Beachcomber, That win over England at Goodison Park on the 21st September 1949, was Englands first defeat on home ground by a foreign side, the Repuplic won 2-0, scorers, Co Martin[pen] and Peter Farrell. The team, Godwin, Carey, Aherne, W Walsh, Martin, Moroney, Corr, Farrell, D Walsh Desmond and O`Connor.

I remember rushing home from school that Wedensday afternoon to hear the second half on our old Ferguson Wireless, when my two elder brother returned from work that evening they took some convincing that this gather-up Irish side had beaten an England team which included the great Tom Finney and Wilf Mannion, that was a a one off, we had to wait until 1988 before we repeated that win when Ray Houghton`s goal did the trick in Stuttgart in the European Championship.

We certainly need to amalgamate, like all of our other sorts team, but Soccer will prove too difficult for the reasons stated earlier.