to be better than the other but one has to take the fourth spot, vacate the higher spot and list both in the lower one. Still gives a top four, but without a third. The alternative is joint third, moving everybody up a notch but that would be an undeserved promotion.
And if you think that's harsh you should see me grading exams!
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Had to go look at Houghton's again and it's better than I remember to be fair, serious use of his neck muscles! McGeady's trumps all those for me though. Matt Holland against Portugal a candidate too, better than his Cameroon one I think. Keane v Israel from the Reid pass too.
On that note, do we have a list of best assists? Hendrick v Georgia comes to mind (also v Germany actually). Wessi for Brady v Italy. Randolph v Germany trumps all of Packie's!
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I wonder - while there's no actual football on - if there'd be legs in a tournament to see what foot.ie's favourite Irish goal ever was?
A head-to-head thing - Houghton v NI 1989 or Duff v Canada kind of thing, with the winners advancing to the next round.
I might have a look at a few nominees over the weekend. Don't know if there'd be interest from potential voters though?
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91st minute. Route one at it's absolute best, hoof it to the big striker, perfect flick from Quinn, and from there Keanes textbook control and finish. The significance of the goal, that small bit of comfort going into the final game against the Saudis.
Not to mention getting one over one of the top Germany sides in history, in my opinion. Don't forget, apart from the final against Brazil, it was the only other goal they conceded in the entire tournament. That was as good as a win to us.
It might not have been the most technically amazing goal we've ever scored, but certainly one of the best goals I've seen from an Ireland side.
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As a kid, I felt we were deserved finalists. Lost to Spain on penalties while missing a penalty during normal time. Spain get knocked out by the Koreans on penalties, after a tonne of dodgy decisions in the quarters. We were definitely a better side than Korea. Then onto the semis vs Germany. We drew with them, so let's call it a 50/50. Then onto the final against Brazil. And all of that is without Roy!
There's a thread for that though
I don't know how to put in the time tags so that a clip starts at a goal rather than at the start though? That'd be important.
I went back over 2017-2020 there yesterday and picked out a couple of candidates. That was easy though as we've been absolutely wojus in that time, and most goals were balls lumped into the box and headed home...
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I checked to make sure the vote can't be rigged. It turns out you can vote multiple times if you use an incognito window. I just wanted to make you all aware of this in case somebody got confused and voted twice by accident.
Unfortunately i had to cast a dozen or so votes so i could be absolutely sure the information above is 100% accurate.
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An odd thing to say about the World Cup runners-up perhaps, but I always felt that was one of the weaker German sides I've seen, possibly the weakest. They got a dream run to the final and were completely outplayed by USA I remember in the q/finals. Think the were lucky enough to scrape through the semi as well, iirc. They were dreadful by their own standards in the Euro competitions either side of it too. Still, I'd agree that goal should have made the shortlist, certainly ahead of his effort against the Saudies anyway.
That might be it. I can embed links, and I know about that time stamp - but I thought you could embed it with the timestamp, which is awkward if you can't.
Though it's still doable I guess.
Have gone back through the 2010s and picked out a few potential nominations. I'll go back through the video on the post I mentioned before - I think it might be doable, though it'll take another few days to know for sure. I can put out a call for poster nominations too (make sure I don't miss anything obvious) and then decide on a format.
Might take a month to run, but all I'd have to do then is put up a couple of videos every day.
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