Italia 90

maygitchell · 13-10-2011 01:55PM

joseph brand wrote: »

Put em' under pressure. :pac:

Whod have thought a few years later the IMF would use this as their slogan against us the bastads

Frank Black · 13-10-2011 01:59PM

I can clearly remember the shoot-out between Ireland and Romania at the 1990 World Cup. I was with my family and we were on the Rosslare- Cherbourg ferry bound for a camping holiday in France.

The match went into extra time as the ferry docked at Cherbourg and despite numerous intercom announcements for people to make their way back to their cars for dis-embarking, nobody was going anywhere – this was our first time in the World Cup and nobody wanted to miss it. There were hundreds of people clustered around a couple of (quite small) tv’s and the atmosphere was (not to sound clichéd) electric.

When David O’Leary scored the winning penalty the whole boat went mad – people jumping around hugging strangers etc. I can remember the eventual disembarking of the ferry. Hundreds of cars poured into the port with people hanging out of windows, beeping horns and generally going crazy – how there weren’t any accidents is probably a minor miracle. The bemused faces of the French customs officials in the port only added to the surreal situation. Even now 21 years later it still makes me smile.:)

SeaFields · 13-10-2011 02:01PM

Ah Italia 90....

My mother bought me a cheap Ireland jersey in Dunnes. It said "Bonner" on the back and truth be known I didnt have an iota who he was. I was allowed up to the local bar with my friends and given 20p. It was 10p for a pint of raza. And we gathered as much of the complementary finger food as we could and watched the game. Sorted :cool:

Kerrydude1981 · 13-10-2011 02:01PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24oyz17CSKI

4leto · 13-10-2011 02:03PM

I remember feeling sorry for the barmen, but I will add very grateful as well, doing the nation a great favour. I was in Magnums bar in Oconnel street for the Rumanian penalty shoot out, I was so tense, to distract myself I went to buy a pint. I got the pint and OLeary shot that shot and the whole pint went into the air.

Then the crowd spilled out onto O Connell street in pure bliss, not a car in sight, a wonderful wonderful time.

Chairman Meow · 13-10-2011 02:05PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

I'd side with the Roy Keane school of thought.

You get knocked out of the quarter finals of the World Cup playing ugly football and celebrate as if you won it????? Would the Germans have celebrated that?

*i bet someone mentions Saipan - well he was right there too *

Italy 90 was amazing. We may have only jsut scraped our way through and yes, palyed some ugly football, but it was more about the spectacle and the atmosphere. Wed never palyed football on the world stage before, the whole country seemed to be united, all i remember from back then was everyone seeming to be in a great mood, the cars out on the road beeping their horns, the drama, the songs, amazing time to be around for. I was only 10, but i still remember it and am glad i was there for it.

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 02:06PM

I was 9 during it. I found the Romania shoot out too tense to watch.
I went outside for a stroll around to calm the nerves.
The streets were eerily empty, no cars or even dogs around.

Suddenly, I heard a huge communal roar from around the estate.
I made it back just in time for "YES WE'RE THERE!!!!"

One of those surreal experiences I'll always remember.

Hannibal Smith · 13-10-2011 02:07PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

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.

Who cares how we got there! We got to the quarter finals of the world cup!!! :eek::D

Italia 90 was fantastic, why are people trying to rain all over it? :cool:

Fratton Fred · 13-10-2011 02:10PM

It was a great world cup. I was really hoping for an all England final.

mikemac · 13-10-2011 02:10PM

Was a shocking bad penalty from Daniel Timofte

silvervixen84 · 13-10-2011 02:11PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaj2vONg67I

Dotrel · 13-10-2011 02:11PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It was a great world cup. I was really hoping for an all England final.

Bobby Robson was never gonna get his England team to the final. They just weren't good enough. TBH we'd have had a good chance of making the final with our England team if we hadn't drawn Italy in the QF's.

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 02:13PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Trollface.png

Kerrydude1981 · 13-10-2011 02:16PM

I remember Cameroon beating Argentina in the first game 1 nil and thinking WTF,thats not supposed to happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldss7IDQhQ0

And then Roger Milla dancing

inforfun · 13-10-2011 02:18PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It was a great world cup. I was really hoping for an all England final.

It was a good world cup, not a great world cup.

foxyboxer · 13-10-2011 02:18PM

http://cdn4.spong.com/pack/w/o/worldcupit186044l/_-World-Cup-Italia-90-Sega-Megadrive-_.jpg

:cool:

RonMexico · 13-10-2011 02:19PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTm1g4fxI0

:D:D:D:D

eyescreamcone · 13-10-2011 02:22PM

The place will go mental if we qualify for Euro 2012
C'mon Ireland!!!

Kerrydude1981 · 13-10-2011 02:24PM

The Van got close to what it was really like watching it in the pub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaj2vONg67I

eyescreamcone · 13-10-2011 02:25PM

RonMexico wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTm1g4fxI0

:D:D:D:D

Great times!!!
Remember when the country was like that after a Rugby match!!!

Oh yeah!!! Never!!!

Dotrel · 13-10-2011 02:25PM

Always remembered this montage BBC did for Cameroon. They really were the stars of that dour World Cup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY1EKhCVzx0&t=5m23s

Ruu_Old · 13-10-2011 02:28PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

http://cdn4.spong.com/pack/w/o/worldcupit186044l/_-World-Cup-Italia-90-Sega-Megadrive-_.jpg

:cool:

You couldn't even select Ireland! Good game though.

GAAman · 13-10-2011 02:33PM

4leto wrote: »

Salvatore Schillaci and that sneaky goal,

Will we ever have that again? What was Italia 90 like for you

Well my aunt went to italy at the time (not related to the soccer) and brought me back a nice present of a juventus jersey........guess the name that was on the back. Got a few kickings for that! In fairness i was 8 so did'nt have the cop on not to wear it

Dotrel · 13-10-2011 02:35PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcWfqLnut-g

problemchimp · 13-10-2011 02:52PM

godscop wrote: »

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

I don't dispute he speaks the truth but he's still a miserable knob.

tipptom · 13-10-2011 03:00PM

Fu8kin get to the QF of the WC without winning a game with the team he had,Jack Charlton was one of the most overated managers in football bar none,top of his class for corporate gigs though even if he had to miss out on team talks to catch the filthy lucre.Roy Keane,most overated player for ireland ever,"ooh,Roy clatters Overmars",what a player.Liam Brady,Johnney Giles there was decent players and Irishmen,came home to play every time not stay in Manchester watching cricket.Dunphy was dead right at the time and is still right today about Trappatoni,feckin crowd going ballistic the other night when we won a poxy corner,you would swear we had scored.

StephenHendry · 13-10-2011 03:05PM

was my first tournament i followed proper. was only 5 for euro 88 but have some memories nonetheless. the only downside is that it was best group of players we ever had for this WC and euro 88 and we should have done better. big jack like trap wouldnt allow the players to express themselves, trust them even when we had better players than the england team who get to the semis. we could have won the wc even.

4leto · 13-10-2011 03:11PM

It still ranks as Ireland pivotal sporting moment, it was a time etched in anyone's memory who lived it. I do remember the football, but mainly I remember the united euphoria of that time, I smile as I write this.

Yes I agree PERHAPS we could have done better, but we done good enough, it was the World Cup, the most competitive and coveted sporting achievement in the world. No other sport come close to it for the glory.

Wertz · 13-10-2011 03:13PM

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

To Billy Joel's The Fire

Armin_Tamzarian · 13-10-2011 03:17PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v24UKqJIKm8

Italia 90

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