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Author : Pete Spencer

Just turned 50. Been Supporting Liverpool since 1976 (Paisley's first title). Write a lot about football from days gone by. There's so much available online about football today and over the past twenty years but incidents from the past often get forgotten

Why Wasn’t This Team More Successful?

By Pete SpencerPosted on September 24, 2017Posted in Ireland

The Irish Enigma; Why wasn’t this team more successful? Irish fans south of the border had to wait until 1988 for their first ever appearance at a major international tournament, whereas their neighbours had enjoyed days out in Sweden 1950 and memorably Spain 1982 and Mexico 1986. Arguably, the Republic had the better talent. In […]