What is Ireland's greatest 1-1 victory?

Or all the drink hidden on Mondeo beach in Palermo when the drinks ban was on.. although there were plenty of Irish fans drunk at that game who hadn't a clue what the score was.

There should be a ban for mentioning that game on here!

I would love to be able to explain it with words, but I can't! It was time-wasting and cheating that's beyond explaining! I'll go to his funeral!

I think he was a bit of a pantomime villain, in what was one of Ireland's most notable failures in an international match.

In June 2005 we were well primed to attend the following year's World Cup in Germany, although we had suffered a momentary lapse of concentration in Israel a few months previously, which resulted in us drawing a game we should have won. In the return game, Ireland were 2-0 up and coasting, only for Robbie Keane to get injured, and management to decide to take him off for Graham Kavanagh and set up as a 4-5-1. Israel equalised before half time, and what resulted was an Irish onslaught in the second half, which Duda repelled consistently.

It would have just been annoying, only for the fact that with a few minutes left he struck Andy O'Brien, on the ground, and as O'Brien turned around Duda put his hands to his face as though he was hit by O'Brien. Duda should have been red carded, but instead he stayed down clutching his face, and O'Brien was sent for an early bath. Duda then was on the pitch long enough to make a rather impossible save to keep the game at 2-2.

We failed that night, but Duda's actions were unacceptable and he probably shouldn't have been on the pitch to make the final save.

Regardless, he was an absolute ****. That behaviour was, and is, unacceptable on a football pitch. 

Oh yeah, absolutely.

I was just giving the full context of the game. And I agree that it was probably a game and outcome that boiled my blood a little more than most.

I voted for the Dutch game in 1990 as it sent us through to the next round.  There was a plane on the tarmac at Palermo airport ready to take the squad home that night.  

The 2002 Germany game was a first major tournament for many and the draw was crucial.  There was still work to be done and Cameroon only winning 1-0 the following day was also very important.  Loads of Irish at that of course roaring on the Saudis.  

One game that gets forgotten but meant a lot at the time was the 1-1 draw in Paris in 1973.  It was at the time the biggest travelling support we ever brought to continental Europe.  Mick Martin scored a late equaliser after we fell behind late on.  Qualification hopes for West Germany actually ended that night   but it was a sign that things were improving.  It was before my time but I spoke with fans who were there and it was a significant result at the time along with the home win the previous November.  We came really close to qualifying in the next two campaigns under Johnny Giles   

The biggest 1-1 defeat was of course in Skopje in 1999.  It remains the worst moment I've experience following the national team.  Seconds away for qualifying against a depleted Macedonian side.  

The **** deserves to have his name wrong! The others are ****s we care about!