Republic of Ireland Senior Football
Team Results 1980 to 1984
Eoin Hand Appointed Irish Football Manager
Following the resignation of John
Giles as manager of the
Republic of Ireland national team manager former international Eoin
Hand was appointed in his place. As qualification
for the 1980 European Championship Finals was beyond the team his
first challenge was to qualify
the Irish team for the 1982 World Cup in Spain. In a very tight group
that included Holland, France Belgium and Cyprus the Irish finished in
third place. There were just two points between the Dutch in fourth place
and Belgium who won the group.
Poor 1984 European Championship Qualifying
Campaign
The qualification
campaign for the 1984 European Championship Finals was nowhere near
as tight. Despite a record 8-0 result over Malta at Lansdowne
Road (now the Aviva
Stadium) in Dublin, Ireland failed to impress in the group matches.
The only point that the Republic garnered against the bigger teams in
the group was from a 3-3 result in Dublin against Spain. Ireland finished
a poor third behind Spain and the Netherlands.
Eoin Hand Manages Ireland for Third Qualifying
Campaign
Demonstrating a measure of tolerance unheard
of in the current soccer environment Hand was given a third opportunity
to manage the Irish team through qualification
campaign for the World Cup Finals in Mexico in 1986. Despite a September
1-0 result over the former Soviet Union in Dublin in the first qualifying
match, 1984 ended poorly with away losses to the Scandinavian pair, Norway
and Denmark. The latter was a particularly heavy 3-0 defeat. The writing
was on the wall for Eoin Hand in terms of his career as manager of the
Republic of Ireland.
Republic of Ireland Match Results 1980
to 1984 (inclusive)
| Home Team |
Result
|
Away Team |
Date & Venue |
Competition |
| England |
2:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
06/02/1980 London |
European Qualifier |
| Cyprus |
2:3 (1:3)
|
Ireland |
26/03/1980 Nicosia |
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:0
|
Switzerland |
30/04/1980 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:1
|
Argentina
|
16/05/1980
Dublin |
Friendly
Match |
| Ireland |
2:1 (0:0)
|
Netherlands |
10/09/1980 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:1 (1:1)
|
Belgium |
15/10/1980 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| France |
2:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
28/10/1980 Paris |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
6:0 (4:0)
|
Cyprus |
19/11/1980 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:3 (1:2)
|
Wales |
24/02/1981 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Belgium |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
25/03/1981 Brussels |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
3:1 (1:0)
|
Czechoslovakia |
29/04/1981 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Poland |
3:0 (2:0)
|
Ireland |
24/05/1981 Bydgoszcz |
Friendly Match |
| Netherlands |
2:2 (1:1)
|
Ireland |
09/09/1981 Rotterdam |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
3:2 (3:1)
|
France |
14/10/1981 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Algeria |
2:0
|
Ireland |
28/04/1982 Algiers |
Friendly Match |
| Chile |
1:0
|
Ireland |
22/05/1982 Santiago |
Friendly Match |
| Brazil |
7:0
|
Ireland |
27/05/1982 Uberlandia |
Friendly Match |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
2:1
|
Ireland |
30/05/1982 Port of Spain |
Friendly Match |
| Netherlands |
2:1 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
22/09/1982 Rotterdam |
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:0 (1:0)
|
Iceland |
13/10/1982 Dublin |
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
3:3 (1:1)
|
Spain |
17/11/1982 Dublin |
European Qualifier |
| Malta |
0:1 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
30/03/1983 Ta'Qali |
European Qualifier |
| Spain |
2:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
27/04/1983 Zaragoza |
European Qualifier |
| Iceland |
0:3 (0:2)
|
Ireland |
21/09/1983 Reykjavik |
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:3 (2:0)
|
Netherlands |
12/10/1983 Dublin |
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
8:0 (3:0)
|
Malta |
16/11/1983 Dublin |
European Qualifier |
| Israel |
3:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
04/04/1984 Tel Aviv |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:0
|
Poland |
23/05/1984 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| China PR |
0:1
|
Ireland |
03/06/1984 China |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:0
|
Mexico |
08/08/1984 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Soviet Union |
12/09/1984 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Norway |
1:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
17/10/1984 Oslo |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Denmark |
3:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
14/11/1984 Copenhagen |
World Cup Qualifier |
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