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Irish Independent
18 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Flashback: How Paul McGrath saved Ireland's blushes as Luxembourg almost derailed journey on rocky road to Euro 88
They are the figures from our past that caused us harm, not all of them famous but names that live on in a special chapter of Irish football history. People like Wim Kieft in 1988, Goran Stavrevski in 1999, William Gallas in 2009, Gerson Rodrigues in 2021, scorers of goals which left a deep mark on the Irish psyche. Armin Krings is almost on that list, omitted only because his goal was a wake-up call for an Irish side on the road to a first major finals and not a fatal blow like Gallas's goal in Paris. Krings only ever scored one goal in his international career with Luxembourg but it had the potential to be a very damaging one for Ireland, as he found the net for in a Euro '88 qualifier against Jack Charlton's team.
Irish Independent
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
How Paul McGrath saved Ireland's blushes as Luxembourg almost derailed journey on rocky road to Euro 88
They are the figures from our past that caused us harm, not all of them famous but names that live on in a special chapter of Irish football history. People like Wim Kieft in 1988, Goran Stavrevski in 1999, William Gallas in 2009, Gerson Rodrigues in 2021, scorers of goals which left a deep mark on the Irish psyche.
