November
17, 1993
Northern
Ireland 1-Republic of Ireland 1
World
Cup Qualifying-Group 3
Venue: Belfast-Windsor Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ahmet
Cakar (Turkey)
Goalscorers: (Northern Ireland): James
Quinn 73rd
(Republic of Ireland): Alan Francis
McLoughlin 76th
Lineups:
Northern
Ireland:
1-Thomas
James Wright (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) [18 / 0]
2-Gary
James Fleming (Barnsley Football Club / England) [24 / 0]
3-Nigel
Worthington (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England) [47 / 0]
4-Gerald
Paul Taggart (Barnsley Football Club / England) [24 / 5]
5-Alan
McDonald (Queens Park Rangers Football
Club-London / England) [43 / 3]
6-Malachy
Martin Donaghy (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) [87 / 0]
7-Kevin
James Wilson (Notts County Football Club-Nottingham / England) [36 / 6] (15-Kingsley Terence Black
(Nottingham Forest Football Club / England) [29 / 1] 82nd )
8-James
Magilton (Oxford United Football Club / England) [18 / 4]
9-James
Martin Quinn (Reading Football Club / England) [37 / 8]
10-Phillip
Gray (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) [7 / 1] (13-Iain Dowie (Southampton
Football Club / England) [21 / 2]
72nd )
11-Michael
Eamonn Hughes (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France) [14 / 1]
Coach:
William Laurence Bingham
Booked:
Nigel Worthington 20
Team
Captain: Alan McDonald
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro
Uniform
Colors: Green Shirts, White
Shorts, Green Socks
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(Northern
Ireland and Republic of Ireland squads)
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Republic
of Ireland:
1-Patrick
‘Paddy’ Bonner (Celtic
Football Club- Glasgow / Scotland) [69 / 0]
2-Joseph
Dennis Irwin (Manchester United Football Club / England) [24
/ 1]
3-Terence
Michael Phelan (Manchester City Football Club / England) [18 / 0]
4-Alan
Nigel Kernaghan (Manchester City Football Club / England) [9 / 1]
5-Paul
McGrath (Aston
Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) [63 / 7]
6-Roy
Maurice Keane (Manchester United Football Club / England) [19 / 0]
7-Andrew
David Townsend (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham /
England) [41 / 4]
8-Raymond
James Houghton (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England) [56 / 3] (14-Alan Francis McLoughlin (Portsmouth Football Club / England) [15 / 1] 70th )
9-Niall
John Quinn (Manchester City Football Club / England) [43 /
10]
10-John
William Aldridge (Tranmere
Rovers Football Club / England) [56 / 13] (12-Anthony
Guy Cascarino (Chelsea
Football Club-London / England) [46 /
11] 81st )
11-Edward
John Paul ‘Eddie’ McGoldrick (Arsenal
Football
Club-London / England [9 / 0]
Coach:
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (England)
Booked:
Terry Phelan 15
Team
Captain: Andrew David Townsend
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: White Shirts, Green
Shorts, White Socks
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Photo
From: http://www.the42.ie/alan-mcloughlin-extract-ireland-northern-ireland-black-humour-1760676-Nov2014/
(Republic
of Ireland squad)
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Notes:
-Match
number 293 for Republic of Ireland and number 425 for Northern Ireland
-This
was the 6th meeting between the nations.
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous on Republic of
Ireland soil, and the previous Republic of Ireland victory was the first leg of
these World Cup Qualifiers in Dublin on March 31, 1993 that the Republic won 3
to 0.
Northern
Ireland players: Tommy Wright, Donaghy, Worthington, Taggart, McDonald,
Magilton, James Quinn, Black, Dowie, Gray and Hughes and Republic of Ireland
Players: Bonner, Irwin, McGrath,
Phelan, Houghton, Keane, Townsend,
Niall Quinn, McGoldrick and Cascarino
were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Kingsley
Black and Cascarino came on as a substitute in both matches.
Townsend
and Niall Quinn scored in that match.
Alan
McDonald and Townsend skippered the sides for this match as well.
-The
previous match between the nations, in the same stadium was another World Cup
qualifier on September 14, 1988 that ended in a scoreless tie.
Northern
Ireland players: Donaghy, Worthington, McDonald, James Quinn, and Black and
Republic of Ireland Players: Aldridge, McGrath, Houghton and Cascarino
were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Alan
McDonald was booked in that match.
Both
Managers were still in charge of their respective teams.
Mal
Donaghy captained Northern Ireland for that match.
-The next match between the nations, as well as
the next match at the same venue and Republic’s next victory would be a UEFA European Championship
qualifier on November 16, 1994 that ended in a 4 to 0 Republic
away win.
Northern
Ireland players: Fleming, Worthington, Taggart, Kevin Wilson, Magilton, Dowie,
Hughes and Gray and Republic of Ireland Players: Irwin, Aldridge, McGrath, Keane, Townsend and Niall
Quinn were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Aldridge,
Keane and Townsend scored in that match.
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Republic’s previous victory was another World Cup qualifier on October 11, 1989
in Dublin that they won 3 to 0.
Northern
Ireland players: Fleming, Worthington, Donaghy, McDonald and Kevin Wilson and
Republic of Ireland Players: Bonner, Aldridge, Houghton, Townsend and Cascarino
were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Cascarino
and Houghton scored in that match.
Aldridge
and Worthington were booked in that match.
Both
Managers were still in charge of their respective teams.
Mal
Donaghy captained Northern Ireland for that match.
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| (Jackie Charlton and Billy Bingham before the match) |
-Northern
Ireland’s previous victory and only victory up to that point and in the same
stadium was a UEFA European Championship qualifier on November 21, 1979, that
they won 1 to 0.
-
Northern Ireland’s next victory (and first away victory) would be a Friendly
match on May 29, 1999 in Dublin that they would win 1 to 0.
Northern
Ireland players: Dowie and Black and Republic of Ireland Players: McLoughlin, Niall Quinn
and Cascarino were present that day
(on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Alan
McLoughlin and Cascarino once again came on the field as substitutes.
-The
nations would also play one another in a UEFA European Championship qualifier
on March 29, 1995 that ended in a one to one tie.
Northern
Ireland players: Worthington, Taggart, McDonald, Magilton, Dowie and Hughes and
Republic of Ireland Players: Irwin, McGrath,
Keane, Townsend, Cascarino and Niall Quinn were
present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Niall
Quinn and Dowie scored in that match.
Cascarino
once again came on the field as a substitute.
-This
November 17th match was the final round of World Cup qualifiers for
the 1994 USA World Cup.
The
other teams in this World Cup qualifying group were Denmark, Spain, Lithuania,
Latvia and Albania.
Going
into this match, Denmark led the group with one point more than Spain and
Republic of Ireland.
Spain
were scheduled to play Denmark simultaneously in Seville and a win for them
coupled with at least a tie in the all Irish qualifier would have qualified
Spain and Republic of Ireland.
-This
match was also the Final match of Billy Bingham in charge of Northern
Ireland. This was his second spell in
charge of the National Team.
He
had previously managed the team from 1967 through 1971. He also managed the
Greek national team from 1971 to 1973.
His
second spell in charge of Northern Ireland had begun in 1980 and was to end
with this 1993 match. This was his 98th match in charge in his
second spell (128 matches overall).
-Billy
Bingham is the most successful Northern Ireland Manager having qualified the
team to two consecutive World Cups (1982 and 1986).
He
also represented Northern Ireland in the 1958 World Cup.
Republic
of Ireland’s Assistant Coach Maurice Setters and Jackie Charlton’s brother
Bobby were in the England squad for that same World Cup.
-In
the weeks preceding the match there had been incidents of sectarian violence
that had led to many deaths.
There
had been suggestions to change the venue, such as to Manchester.
FIFA
left the decision of venue to IFA who decided to maintain Windsor Park and
guaranteed safety.
-
Republic of Ireland flew to Belfast instead of driving due to security
concerns.
-Security
was such a concern that Security officers in Republic of Ireland gear mixed
with the players during training and even on the team bus.
-To
avoid any violence, the Northern Ireland Football Association had not allocated
tickets to the Republic of Ireland fans; nevertheless some Republic fans were
able to obtain tickets through other means.
-Security
was tight with soldiers patrolling outside of the stadium as well. There were
up to 2000 security officers on duty.
-The
departing Bingham raised the tensions even further by suggesting that even
though they were already eliminated, they would do everything to ‘stuff
Ireland’ and eliminate them from the World Cup finals.
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| (Gerry Taggart and John Aldridge) |
-Bingham
also attacked the Republic players by branding them as mercenaries. He
described them as players who have settled for the Republic since they were not
good enough for England or Scotland.
-Bingham was very critical of the Grandparent
rule that had made players such as Houghton, Aldridge and Cascarino eligible
for the Republic.
-But
the brunt of Bingham’s criticism was for the selection of Protestant Alan
Kernaghan.
Kernaghan
had earned six U-15 caps for Northern Ireland and had even been a ball boy at
Northern Ireland International matches.
He
was ineligible from further Northern Ireland caps after it was revealed that
neither of his parents had been born in Northern Ireland.
However,
he was eligible for the Republic due to the grandparent rule.
Needless
to say, during the match he was booed with every touch and called ‘Judas’.
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Photo
From: Provided by Football Association of Ireland (FAI) (Special
thanks to Peter Sherrard)
(Alan Kernagahn) |
-In
their previous qualifier on October 13, 1993, Republic of Ireland had lost at
home to Spain (1-3) to put their qualification hopes in jeopardy.
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Photo
From: Provided by Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
(Special thanks to Peter Sherrard)
(Niall Quinn and Gerry Taggart with Roy Keane in
the background) |
-Republic
of Ireland were missing some players. Steve Staunton had been injured in the
match vs. Spain and required surgery. Eddie McGoldrick took his place.
Kevin
Moran, John Sheridan, Ronnie Whelan and Kevin Sheedy were also unavailable.
Paul
McGrath moved in defense to provide cover.
Gary
Kelly of Leeds United and Phil Babb of Coventry City were called in as cover.
-Northern
Ireland were missing Stephen Morrow and Michael O’Neill.
-Both
teams employed a 4-4-2 formation.
-As
expected the crowd, with chants of ‘Mercenaries’ and sectarian insults,
verbally abused the Republic of Ireland squad.
On
top of these insults, Paul McGrath and Terry Phelan were subjected to racial
insults as well.
So
hostile was the atmosphere that Alan McLoughlin later declared that the ‘safest place to be was on the pitch’.
-Northern
Ireland dominated the first half, but could not break through.
-Both
teams’ number Nine were named Quinn.
-In
the other match, in the tenth minute Spain goalkeeper Andoni Zubizaretta was
sent off for a professional foul on Barcelona club mate and Denmark’s Michael
Laudrup.
As
a result, Spain were to play the remaining 80 minutes with one man down. This
was a blow to Republic of Ireland’s prospects, who were hoping for a Spanish
win.
The
Spanish took the lead in the 63rd minute through Fernando Hierro
despite their numerical disadvantage to give hope to the Republic of Ireland.
-Midway
through the second half, Republic of Ireland’s Ray Houghton was replaced by
Alan McLoughlin.
-In
the 73rd minute, Iain Dowie, who had just come on a s a substitute,
sent a cross from the left side to Kevin Wilson who immediately laid it on for
James Quinn who shot from outside of box to open the scoring.
-After
James Quinn scored, Northern Ireland Assistant Manager Chris Nicholl taunted
his Republic counterpart Maurice Setters by shouting ‘up yours’.
-Just
a few minutes later, Dennis Irwin took a free kick from right side touchline
that Taggart headed out, and it fell perfectly for substitute Alan McLoughlin
who slammed it home from just outside of the box.
-This
was Alan McLoughlin’s first ever goal for Republic of Ireland. This was also
the Republic’s first ever goal on Northern Ireland soil.
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(Alan McLoughlin’s equalizer)
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-
After James Quinn’s goal, Jackie Charlton had wanted to send on Tony Cascarino.
Cascarino
had forgotten to wear his jersey and only had a T-Shirt on.
McLoughlin
scored before anything could be done and according to Cascarino, McLoughlin’s
goal ‘saved’ him from Charlton’s wrath.
-After
the match ended, there were four agonizing minutes (for the Republic) left in
the Spain –Denmark match that the Spanish led by a single goal.
-Alan
McDonald and Paul McGrath were named joint men of the match.
-Once
the Spain-Denmark match ended, Spain had qualified along with the Republic of
Ireland.
Republic
of Ireland were in fact tied with Denmark in the number of points and goal
difference. They only edged out Denmark because they had scored more goals.
They became the first ever European qualifier ever to qualify in this manner.
Republic
of Ireland qualified for its second successive World Cup, both achieved with
Englishman Jackie Charlton.
It
is also important to remember that Denmark were the reigning UEFA European
Champions. They became the second reigning Euro Champions (After
Czechoslovakia, 1976-78) to not qualify for the following World Cup.
-After
the game Charlton confronted Bingham and told him ‘up yours too ’.
Charlton
later apologized to him during Bingham’s press conference. He even awarded
Bingham an award at the post match banquet.
-Bingham
did not take back his ‘Mercenaries’ comment following the match.
-In
an interview months before, Bingham had stated that it would have been easy for
him to quit in 1986 with all the glory. He knew hard times were coming and
decided to stay and help out. He was convinced that had he not done so,
Northern Ireland would have gone through three or four managers during this
period.
-From
Bingham’s squad that night Mal Donaghy was the sole survivor from the 1982
World Cup.
From
the 1986 World Cup squad, in addition to Donaghy, Alan Mc Donald, James Quinn
and Nigel Worthington were also present.
-Former
Legend George Best had expressed interest to replace Billy Bingham, though the
Northern Ireland Authorities had others in mind.
-From
Jackie Charlton’s squad: Bonner, McGrath, Houghton, Aldridge, Cascarino,
Townsend, Niall Quinn and McLoughlin were present during the 1990 World Cup.
-Incidentally,
the two Ireland were also to be paired in the upcoming 1996 Euro qualifiers.
-All
of Republic of Ireland’s team played in the English Premier League, except
goalkeeper Pat Bonner of Celtic Glasgow.
All
of Northern Ireland’s players also played in the English League, except Michael
Hughes who played in France with Strasbourg.
-Ray
Houghton and John Aldridge were former Liverpool players and had been club
mates.
-As
stated in a previous entry on this blog (See 1990 Rep. of Ireland 1-England
1), Tony Cascarino revealed years later
that he was ineligible to play for Republic of Ireland.
-Ireland’s
Roy Keane had just joined Manchester United that season from Nottingham Forest.
He
won the English League and Cup double with teammate Dennis Irwin that season.
-Roy
Keane and Kingsley Black had been teammates at Nottingham Forest the previous
season and suffered relegation from the Premier League.
Mal
Donaghy and Paul McGrath were teammates at Manchester United, 1988/89.
Phil
Gray and Cascarino played at French club Nancy, 1996/97.
Cascarino
was also teammates with Bonner at Celtic Glasgow 1991/92 and Townsend at
Chelsea 1991/93, as well as McGrath at Aston Villa 1990/91.
Cascarino
was also then teammates with Donaghy at Chelsea.
-Mc
Grath, Houghton and Townsend won the English League Cup with Aston Villa that
season.
-Eddie
McGoldrick won the Cup Winners Cup trophy at the end of that season with
Arsenal.
-Niall
Quinn sustained a serious injury on November 29th, which effectively ruled him
out of the World Cup.
His
next match for Ireland would be the next year, on September 7, 1994, in a UEFA
European Championship qualifier at Riga vs. Latvia (3-0 Irish win).
-On
February 20, 1994, Bryan Hamilton was appointed as Northern Ireland national
team manager.
-Jackie
Charlton’s tenure as Republic of Ireland manager ended two years later in
December 1995 after failure to qualify for the 1996 Euros.
-Nigel
Worthington managed Northern Ireland (2007/ 2011)
-In
June 2006, Niall Quinn was part of a group of investors who took control of
Sunderland. He became Chairman/Manager, shortly afterwards in late August 2006,
he appointed Roy Keane as Manager.
Note:
Special thanks to Bryan at https://northernirelandstatistics.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/17th-November/
For
providing links to many of the photos
Match Reports:
