Republic of Ireland Senior Football
Team Results 1995 to 1999
For the previous ten years Jack
Charlton had presided over a golden era of Irish
soccer results and performances. After more than 60 years of of frustration
and failure Charlton led the Republic of Ireland soccer team to three
major football championship finals in less than ten years. During that
time opposing national teams found it very difficult to deal with the
direct playing style of the Irish team. The Irish soccer fans did not
seem to mind that playing style was not too pleasing on the eye; it was
the results on the pitch that mattered. In fact the work rate of the players
endeared the team to the nation.
The Rise of the TV Soccer Pundits -
John Giles & Eamonn Dunphy
The Charlton era with the Irish soccer
team also witnessed the rise of the cult of the Irish TV soccer
pundit and the post-pundit program, Apres Match. Two soccer
pundits emerged at the time and have outlasted Charlton, namely Johnny
Giles and Eamonn
Dunphy. During the 1990 World Cup Finals a war of words broke out
between Dunphy and Charlton over the Irish performance against Egypt.
Dunphy had been hugely critical of the style of play and the approach
adopted by the Irish team during the match. Pundit
Eamon Dunphy decried the results of the Irish team because he hated
the style of play.
On another occasion Charlton refused to
accept questions from Eamonn Dunphy, an accredited journalist, at an official
press conference. There was no love lost between the two men but Dunphy
has subsequently built his career as a soccer pundit by being controversial
and indulging in some outrageous outbursts.
The End of Jack Charlton's Reign as
Irish Football Manager
After a somewhat patchy performance in
the group stages, including a disastrous 0-0 result with football minnows
Liechtenstein, the Republic of Ireland reached a play-off against Holland
for qualification
for the Euro 1996 Finals. At Anfield Road the Irish were completely
outplayed by an excellent Dutch side that won more comfortably that the
2-0 result suggests. This match signaled the end of the Jack Charlton
love affair with Republic of Ireland soccer.
Mick McCarthy Appointed as Republic
of Ireland Manager
One of Jack Charlton's favourite Irish
players, Mick McCarthy
was appointed as his successor as manager of the Irish team in February
1996. McCarthy inherited a old and tired squad of players. He set about
rebuilding a new squad by bringing in young and untried players. Players
of the calibre of Damien
Duff and Robbie
Keane emerged. Somewhat unexpectedly McCarthy also introduced a new
style of play to the team and the old Charlton up and at 'em football
style was consigned to history. To his credit Mick
McCarthy took the Republic of Ireland soccer team to two successive
play-offs in the qualification
campaigns for the 1998 World Cup Finals and the Euro 2000 Finals.
The results were very close with Ireland losing out by the odd goal in
five against Belgium and on the away goals rule against Turkey.
Republic of Ireland Match Results 1995
to 1999 (inclusive)
| Home Team |
Result
|
Away Team |
Date & Venue |
Competition |
| Ireland |
1:0 (1:0)*
|
England |
15/02/1995 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:1 (0:0)
|
Northern Ireland |
29/03/1995 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:0 (1:0)
|
Portugal |
26/04/1995 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Liechtenstein |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
03/06/1995 Eschen-Mauren |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:3 (0:0)
|
Austria |
11/06/1995 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Austria |
3:1 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
06/09/1995 Vienna |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:1 (0:0)
|
Latvia |
11/10/1995 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Portugal |
3:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
15/11/1995 Lisbon |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
0:2 (0:1)
|
Netherlands |
13/12/1995 Liverpool |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
0:2 (0:1)
|
Russia |
27/03/1996 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Czech Republic |
2:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
24/04/1996 Prague |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:1 (0:0)
|
Portugal |
29/05/1996 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:2 (1:2)
|
Croatia |
02/06/1996 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Netherlands |
3:1 (1:1)
|
Ireland |
04/06/1996 Rotterdam |
Friendly Match |
| USA 2:1 |
2:1 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
09/06/1996 Boston |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:2 (1:1)
|
Mexico |
12/06/1996 New York |
Friendly Match |
| Bolivia |
0:3 (0:3)
|
Ireland |
15/06/1996 New York |
Friendly Match |
| Liechtenstein |
0:5 (0:4)
|
Ireland |
31/08/1996 Eschen-Mauren |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
3:0 (1:0)
|
FYR Macedonia |
09/10/1996 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Iceland |
10/11/1996 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Wales |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
11/02/1997 Cardiff |
Friendly Match |
| FYR Macedonia |
3:2 (2:1)
|
Ireland |
02/04/1997 Skopje |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Romania |
1:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
30/04/1997 Bucharest |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
5:0 (3:0)
|
Liechtenstein |
21/05/1997 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Lithuania |
20/08/1997 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Iceland |
2:4 (1:1)
|
Ireland |
06/09/1997 Reykjavik |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Lithuania |
1:2 (0:1)
|
Ireland |
10/09/1997 Vilnius |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:1 (0:0)
|
Romania |
11/10/1997 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:1 (1:1)
|
Belgium |
29/10/1997 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Belgium |
2:1 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
15/11/1997 Brussels |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Czech Republic |
2:1 (0:1)
|
Ireland |
25/03/1998 Olomouc |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:2 (0:2)
|
Argentina |
22/04/1998 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Mexico |
23/05/1998 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:0 (2:0)
|
Croatia |
05/09/1998 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
5:0 (2:0)
|
Malta |
14/10/1998 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Yugoslavia |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
18/11/1998 Belgrade |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:0 (0:0)
|
Paraguay |
10/02/1999 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:0 (0:0)
|
Sweden |
28/04/1999 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:1 (0:0)
|
Northern Ireland |
29/05/1999 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:0 (1:0)
|
FYR Macedonia |
09/06/1999 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:1 (0:0)
|
Yugoslavia |
01/09/1999 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Croatia |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
04/09/1999 Zagreb |
Euro Qualifier |
| Malta |
2:3 (0:2)
|
Ireland |
08/09/1999 Ta'Qali |
Euro Qualifier |
| FYR Macedonia |
1:1 (0:1)
|
Ireland |
09/10/1999 Skopje |
Euro Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:1 (0:0)
|
Turkey |
13/11/1999 Dublin |
Euro Qualifier |
| Turkey |
0:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
17/11/1999 Bursa |
Euro Qualifier |
Scores in parentheses are half-time scores
/ *Match abandoned after 27 minutes due to rioting by English
fans
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