Ronnie Whelan - For the bicycle kick against England Euro '88

BossArky · 18-05-2005 3:40pm #1

Give it up for Ronnie Whelan, the haircut, the style, the goal of a decade for Ireland. Surely he demands recognition as a legend of the boards.

Big Ears · 18-05-2005 7:14pm

Yes he does , you should have made it a poll .

Eurorunner · 18-05-2005 9:02pm

Eh, against england?

Dinner · 18-05-2005 9:37pm

No from me. A player scoring a goal in a football match isnt legendary even if it was a bicycle kick. The fact that it was against England is irrelevant.

zAbbo · 18-05-2005 9:39pm

It was against U.S.S.R

19-05-2005 1:02am

Poll posted :~)

hefty_langer · 19-05-2005 7:13am

anyone got a clip of the goal - didn't he get onto it from a Mick McCarthey "Special"??

BossArky · 19-05-2005 8:10am

http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1325481,00.html

That's enough of the legends - Ronnie Whelan's bicycle kick for Ireland against the Soviet Union in Euro 88 also deserves a mention. "Mick McCarthy launched a throw across the pitch for Whelan to jump, scissors-kick and shin it in from outside the box. I'm no good at judging distances but I'd say it was about 17 million yards out," speculates Paul Griffin. Or should that be Paul O'Griffin?

Vote for Ronnie now

MrJoeSoap · 19-05-2005 2:45pm

Ray Houghton vs Italy or Bonner/O'Leary vs Romania might have got a vote but Ronnie Whelan? Naaaah.

Ronnie Whelan - For the bicycle kick against England Euro '88

Is Ronnie Whelan fit enough to be a legend of boards? 22 votes

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