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Pigman II

I predict a draw .....

SPORT: The Sports Files
Channel: RTÉ 2
Date: Monday 28th February 2005
Time: 20:00 to 21:00 (starting in 6 days)
Duration: 1 hour.
Highlights from RTE's sporting archives. This episode features the 1998 clash between Ireland Under-18s - including Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne and Alan Quinn - and their German counterparts.

eirebhoy

Cheers, should be interesting to look back at a bunch of 17/18 year old's trying to fulfil their potential.

Brian017

Didn't they win that tournament thingy?

eirebhoy

Brian017 wrote:

Didn't they win that tournament thingy?

Yeah, beat Germany on peno's.

rovingrover

Liam George was the great hope of that team - injuries ruined him.

BaZmO*

Good spot Pigman. I'll look forward to seeing that!

B.

Brian017

Was when they beat Italy the U-16 World Cup or European Cup?

rovingrover

Brian017 wrote:

Was when they beat Italy the U-16 World Cup or European Cup?

UEFA U16 championship in Scotland - same year 1998.

Pigman II

rovingrover wrote:

UEFA U16 championship in Scotland - same year 1998.

Funny you should say that....


SPORT: The Sports Files
Channel: RTÉ 2
Date: Monday 11th April 2005
Time: 20:00 to 21:00 (starting in 2 days)
Duration: 1 hour.
Highlights from the sporting archives. This programme looks back at Ireland winning the 1998 under-16 European soccer championships in Scotland, beating Italy in the final.

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Also this might be of some interest given the week that's in it....

DOCUMENTARY: Heysel: The Day Football Died
Channel: RTÉ 1
Date: Thursday 14th April 2005
Time: 22:15 to 23:15 (starting in 5 days)
Duration: 1 hour.
In May 1985 Liverpool and Juventus, champions of England and Italy respectively, had fought through to the European Cup Final. A TV audience of hundreds of millions tuned in for a feast of competitive football live from the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. Instead the night turned into a bloodbath, as 39 Italian fans were crushed to death. This film investigates the actuality of what happened on that night in Brussels, the sequence of events and background factors, and the impact of the event on English soccer.

DOCUMENTARY: Heysel: Requiem for a Cup Final
Channel: BBC 2 Northern Ireland
Date: Sunday 17th April 2005
Time: 21:00 to 22:30 (starting in 8 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
On May 29th 1985, 39 Italian football fans died when a wall collapsed in the Heysel stadium ahead of the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. Despite the deaths, the match was played and broadcast all round the world. To mark the 20th anniversary, this documentary takes some of the victims, players and officials back to Heysel for the first time to confront those ghosts.
(Widescreen, Subtitles)

thejollyrodger

should be intresting to watch. I thought the U16 show was good to watch too. Robbie missed his peno that night:D

KdjaCL

Liam george played for Pats for a while, never once looked like a footballer not even the little pastic ones you get with Kinder eggs.


kdjac

wheres me jumpa

excellent thanks pigman, would have liked to have seen the sports files tonight but missed it,will be watching on thursday though.

perhaps we could make this a permanent fixture, just to keep those of us who never check the tv listings?????

Cianan2

Haha, Andy Reid was real skinny when he was 15!! Funky hair-do too. Miller was good in that match.

thejollyrodger

yeah Miller was solid, aggressive too! i liked the way we stopped the italians threading passes together. Technically we were good too. Well worked set piece , reid did very well for the full game. Kerr looked a bit dodgy in his tracksuit gear though:D

Guy:Incognito

crap, just flicked around to see theres only 10 mins of the heysel thing left, dont suppose anyone taped it?

eirebhoy

If anyone wants to see potential future Irish internationals, the FA youth Cup final is live on Sky Sports. First leg this Monday at 7.30 on SS1. Its Ipswich v Soton. Ipswich have 5 Irish players in the first 11 !!! THe FA youth cup has a very high success rate for producing players. Butt, Scholes, Beckham and Giggs - all previous winners went on to win the Champions league together. 5 of last seasons Boro winning team have gone on to play for the first team (including McMahon and Morrison).

Actually, just read that Billy Clarke will miss both legs. He was one I really wanted to see.

eirebhoy

eirebhoy wrote:

If anyone wants to see potential future Irish internationals, the FA youth Cup final is live on Sky Sports. First leg this Monday at 7.30 on SS1. Its Ipswich v Soton. Ipswich have 5 Irish players in the first 11 !!! THe FA youth cup has a very high success rate for producing players. Butt, Scholes, Beckham and Giggs - all previous winners went on to win the Champions league together. 5 of last seasons Boro winning team have gone on to play for the first team (including McMahon and Morrison).

Actually, just read that Billy Clarke will miss both legs. He was one I really wanted to see.

Well the Irish dominated the scoresheet at least in the first leg last night. It finished 2-2. Cathal Lordan scored the two Ipswich (cracking) goals and Leon Best scored Soton's first (both Irish U-19's). Best usually takes all the peno's but he unselfishly gave the ball to his teammate to make it 2-2 in injury time. Considering the history of previous winners of the youth cup I think the future is bright for the Irish at those clubs.