This was the first match my dad took me to see. I was 9 but remember the evening well. It was actually on 8th September 1976. I still have the programme.
I remember this game because being 8 years old at the time , it was the first time i was allowed to stay up late on a school night to watch a night game.
I'm not sure of the complete stats between England & the Republic but in my lifetime the English always seem to have a problem beating them.This was a brilliant England side and they failed this night.The Irish have big hearts & they never give up.Great game.
In my lifetime I can only remember Ireland losing once. I recall several 1-1 draws, and I include the Lansdowne riot one where Ireland were winning 1-0 and good value. I remember this match /\ for it being, I think Charlie George's only cap (criminally - and he was substituted) and Terry Conroy's giant white bandage.
@@Dermot2927 I remember Ireland losing 2-0 to england in 1980, Keegan scoring both goals, and also losing again in a friendly 2-1 in 1985, both games at wembley. But overall our record v England is very good. And of course we are the first country to have beaten England on their own soil way back in 1949 2-0.
I saw him play in that famous game against the USSR at Dalymount - absolutely tore them apart. But 34 caps and no goals says it all (though he had one infamously disallowed in Sofia by a corrupt referee, which stopped us going to Argentina). The fact that this was against England maybe spurred him on.
It appears it was Giles who scored the disallowed goal against Bulgaria in June 1977. Heighway only made the cross that led to Giles' goal. Please google "foot ie bulgaria ireland 1977" for an interesting discussion of that match. For some reason, I'm not able to post the link myself.
@@josegaston1257 Gerry Armstrong y Martin O'Neill jugaron con Irlanda del Norte. En este partido jugaba la República de Irlanda, el equipo del lado sur de la frontera que separa Irlanda en dos países.
I remember watching this live on telly as an 8 year old, it was the first Ireland game I ever saw. Every young fella on the street packed into the 1 house with the BBC, the place went fuckin' wild when Daly equalized. C.O.Y.B.I.G !!
Ireland back then were like Wales (up til recently!) They had some world class players (Heighway Liam Brady Stapleton as Wales had Giggs Hughes James) but always failed to qualify for any tournament until Jack Charlton came along. Might have been a psychological thing-or plain bad luck- but Brady and Co I really would have liked to have seen at the World Cup. The list of greats that never played in a WC is quite large
@@infrasleep Ireland were unlucky not to qualify for the 82 world cup in Spain, questionable refereeing decisions away in Paris and Brussels put an end our hopes.
I've lived in the UK for 40+ years and I don't take exception to people making errors such as this - there's probably a lot about English history I don't know. I know when malice is intended, but it's usually just lack of knowledge. There was an old postmaster I used to visit, and after a match he'd always ask "How's Irish Free State got on?" in all seriousness (at least he remembered which part of the island I was from, which a lot of people struggle with!). The TV people always used to call it Eire too, to distinguish it from Northern Ireland, which always, during the Home Internationals for example, would be referred to as "Ireland".
@@Dermot2927 It's actually not an error. Eire is not 'the freestate name' but only came into force in 1937. Arguably the correct name for the country as Irish is the first official language of the state. Ireland only known as Republic of Ireland in football terms due to FIFA insisting they adopt this name when both North and South contested the 1950 World Cup...
@@dazza4345 And what exactly does that digression have to do with Richard Sharpe´s point that the Irish performance merited a win that evening? Please stick to the topic of the thread...
Nice to Charlie get his cap , Gordon Hill hàd more skill than the rest of them put together but àppŕeñtĺy he could Never shut the cluck up - it would do ya head in BLIMEY great lad great player should have played ag Italy in Rome wcq which I m thinking was are next match , I no he was Hard cos he was from round Millwall's manor lol .
