Sunday, August 4, 2013

Soccer Books, Part Three-Republic of Ireland National team

The best books about the History of the Republic of Ireland National Team.

These are the books I have chosen is:

Book I
‘Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years’
Author: Peter Byrne
Published in 1996.
Written Language: English

This book deals with the History of the Republic of Ireland National team along with profiles of players.
At the back there is every National Team match lineup and details until 1996.
The archival photographs are in black and white.
At the end there’s an index of all Republic of Ireland National team players


‘Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years’ Cover


Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years’ example page




Book II
‘Ireland on the Ball’
Author: Donal Cullen
Published in 1993.
Written Language: English


This book has a description of every match played by Republic of Ireland until June 1993.
Full statistical information is given about each match, with dates, team’s lineups, players club information, etc.
The archival photographs are in black and white.
At the end there’s an index of all Republic of Ireland National team players


‘Ireland on the Ball’ Example page

‘Ireland on the Ball’ Cover





Book III
‘Ireland, The Quest for the World Cup’
Author: Clive Leatherdale
Written Language: English

This book has a description of every match played by Republic of Ireland in World Cup Qualifiers and Finals matches until 1994.
The archival photographs are in black and white.




‘Ireland, The Quest for the World Cup’ Cover


‘Ireland, The Quest for the World Cup’ Example page




Book IV
‘The Boys in Green, THE FAI international Story’
Author Sean Ryan
Published in 1997.
Written Language: English

This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This is a written history of the Republic of Ireland national team with archival Black and White photographs (though not many).



‘The Boys in Green, THE FAI international Story’ Cover


Book V
‘The Team that Jack Built’
Author: Paul Rowan
Published in 1994.
Written Language: English


This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This is a written history of the Republic of Ireland national team during Jackie Charlton’s tenure.


 
‘The Team that Jack Built’ Cover

Book VI
‘Gifted in Green’
Author: Adam Ward
Published in 1999.
Written Language: English

This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book has a profile of every Irish International since 1951.


‘Gifted in Green’ Example page


‘Gifted in Green’ Cover



Book VII
‘Ireland's Greatest-60 years of Football heroes’
Author: Dean Hayes
Published in 2006.
Written Language: English

This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book has profiles and career statistics of Irish Internationals with Color and Black and White Photographs.


‘Ireland's Greatest-60 years of Football heroes’ Example page

‘Ireland's Greatest-60 years of Football heroes’ Cover




If any one knows of other books pertaining to this topic, please do not hesitate to leave a post.

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