Lansdowne memories

In light of us entering a new era..post up some memories from the old ground

Apart from McAteer, it has to be Brady's testimonial against Finland and my first Ireland match

Mark Kennedy's sparkler against Yugoslavia in the Euro 2000 qualifiers...was the winner when we won 2-1...

sham157 wrote: My first ever game (Albania) was probably one of the most exciting days of my life. I was 12 and the whole day from getting up early to get a bus from Monaghan, to racing back to Parnell Square after the final whistle to get the bus home. The sight of the stadium as I approached it. the East Stand was huge to a 12 year old. The climb up the stairs to block US in the Upper East, it seemed like an eternity. Would have loved to have got to stand on the South terrace for a competitive game, but never got the chance.  Games that stand out are against the Pub (3-0) Portugal, Holland, Yugoslavia to name a few. Some great times in the old place and some horrible moments as well. Belgium and Turkey in play offs, Israel (dudu) Spain (3-1).

First game vs Bolivia in 94. Was 9 at the time. After that I was hooked. Only missed 3 games at Landsdowne since due to work/holidays (switzerland when we lost 2-1, Cyprus when we won 3-0 and Australlia when we won 1-0 in a friendly).

Edited by t_rAndy - 20 Jul 2010 at 8:59am

Weser777 wrote: Mark Kennedy's sparkler against Yugoslavia in the Euro 2000 qualifiers...was the winner when we won 2-1...   wotta strike out of nowhere!

This would be my one. Dancing like a loon afterwards.

My 1st game in Lansdowne 1975 against Switzerland 2-1 win, was on the East Terrace was packed as well, was used to the terrace from Dalymount being open apart from the shed end but hadn’t been in that much at that stage so was a new experience being on terrace under the old East Stand and the atmosphere that created, we had a great start for 1976 Euros as well and winning against Switzerland put us in a great position to qualify but sadly missed out narrowly to the USSR.

Was absolutely mad on the terrace in Lansdowne those days god knows how many people were actually in the ground at times, think the highest official attendance was about 55,000 for the 3-2 win over France World Cup qualifier 81 FW was just talking about but was probably a lot more than that in truth, the South Terrace had the most packed crowd at football I remember anywhere that day, great atmosphere though, only other experience I ever had like it was at the Dublin Galway all Ireland final in 83 on the hill, maybe as many as 5000+ above the official attendance that day, could have easily been that many more on the South Terrace that day as well.

Shels V Dundalk in the FAI Cup final 93. It was my 1st ever match and it led to years of joy and then depression supporting Shelbourne

Also getting fecked out in a friendly match because my mates brother kept on pushing me into people

Seeing the legendary Ronaldo, Hakan Suker and Lazio

Shels V Deportivo

Edited by Gouldinho09 - 20 Jul 2010 at 10:19am

Yeah some class players have seen over the years apart from our own. Glad zidane came out of retirement that time so I could actually see him play in the flesh.

this might bring back a few memories...

from about 2:35 onwards..

http://ybig.ie/movie-detail.asp?id=5&nid=45