A shock result… to say the least..
Right then, who are you? [3-2 against Spain??? - Ed]… and what have you done with the other Northern Ireland football team?
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“There’s only one team in Ireland”.
Well done to the boys in Green.
1982 repeated!
A great day.
Fantastic result after Saturday’s debacle (and Iceland got stuffed tonight too!)
I was convinced the team had turned the corner and hoped Saturday was an aberration – let’s hope that’s so.
A fantastic third goal by
HealeyHealy [D'oh!], slug.Great one touch lob, straight from the keeper’s pass ;o)
Indeed, that goal was great. What a star.
Great stuff!
If we had to get get 3 points from two games this is probably the way I would choose
From a Republic of Ireland supporter, Well done those lads; an absolutely spanking result!
Dear god, it blows that group fairly open doesn’t it!
A great match to watch. I must admit I thought they’d get spanked tonight after Saturday’s result.
I thought Sanchez got a raw deal from many northern fans and the media after Saturday’s result. Many seem to have forgotten the impressive job he has done pulling significant results out of a team consisting of many players in the lower leagues of football.
It’s a bit of an aside, but I wonder did the role of favourites on Saturday weigh too heavily on the shoulders of the team?
In any case, well done to the team and their supporters. And I probably speak for many when I say I’d like to see similar spirit- and managerial guidance- from the Republic’s set-up in the games to come.
btw, How come Healy hasn’t been signed up by a Premier league outfit yet? It really is a bit of a mystery, when you consider his international goal scoring record.
Fantastic result for the boys in green
Well done
On the eve of the first anniversary of another great result as well !
from a roi supporter:
wonderful wonderful wonderful…
any truly patriotic irish person could only rejoice at this result…
and great to see that sea of green…
Good result – well done to the players.
“any truly patriotic irish person could only rejoice at this result… ”
I guess I’m not a true patriotic irish person then.
I would have rejoiced if Slovakia had managed a draw.
Healy has a better contract with Leeds than he would expect to get from one of the Premiership sides who would actually be interested in him.
I am a Republic fan but love to see Northern Ireland win too. Unlike Robin Livingstone, the Andersonstown News editor, who said this time last year that he hoped England beat Northern Ireland. Shame on him. I wonder if suspicion has since fallen on his republican integrity. If it hasn’t, it should.
Heros, every one of them.
Pride, Passion, Belief.
What an occassion.
Wonder if Tesco’s still fancy a game?
Good night.
Robin Livingstone and republican integrity??!!
He has made it quite clear in a remarkable article in Daily Ireland that united ireland has no interest for him… and his so called humorous column is nothing but cheap sectarian humour…
Maybe like Lenny Murphy he never got over name he inherited…
Great result (against a terrible Spanish side it has to be said). That said all credit to the players and management who clearly had a point to prove and did so in style.
How come Healy hasn’t been signed up by a Premier league outfit yet?
Err, ask any Leeds supporter…
Los ojos de mina han visto que la gloria del espana 82..
cuando es poca Irlanda del Norte el mundo qué podríamos hacer ..
ahora el lawrie es el líder y venía después de que usted ..
y éste sea lo que cantamos…
no somos el Brasil que somos Irlanda del Norte
no somos el Brasil somos Irlanda del Norte
no somos el Brasil somos Irlanda del Norte
pero es todo el igual a mí
Brilliant night
Great result for Irish football in which all Irish men can take pride
I would have rejoiced if Slovakia had managed a draw.
Cahal
It does make it more or less simple, though. 6 points in October or we can pretty much forget about qualification.
The Slovaks losing at home so decisively makes it probable that the Czechs will turn them over at home in similar manner (granted, though, that previous results aren’t always a foolproof guide.)
All of which means its down to ourselves, the Welsh and the Czechs for second, as the heartless Germans (13 goals is a bit much….) don’t look like being caught.
I think the fixtures will help us in this regard. Taking three points from Cyprus next month (a difficult task, I know, after our last visit there) brings up the crunch match with the Czechs at home. Victory- or even a draw there-, followed by six points from the San Marino games, will lead into the crucial back-to-back home games with Wales and Slovakia.
If the team is suffering from a lack of confidence and direction, then these fixtures are about as good as could be hoped for to enable the time to overcome those problems.
Been checking the north’s fixtures as well.
Next month involves a trip to Denmark. Taking anything from that game would spark real hopes of a qualification dogfight, particularly as they would fancy themselves to claim successive victories thereafter against Latvia (home) and Leichtenstein (away.) All of which would bring up a crucial game against the other group heavyweights, Sweden, scheduled for Belfast in March.
Interesting times ahead for all in Irish football…and I haven’t even mentioned Derry City yet(!)
Yes John, I’m sure you’re very proud when the republic beat decent teams (as long as it isn’t Wales, Scotland or England).
From the BBC online coverage
It also says “It should be a good night for publicans in Ulster”
Cahal,
ffs grow up… there are two teams in ireland both avowedly partitionist… only logical thing to do for any patriot is to support both or neither…
much more life affirming to support both and your “local” team when we have to play eachother..
and leave jeb alone…he is every bit as irish as you are…
I came onto this link expecting the usual nonsense of one side supporting the team and another side ranting about sectarianism.
Its nice that tonight we can all get behind the team and as a diehard NI fan I hope the ROI win their next match, there is room on this island for two football teams.
Superb result and what a hat trick. As the fans keep asking on the Leeds football forums why the hell does Blackwell play Healy as a winger?!?
I’m telling you I saw Jimmy Quinn run, people sez I am mad but I knows what I saw.
Away in a Manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head
The stars in the bright sky looked down were HEALY
HEALY
HEALY
HEALY
HEALY
Fair play.
dub
“ffs grow up… ”
Can you be more specific please? I am struggling with my knees already and don’t fancy adding any more years to the tally.
“there are two teams in ireland both avowedly partitionist… ”
Any Irish person can play for the Republic. The northern team is limited to 6 counties.
“only logical thing to do for any patriot is to support both or neither…”
Patriot? dub, it’s a soccer game. Men kick a ball with their feet into a big net. Patriot?
“much more life affirming to support both and your “local” team when we have to play eachother..”
Setting aside the fact that watching either team is hardly life affirming… you want me to support the north against the Ireland team? Catch a grip.
“and leave jeb alone…he is every bit as irish as you are… ”
JEB has made it clear elsewhere that he will support his fellow British teams ahead of the Republic team. His allegiances will always lie with the British ahead of his fellow Irish men. Fair play to him. Not very ‘patriotic’ according to your own criteria though dub.
“and leave jeb alone…he is every bit as irish as you are… “
except he is British.
Anyhow fantastic result, fantastic crowd (I especially enjoyed the Gibraltar flag waving!)
Any tickets for Copenhagen out there?
Do ROI fans not know that N.Ireland fans No 1 hate is ENGLAND. Well, certainly among the unionist fraternity. Others like me, GAA and all that, probably hate ROI more. But sure, that just reflects general opinion in the North.
Cahal
You are right but I have never been one of those Unionists patronisingly waiting to be cured of an identity crisis – I know exactly who I am – Irish and British with the latter deriving from my choice to pull my sovereignty in a greater Union of these Isles.
I am not an Irish separatist though and therefore my first loyalty lies to the others within the Union as it should.
After that I do delight in the diversity of the Irish and I wish the ROI well in every endeavour.
Success for any Irish team raises the profile of the Irish all round as most people dont know the difference.
I delight in the success of the Celtic Tiger too because it is good for the entire Island’s economy.
Patrique
speak for yourself mate
John you have made it clear that it’s hos before bros.
Oh well.
This NI fan generally supports England (and, for that matter, RoI) against other opposition, a far from unique position.
Just as well no Irish people attended. Methinks that when the make belief statelet (or country “NI” – or province “Ulster”) win a match then it’s time for Irish people to stay away from the infamously sectarian Village area where the little pitch that epitomizes Orange sectarianism play real international countries. Sure it wasn’t long ago that the Orange scum were riding up to the Falls and trying to murder all they could see before returning to the Village to support their little team. I remember one occasion when they attacked the Rock Bar, before we gave them their marching orders and a good kick in their orange asses to boot. Ah! Those were the days. There is nothing more therapeutic than putting an Orange fascist in his place, be it with a kick in the ass or six foot under. Sometimes I wonder what this cessation is all about….we were kicking ass afterall. Beirfidh Bua!
Ciaran
Go to bed
Cahal
I dont see the English, Scots and Welsh as my “hos”.
Ciaran
You are one sad, twisted and bitter individual.
N.Ireland fans support England? What world do you live in. They spent 18 months planning to slaughter any BNP types daft enough to come to Windsor last year. You have to remember that old Loyalist “we are the people bit” who absolutely detest some bastard from England coming over to their domain to tell them what to do.Maybe I don’t hang around with the real middle class Norn Ireland fans, but at grass roots level, you’d be safer in a Kerry jersey than an England jersey on the kop.
Patrons of the Rock bar couldn’t kick a serious drinking habit let alone ass.That’s how I knew that Ciaran was a wind up.
Just kidding John.
Go on, treat yourself to a chuckle.
Just back from The Apartment, where I was lucky enough to congratulate Healy and shake his hand.
364 days since we beat England. Happy days…
Went to Windsor Park on Sat. Never dreamed this would happen…
YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
How can there be a better night than that?
Just perfect.
Fair play to you ‘dub’ for your 1050 comment!!
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THERE’S ONLY ONE TEAM IN IRELAND. Thank God for the North , otherwise I would suffer their crap forever. I actually watched the norrth’s match and it was like the Ireland of old, bolloxs the performanace, immortal is the performance. As a Paddy abroad I hope and salute our disfunctional family.
LONG LIVE THE NORTH, the only part of Ireland which gives me leverage over the med!
Fuk you brits ireland unfree will not help a good team become a great team and qualify and do something in world football
hmm becaue ROI have done sooo much fo world football??? you are full of crap my dear friend! n.ireland have arguably produced the 3 finest resulst from this island, and thee best player! go back to bed! heely, heely, heely
Fantastic stuff! Especially given the abysmal performance against Iceland. To bounce back from that and beat Spain with three class goals…..
Next job is to see if David Healy has a granny from Cork….
Seriously though, congrats folks!
Great Result.. Well Done NI.
Maybe like Lenny Murphy he never got over name he inherited…
Maybe he never got over the 14 year old sister he had murdered.
“n.ireland have arguably produced the 3 finest resulst from this island, and thee best player!”
Firstly, congrats to NI on a fabulous result. I was awoken at 4:23 by a belfast friends singing something inaudible, and spouting the lunacy that ‘theres only one team in Ireland’ (YAWN). Nevertheless the team should take a well deserved bow.
Spice Girl your comment above troubles me. Three best results? The best player (I persume you’re taking about GB, born in Belfast but made in Manchester, I would argue). Apart from the 1982 Spain win, there’s not many results that would qualify… compared to what we did in 1988, 1994?
2-1 to the Republic I’d say.
Again well done, stoked for my northern pals.
We’ll give you Steve Staunton and Robbie Keane for Sanchez & Healy.
We’ll throw in Monaghan as well.