Italia 90

kfallon · 13-10-2011 01:40PM

Great days and I was only 11! I can still remember the sick feeling in my stomach when I thought we were gonna lose to England until Sheedy popped up with a belter! The Romania game was the highlight tho, remember me Da throwing me up in the air and then off into town to have a look at all the craic that went on. Great days never to be repeated!

Only downside was me missed Alf

:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpAVt_qIUI

problemchimp · 13-10-2011 01:40PM

Loved every minute of it, in a camper van with the lads pissed from morning 'til night. Best holiday ever, and I've had some good ones since( including honeymoon).

starbelgrade · 13-10-2011 01:40PM

Dan133269 wrote: »

FúCK Roy Keane. He's a cúnt. And on the topic of football and patriotism, he never performed for Ireland anywhere near as well as he played for Man United. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

You may not like Keano, but don't let that blind you to the fact that he was one of Ireland's best midfielders ever.

70 caps for his country, team captain after Andy Townsend & some dogged displays & important goals for the country that helped us reach two World Cup competitions.

If you think Keano never grafted as hard for Ireland as he did for United, you either never saw him play in a green shirt, or you haven't a fucking clue what you're talking about.

Kerrydude1981 · 13-10-2011 01:40PM

mikemac wrote: »

There was an album you could buy and you could collect coins for every nation
Anyone remember these? People would be trading for what they needed
Costa Rica were impossible to get

Gateaux also had a wallchart and gave cards with every cake, I did my best to get the full squad
Plenty of cakes were eaten that summer

Ya I remember that,dont think I collected all the coins,I was too busy collecting World Cup 90 stickers,ended up sending away for the ones I was missing to finish the collection

Dotrel · 13-10-2011 01:41PM

kfallon wrote: »

Great days and I was only 11! I can still remember the sick feeling in my stomach when I thought we were gonna lose to England until Sheedy popped up with a belter! The Romania game was the highlight tho, remember me Da throwing me up in the air and then off into town to have a look at all the craic that went on. Great days never to be repeated!

Only downside was me missed Alf :pac:

Not a problem. You can still catch the episodes you missed on his official website.

problemchimp · 13-10-2011 01:42PM

godscop wrote: »

As Roy would say..What have you won ? anyone who says he never performed for Ireland, knows **** all about football. clueless..

There's no doubt he performed for Ireland but he's still a miserable knob

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 01:42PM

Italia 90 could be paralleled to the celtic tiger bubble years.

Ireland got to the WCQF by scoring just 2 goals adopting a route one approach.

Bonner lobs it forward to the big man and everyone feeds off the scraps while hassling and harrying when the opposition have posession.

Meanwhile Eamon Dunphy became public enemy number one by persistently pointing this out. Dunphy was the Morgan Kelly in the bubble parallel.
People were so irrationally exuberant that they just didn't want to hear or know the cold hard facts.

As for the question of Keane never fulfilling his potential. He'd be the first to admit he's not the most skilled player. He had the requisite skill for top flight football but he was certainly one of the fittest. At United he would simply win the ball and give to the skilled players (Kanchelsis, Cantona et al), the classic playmaker, thus when playing for Ireland he was surrounded by less talented players and this was painfully obvious.

weiland79 · 13-10-2011 01:42PM

Dotrel wrote: »

OP as to your original question, no that vibe will probably never be recaptured here.

I don't know man i think the atmosphere in this country at the moment is ripe for a celebration of epic proportions. Even last week with the rugby squad in NZ you could feel peoples hopes and anticipation rising. I think if we had made it through to the semis we would have been partying like it's 1999 (or 90)
Unfortunatly i think we are going to have to wait a while as there isn't much on the horizon at the moment.

Wattle · 13-10-2011 01:43PM

I remember being part of a 15 man conga line of Irish guys in a bar on Long Island when we put Romania out. The rest of the day is rather hazy.

Wertz · 13-10-2011 01:44PM

That breathy vocal at the start of Put 'Em Under Pressure still sends a chill down my spine...even though I was fairly sick of hearing it 10 times a day back then.
Some really great music that summer too.

Kerrydude1981 · 13-10-2011 01:44PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3GeTQ21nxE

Dunphy hasnt chnged much in his opinion

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 01:44PM

seamus wrote: »

It was pretty much the first time since the creation of the state that any team from this country had gotten up on a world stage of any kind and put Ireland in the top rankings.
Our good show, particularly when we beat England 1-1, for the first time let us think that we weren't just some backwards, backwater minor country, but a country who could actually do things at a global level.

Of course, I was only 8 at the time so I wasn't aware of any of this. All I remember is how fncking awesome that summer was. Heard "Put 'em under pressure" on Today FM the other morning. Brought a big smile to my face.

Anyone who remembers that summer should read Roddy Doyle's "The Van". Good book, but it's set against a backdrop of that summer, great descriptions of the mood of the country at the time.

That's called a draw. :pac:

maygitchell · 13-10-2011 01:44PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

You may not like Keano, but don't let that blind you to the fact that he was one of Ireland's best midfielders ever.

70 caps for his country, team captain after Andy Townsend & some dogged displays & important goals for the country that helped us reach two World Cup competitions.

If you think Keano never grafted as hard for Ireland as he did for United, you either never saw him play in a green shirt, or you haven't a fucking clue what you're talking about.

Hi Roy

im invisible · 13-10-2011 01:45PM

chin_grin wrote: »

Ah nostalgia, it's great isn't it? <stares in to distance>

its not what it used to be...

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-10-2011 01:46PM

4leto wrote: »

Will we ever have that again?

Not likely.

seamus · 13-10-2011 01:46PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

That's called a draw. :pac:

Not here it wasn't

maygitchell · 13-10-2011 01:47PM

im invisible wrote: »

its not what it used to be...

Ah Peig how are you and your life of hardship?

godscop · 13-10-2011 01:47PM

problemchimp wrote: »

There's no doubt he performed for Ireland but he's still a miserable knob

I woudnt say he's a knob, he speaks the truth and people dont like to hear that.

Dotrel · 13-10-2011 01:47PM

weiland79 wrote: »

I don't know man i think the atmosphere in this country at the moment is ripe for a celebration of epic proportions. Even last week with the rugby squad in NZ you could feel peoples hopes and anticipation rising. I think if we had made it through to the semis we would have been partying like it's 1999 (or 90)
Unfortunatly i think we are going to have to wait a while as there isn't much on the horizon at the moment.

Hope you're right.

Also, we might have a chance to party next year. We 'only' have to beat Estonia to qualify for 2012. Tho knowing this team that won't be as straightforward as is looks.

keano_afc · 13-10-2011 01:47PM

I was 11, still remember that from a footballing point of view the entire tournament was awful. Over defensive, Maradona getting kicked all over the shop again, the Cameroonians kicking everything that moved, Klinsmann diving everywhere. To quote Roddy Doyle in one of his books: "we beat England 1-1, lost to Egypt 0-0, and drew with the Dutch".

mikemac · 13-10-2011 01:47PM

Yeah Dunphy was hated at the time
Nobody wanted to hear what he had to say

He said years later his car was surrounded when he arrived back to Dublin airport and there was tense scenes but he managed to drive away ok

4leto · 13-10-2011 01:48PM

LOL
At the England game I actually witnessed grown men bawling their eyes out with pride.

Then from the above clip I remember Dumphy I suppose he became a star because of that competition with his trademark controversial statements.

Its only now I realise he was right, a lot of the credit went to Jack, but when you look at the team we had it was truly a great team, we had world class players.

"ohh ahh Paul Mc Grath Ohh ahh Paul Mc Grath"

starbelgrade · 13-10-2011 01:48PM

maygitchell wrote: »

Hi Roy

Hey Trigger!

kfallon · 13-10-2011 01:48PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

That's called a draw. :pac:

Not against The English it's not :pac:

As for Keane, his performances against Portugal and Holland at home in the qualifiers for WC 2002 were two of the best I have ever seen from an Ireland player, I would say only Paul McGrath in Giants Stadium was better (and even then Keane had some performance that day too)

Fishooks12 · 13-10-2011 01:48PM

I remember waking up and soiling myself, the joys if infancy

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 01:49PM

Dan133269 wrote: »

FúCK Roy Keane. He's a cúnt. And on the topic of football and patriotism, he never performed for Ireland anywhere near as well as he played for Man United. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

Lansdowne. September 2001. Whistle blows. Overmars on the ground. :cool:

kfallon · 13-10-2011 01:49PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

I remember waking up and soiling myself, the joys if infancpuberty

FYP :P

Fishooks12 · 13-10-2011 01:51PM

mikemac wrote: »

Yeah Dunphy was hated at the time
Nobody wanted to hear what he had to say

He said years later his car was surrounded when he arrived back to Dublin airport and there was tense scenes but he managed to drive away ok

While some of ED opinions may be valid how can anyone take him seriously when he comes out with idiotic quotes like "we haven't a hope of qualifying" when just two games stand between us and qualification (against what we now know is lesser opposition)

maygitchell · 13-10-2011 01:52PM

I wonder where KeithAFC was during Italia 90....

joseph brand · 13-10-2011 01:53PM

I'll never forget my Ma jumping off the couch screaming when Packie Bonner saved the peno against Romania and our cat who was sitting behind her freaked out and attacked her. Ahahaha.

Also, there were cars driving round the streets, beeping horns while we all climbed on, shouting and screaming. GREAT TIMES!!!

Put em' under pressure. :pac:

Italia 90

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