Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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?
Pete Baker @ 07:05 PM
“There’s only one team in Ireland”.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:17 PMWell done to the boys in Green.
1982 repeated!
A great day.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:18 PMFantastic 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.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:19 PMA fantastic third goal by <strike>Healey</strike> Healy [D’oh!], slug.
Great one touch lob, straight from the keeper’s pass ;o)
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:20 PMIndeed, that goal was great. What a star.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:21 PMGreat stuff!
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:24 PMIf we had to get get 3 points from two games this is probably the way I would choose :)
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:25 PMFrom a Republic of Ireland supporter, Well done those lads; an absolutely spanking result!
Dear god, it blows that group fairly open doesn’t it!
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:28 PMA 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.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:43 PMFantastic result for the boys in green
Well done
On the eve of the first anniversary of another great result as well !
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:49 PMfrom 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…
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:50 PMGood 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.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 08:59 PMHealy 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.Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:02 PMHeros, every one of them.
Pride, Passion, Belief.
What an occassion.
Wonder if Tesco’s still fancy a game?
Good night. :-)
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:07 PMRobin 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…
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:10 PMGreat 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…
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:12 PMLos 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 míPosted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:14 PMBrilliant night
Great result for Irish football in which all Irish men can take pride
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:17 PMI would have rejoiced if Slovakia had managed a draw.
CahalIt 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(!)
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:23 PMYes John, I’m sure you’re very proud when the republic beat decent teams (as long as it isn’t Wales, Scotland or England).
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:24 PMFrom the BBC online coverage
2220: The Northern Ireland team return to the pitch for a lap of honour and are welcomed by the stadium announcer bellowing: “You are the best fans in Europe and this is the best wee team in the world.” The players are being serenaded by a singalong to Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”. Sensational scenes.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:26 PMIt also says “It should be a good night for publicans in Ulster”
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:33 PMCahal,
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…
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:36 PMI 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.
Posted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:37 PMSuperb 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
HEALYPosted by on Sep 06, 2006 @ 09:59 PM
