On This Day
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Topic: On This Day
Posted By: planning
Subject: On This Day
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 11:28am
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2002: Russia 4-2 Ireland, Moscow The first game of the 2004 EC campaign, saw Ireland concede 4 goals in a competitive game for the first time since 1985. 5,000 Irish fans travelled to see the game, and like all earlier visits to Moscow, the result was the same. Brendan Menton later described it as one of the most badly organised games he had ever come across, and the trip itself had it's fair share of issues. But Moscow is a fascinating city, and once you got past the headwrecking bureaucracy, it wasn't a complete write off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTc9s1Fx30c" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTc9s1Fx30c |
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Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 11:32am
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I think I prefer yesterdays date when we played Russia. ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: baresi41
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 1:03pm
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yes. It was a disaster from the players & fans point of view. Some lads were picked up by police for not having a passport.. they wanted €100 or $100. Other lads got hassle on tubes, and a few lads from town got badly beaten outside Mc Donalds.. Food was crap ------------- FRANCO BARESI: Always supporting the green brigade |
Posted By: greengooner
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 2:44pm
 I remember the hammering well.....!!------------- Platini are you listening You'd better keep your trophy glistening Cos we'll be over next year To drink all your beer, Walking in an Irish Wonderland. |
baresi41 wrote:Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2012 at 9:47pm
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2007: Slovakia 2-2 Ireland, Bratislava Another low point of the 2008 campaign. Not only did we lose 2 leads, and 2 points in the last minute, but the coach named a suspended player on the sub bench. Fortunately he wasn't used, and we got to keep the paltry point we picked up, which made qualification for the tournament an hour across the border the following summer, even more uphill. As for the trip itself, it rained when we got there, it rained some more while we were there, and continued to fall almost until ko. It was a bandwagon trip, but some of the fans came out of the Square with a bit more damage than just a few pints. A thoroughly miserable trip in a bland country from beginning to end. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2012 at 11:19pm
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1981: Holland 2-2 Ireland, Rotterdam After the result against Belgium, Ireland needed a win over a Dutch side in transition. We got a point from our final away game of the campaign. 1987: Ireland 2-1 Luxembourg, Dublin After sell outs in the earlier home group games, just 18,000 turned up for the visit of the bottom side in the group. They took the lead after half an hour only for Stapleton to equalise two minutes later. A draw looked the most likely outcome until McGrath volleyed home a late winner. It kept the campaign alive for the visit of Bulgaria next month. 1993: Ireland 2-0 Lithuania, Dublin On a grey, wet late summer afternoon, two goals in half an hour won our fourth game in a row, and set up nicely the visit of Spain next month, as Lithuania's first UEFA campaign came to an end. With the game over as a contest, Jack asked the players to ease up in the second half, and not pick up any bookings ahead of the Spain game. In theory, it was a smart move, in practice, it could have been better. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2013 at 11:32pm
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1993: Ireland 3-0 N. Ireland The Derby was over with 3 early goals in a comprehensive victory, in a key game in the successful qualification bid for USA 94. One of the other highlights was a poignant minute silence to commemorate all the victims of the conflict, a proper minute silence, not the few seconds applause at games now. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: DG80
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2013 at 11:51pm
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didnt staunton score direct from a corner in that one.
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Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2013 at 11:07pm
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1987: Bulgaria 2 - 1 Ireland Jack Charlton's first competitive defeat in rain-soaked Sofia. To rub it in, the winning goal came from a penalty for a foul well outside the box. It was Ireland's third defeat in three, and the latest diabolical error given against us in Sofia. The place may not have changed an inch since, but we got a historic point on our next visit in 2009. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2013 at 11:00pm
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1997: Macedonia 3-2 Ireland, Skopje More penalties against us, orange shirts, McAteer's karate skills, all in one. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2013 at 12:07am
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2011: Ireland 2-0 Macedonia Skopje Robbie Keane had a Macedonia for the right reasons as we collected our first win in Skopje. After the tears of 99, two first half goals kept us on course for the European Championships, knocked the home side out, and saw their coach eventually replaced by John Toshack. Our fans tickets were 1000 times more expensive than the home fans, but we were the ones going away singing from Skopje at the end of the evening. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2013 at 11:58pm
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1990: Ireland 1-1 England. Sardinia ....."and Sheedy shoots"..... ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: tony grealish
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2013 at 8:15am
One of a couple of posts on this thread where you've managed (what is for you, anyway) the unprecedented feat of making a post without whining like an embittered aul wan. Congratulations chief!  ------------- ''I've had a rough night and I hate the f**kin eagles, man!!'' |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2013 at 11:41pm
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1990: Ireland 0-0 Egypt, Palermo Pen-gate ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 10:46am
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18th June 1994, Giants Stadium, New York Rep of Ireland 1 - 0 Italy. ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Steve Amsterdam
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 11:13am
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Another great Ray Houghton Day Reddladd!! ------------- Molly Malone's pub- The home of YBIG in Amsterdam! |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 12:42pm
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Just got a text from my Dutch pal. Simply said ; 25 years ago today, Wim Kieft ! Bastard !!! |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 12:58pm
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Van Basten offside the prick..... ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 1:07pm
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Italy beat us 2-0 in Poznan last year ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 2:55pm
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1998 Ireland u18 beat Germany 4-3 on pens after a 0-0 draw to win the European u-18 Championship |
Posted By: greenforever
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 3:04pm
------------- I know nothing :-) |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 3:33pm
I thought it was 1-1 ? Jammy Germans equalised in last min ? |
Posted By: nvidic
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 3:49pm
it was indeed, dunno why i stuck in 0-0 |
Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 3:59pm
A great summer for Ireland and Brian Kerr  ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: PaulMcGrath5
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 4:28pm
| Amazing time, thought Barry Quinn was going to play for us for years. |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 4:44pm
Remember watching it in the pub on rte and the Germans scored in like 92nd min and I thought 'typical fecking Germans'. Very untypical of them to lose a shootout of course. Poor fella's probably never recovered from it. |
Posted By: El_nino
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 5:17pm
| Remember watching it as a young fella. Game was shown live on RTE IIRC. |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2013 at 5:22pm
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Remember watching the peno shoot out in an Irish Bar in Cologne ! |
Posted By: PhilliyK
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2013 at 10:54am
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12 years ago today ------------- 1312 |
Posted By: St.Pauli Reloaded 2
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2013 at 11:09am
 and the Ref was ? ------------- In Martin and Roy we Trust ! |
Posted By: Peter Farrell
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2013 at 4:27pm
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Been searching the forum looking for a thread on that famous
day in New York in 94 and can’t find one.
Anyone know if there is one? Would
love to read people’s memories of that day.
I finished my leaving cert the Tuesday before and flew out on the
Friday. All a blur now but remember the
heat and staying in the Novotel just off Times Square. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 10:21am
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17:10 Irish Time 26 years ago, another campaign is about to end on goal
difference, and Jack Charlton is about to get the sack. Then... ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 10:42am
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Never get bored looking at that. Bulgaria had a couple of chances after MacKay scored which would have completely changed the history books. The line between success and failure can be very thin sometimes! ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 10:49am
| Legend. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:16pm
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I know Charlton was on the golf course and didn't watch it as he thought it was unlikely Scotland would win. was that live on Irish tv lads seeing as Hamilton is commentating? ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:20pm
Took a half day from work and adjourned to a local hostelry more in hope than expectation. Tge boys in the studios were like fans at the end, champagne flowed. ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:25pm
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In work, rang brother must have been 87th minute, no score we're fcuked. Heard nothing from brother in next ten mins so assumed its over. Then my mates Da rang him and that was it straight to the pub. Two of us dancing/singing walking across the road everyone thinking we were mad. Only one car beebed his horn in celebration. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:27pm
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Is that Giles and Maurice Setters celebrating in the studio when MacKay scored? Was that studio in the stadium or back in Dublin? ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:37pm
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2 years since the away leg in Estonia today? Feckin 14 hours to get there and couldn't get a ticket. ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Guf10
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:38pm
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What a day that was ------------- 2 in a row, 2 in a row, 2 in a row |
Posted By: Gaillimh Abu
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:45pm
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Great day. Remember watching it on RTE at the time and racing outdoors when McKay scored. Fair play to the ref for playing advantage in the lead up to the goal. Shortly after the goal one of the Bulgarians took out McKay with a filthy tackle, dunno how he didnt at least see yellow. ------------- To try and fail is understandable but to fail to try is inexcusable |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:51pm
Jack watched it when he could. He got a phonecall to tell him the news while he was watching a recording of the game. England's must win qualifier in Yugoslavia got obvious priority in the UK. England were 4-0 up by half time and duly qualified. Bulgaria went into transition afterwards and didn't make another tournament until someone gave the ball away in Paris 6 years later. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:58pm
you're right actually.I'm mixing the story up with Fergie who was on the golf course when United won their first league in 26 years  .It was on that Charlton documentary on you tube------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: theheff1989
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 2:07pm
| Two years on since that great night in Tallinn. Brilliant night. |
Posted By: daboi89
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 2:09pm
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Jaysus 2 Years. Dublin-Stansted-Stockholm-Tallin Molly Malones Tallin -Oslo (40 euro cheese burger and Chips)-Stansted-Dublin
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Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 3:32pm
Yes both games kicked off at 3.30 on a Wednesday. Those were the days. Possibly the last time that the last day of qualifiers werent syncronised. |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 3:53pm
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 3:56pm
Helmut Kohl Gary MacKay
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Posted By: deise316
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 4:43pm
Am I recalling it correctly, was Michael Lyster in the studio for that game ?? Distinctly remember him tearing up a sheet of notes he had written on the latest 'hard luck Ireland' story live on air. ------------- Picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue..... |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2013 at 5:15pm
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Small glimpse of Gilesy and lads after I scored ; http://youtu.be/YifGTfAAJs4 |
Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2013 at 10:19am
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2009 Thiery Henry had a trial for the Harlem globetrotters ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2013 at 12:42pm
 ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2013 at 10:04am
No relation to the German Chancellor at the time. The ref was from Austria. Meanwhile; 2011: Twenty four years later, Ireland are back in the European Championship draw in Palats Sportu, Kiev. As among the four weakest nations in the draw, we're one of the first names out of the bowl, and fate duly puts us in to bat against 3 of the world's top 10 sides. Dunphy is excita and delira, Trap is upset at drawing Italy again, while it's time for the fans to search Skyscanner. The rest is history. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2014 at 3:03am
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2007: Ireland 2-1 San Marino The day Staunton went to Serraville, telling everyone that he wanted three points for his first away win as Ireland coach, and that San Marino would get better and better as the group went on. He duly got his three points against the bus drivers, even though it took 94 minutes to get them. The winner was the 27th goal they had already conceded in the campaign. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: RogerMilla
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2014 at 7:08am
had a feeling it was around now, great trip , pants performance , YBIG really started taking off then.
------------- The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2014 at 10:28am
He didn't say that did he? ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2014 at 10:35am
Only did a 1 night trip for that but was a good one alright ! |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 6:37pm
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1989: Ireland 2-0 Malta 25 years ago, John Aldridge scores his first competitive goals as we qualify for the World Cup for the first time. Elsewhere, Denmark lose in Romania allowing Germany to squeeze through as best runner up in a 4 team group by beating Wales. Thousands of liberated East Germans travel to Vienna hoping to see their side qualify for the World Cup. However Austria beat them 3-0 and qualify instead. Romania got to the second round of the World Cup. West Germany went on to win it, and East Germany never played a competitive game again. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: Ibaraki
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2014 at 6:42pm
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1997 Belgium 2 Ireland 1 It rained hard that night in Brussels. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2014 at 8:31pm
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Not Ireland related. 1989: In the days before 24 hour football coverage, football fans considered this essential viewing before the weekend's action. Saint and Greavsie was the Football Focus of it's day, and arguably better too. 25 years ago today, this episode was aired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmF57QSHVCM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmF57QSHVCM As this show was going out on air, the revolution to depose Nicolae Ceaucescu began in Timisoara, Romania. 1 week before, Ireland were the final side drawn out at the World Cup draw in Rome. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2017 at 5:01pm
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1987: Bulgaria v Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YifGTfAAJs4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YifGTfAAJs4 ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2017 at 5:04pm
 ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 5:04pm
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1989: Our first World Cup draw. https://youtu.be/UTnyBu6A9ZU" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/UTnyBu6A9ZU Ireland section https://youtu.be/yAH11L8QXj4" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/yAH11L8QXj4 Reaction https://youtu.be/hKyyXZ9fhhw" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/hKyyXZ9fhhw ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2018 at 2:39pm
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1993: The 25th anniversary of the 3-0 home win for WC 94. No goals here though. This marks the 25th anniversary of something else. https://youtu.be/a0JhZ-qBtWI" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/a0JhZ-qBtWI |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 1:19pm
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https://www.facebook.com/FAIreland/videos/1186295394722538/ One of the best away trips. 
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 1:22pm
9 years ago Jaysus  My first away trip and concur absolutely cracking trip |
Posted By: Drumcondra 69er
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 1:39pm
Great trip. Night before was epic. Was dying the day of the game. Flight out of Bari to Pisa the next day before connecting on to Stansted and finally home, absolute ride of death! Noel Hunt still trying to claim the goal, no doubt! ------------- Blog: http://afalsefirstxi.blogspot.ie/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI Twitter: @afalsefirstxi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afalsefirstxi/" rel="nofollow - A False First XI |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 1:43pm
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The cops trying (unsucessfully) to stop the bars selling booze on the afternoon of the game ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 1:46pm
I met him and Ian Harte out in Galway a few years back and he was still adament it was his goal. Sound fella but was very bitter about it. Wasn't expecting him to go into that much detail about it . Looking at the goal again it looks like he initially kicks it before Robbie follows up to finish it. ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 2:27pm
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Can't believe that was 9 years ago. It was my first away trip and definitely my favourite away trip. Got lost outside the stadium and finally found my way to the section I was meant to be in. Unfortunately for me, I didn't realise everyone was in the middle of a minute's silence (I think it was for the stand collapse in the Ivory Coast) so walked out blowing an air horn. Was quickly told to shut the f*ck up and get to my seat ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: 9fingers
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2018 at 8:15am
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Faroe Islands 1- 4 Ireland Great day trip checking my watch while starting to feel fairly drunk and realising it wasn’t even midday |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2018 at 12:12pm
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Falling asleep in the jacks in the pub and waking up twenty minutes before kick off... ------------- 
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Posted By: darmack
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2018 at 12:56pm
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Storm Ophelia ------------- The dark side.. And the light |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 3:51pm
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Yesterday marked the last game in charge for Mick McCarthy back in 2002 after two losses in the opening games for Euro 2004 qualifying |
Posted By: LO SCIENZIATO
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 4:54pm
best day ever
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Posted By: mandrake
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 4:59pm
yeah we got brian kerr... that was brilliant  ------------- Come on Irelind |
Posted By: LO SCIENZIATO
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 5:01pm
he walked into a poison chalice after the state McCarthy left things
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Posted By: tetsujin1979
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 5:27pm
------------- All goals, red & yellow cards posted on https://mastodon.ie/@irish_abroad" rel="nofollow - mastodon and https://www.facebook.com/irishfootballstatisics" rel="nofollow - facebook |
Posted By: 50%lesssugar&salt
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 6:21pm
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We were pretty hot when it came to friendlies though!!
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Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 2:25pm
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1989: Ireland 3-0 N. Ireland The country shuts down for the 1pm ko. Our first win against them puts us 2 points clear of Hungary with one game remaining next month in Malta. While the point for Spain in Budapest puts them into the World Cup, ahead of the return game in Seville next month. Both games ko at 3pm local time, and we have to lose in Malta, with a 6 goal swing in the two games, to miss out on the competition next summer.
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Posted By: Fitz
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 3:27pm
Clown ------------- 
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Posted By: armahibee
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2019 at 3:56pm
| Also we beat the rock 7-0!!!! The glory years |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:05am
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Halcyon days compared to our most recent outings against them. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |