Ireland national
team was available between 1882 and 1950 prior to separation into Republic of
Ireland and Northern Ireland. Republic of Ireland was overshadowed by Northern
Ireland for four decades between the 1950s and the 1980s. From the 1990s until the
present, Ireland Republic has become the better team. The first Irish legend is
a defensive player Billy McCracken in the 1900s and 1910s. In the first half
1920s, Patsy Gallagher performed as one of the best wingers in the World and is
the best Irish player ever in the era of Irish union. Danny Blanchflower’s
performance in the 1958 World Cup has been marked as the best ever among Irish
players in World Cup. Then in 1960s, the small nation likes produced one of the
highest peak performers ever George Best who never led his nation to qualify
for international final tournament. One of the best goalkeepers in the World in
the first half 1970s, Patt Jennings was introduced. Johnny Giles is named as
Ireland republic’s greatest ever by UEFA Jubilee awards beat famous legends
likes Liam Brady and Roy Keane unanimously.
Ireland
Location : Western-Northern Europe
European
Championship Participation : 2 Times (1988, 2012)
World Cup
Participation : 8
Times (1958, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002)
Achievement : None
Most Caps : Pat Jennings (119 Games)
Top Scorer :
Robbie Keane (41 Goals)
The Greatest
Player Ever :
George Best
All-Time Irish Squad
1. Pat Jennings
Date Of Birth : 12
June 1945
Height : 183 cm, Position : Goalkeeper
Nation : Northern Ireland, Caps : 119 Games
Major Club : Tottenham, Arsenal
World Cup
Participation : 1982, 1986 (7 Games)
Club Honours : 2
Times FA Cup
2 Times League Cup,
1 Time UEFA Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 2 Times PFA Team of the Year
1973 FWA Footballer Of The Year
1973 FWA Footballer Of The Year
1976 PFA Players’
Player Of The Year
1999 IFFHS
Northern Ireland Goalkeeper of The Century
All-Time Consecutive Years of International Appearances (23)
All-Time Consecutive Years of International Appearances (23)
Class : Queen Gold
2. Johnny Carey
Date Of Birth : 23
February 1919
Height : 183 cm, Position : Right-Wing-Back
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club : Manchester United
Caps : 36
Games
World Cup
Participation : None
Club Honours : 1
Time English Top Division
1 Time FA Cup
1 Time FA Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 1949 FWA Footballer Of The Year
Class : Prince Gold
3. Denis Irwin
Date Of Birth : 31
October 1965
Position : Left and Right-Back
Height : 173 cm, Nation :
Republic of Ireland
Caps : 56 Games, Major Club :
Manchester United
World Cup
Participation : 1994 (2 Games)
Club Honours : 7
Times English Premier League
3 Times FA Cup, 1
Time League Cup
1991 UEFA Cup
Winners’Cup
1999 UEFA Champion
League, Intercontinental Cup
International
Honours : 2 Times PFA Team of the Year
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince
Silver
4. Paul Mcgrath
Date Of Birth : 4
December 1959
Height : 183 cm, Position :
Center-Back
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club : Manchester
United, Aston Villa
Caps : 83
Games
World Cup
Participation : 1990, 1994 (9 Games)
Club Honours : 1
Time FA Cup
2 Times English
League Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 2 Times PFA Team of the Year
1993 PFA Players’ Player of The Year
1993 PFA Players’ Player of The Year
Class : Prince Silver
5. Mark Lawrenson
Date Of Birth : 2
June 1957
Height : 182 cm, Position : Center-Back
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club : Liverpool
Caps : 39
Games
World Cup
Participation : None
Club Honours : 5
Times English Top Division
1 Time FA Cup, 3
Times English League Cup
1984 European Cup,
1985 Runner-Up
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 4 Times PFA Team of the Year
Class : Prince Silver
6. Roy Keane
Date Of Birth : 10
August 1971
Height : 178 cm, Position : Destroyer
Nation : Republic Of Ireland
Caps : 66 Games, Major Club :
Manchester United
World Cup
Participation : 1994, 2002 (4 Games)
Club Honours : 7 Times English Premier League
1 Time Scottish League
4 Times FA Cup, 1
Time Scottish League Cup
1999 UEFA Champion
League, Intercontinental Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 5 Times PFA Team of the Year
2000 FWA Footballer Of The Year
2000 FWA Footballer Of The Year
2000 PFA Player’s
Player Of The year
Class : Queen
Silver
Date Of Birth : 10 February 1926
Position : Defensive Holding Midfielder
Height : 173 cm, Nation : Northern Ireland
Height : 173 cm, Nation : Northern Ireland
Caps : 56 Games, Major Club : Tottenham Hot Spurs
World Cup Participation : 1958 (5 Games)
Club Honours : 1 Time English League, 2 Times FA Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : Tottenham
Greatest Player Ever
1958 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team
2 Times FWA Footballer Of The Year
Class : Queen Gold
8. Patsy Gallagher
Date Of Birth : 16
March 1891
Position : Right-Winger/ Second Striker
Nation : Northern Ireland
Height : 162
cm,
Major Club :
Glasgow Celtic
World Cup Participation : None
Club Honours : 7
Times Scottish League
4 Times Scottish
Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Queen Bronze
Date Of Birth : 3
November 1905
Height : 180 cm, Position : Target
Striker
Nation : Northern Ireland
Major Club : Lindfield Belfast
Caps : 11
Games (12 Goals)
World Cup
Participation : None
Professional
Scores Record : 364 Goals/300 Games
Club Honours : 4 Times Northern Irish League
3 Times Northern
Irish Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 1 Time World League Top Scorer
Class : Prince Bronze
10. Liam Brady
Date Of Birth : 13
February 1956
Height : 174 cm, Position : Playmaker
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club :
Arsenal, Juventus
Caps : 72
Games (18 Goals)
World Cup
Participation : None
Club Honours : 2
Times Italian Series A, 1 Time FA Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 3 Times PFA Team of the Year
1979 PFA Players’ Player of The Year
1979 PFA Players’ Player of The Year
IFFHS Republic of
Ireland’s Player of The Century
Class : Queen Bronze
11. George BestDate Of Birth : 22 May 1946
Position : Left-Winger, Height : 175 cm
Nation : Northern Ireland,
Nation : Northern Ireland,
Major Club : Man United
Professional Score
Record : 204 Goals/ 579 Games
Club Honours : 2
Times English Top Division,1968 European Cup
International
Honours,
Individual
Achievement : UEFA Jubilee Award (Northern Ireland)
1968 European
Footballer Of The Year,
1968 FWA
Footballer Of The Year, English Top
Division Top Scorer
1999 IFFHS
Northern Ireland Player of The Century
Manchester United/English Top League Greatest Player Ever
BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement
BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement
PFA Special Merit
Award
Class : King
Silver
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Substitution
12.
Date Of Birth : 24
August 1894
Height : 175 cm, Position : Goalkeeper
Nation : Northern Ireland
Caps. : 31 Games, Major Club : Liverpool
World Cup
Participation: None
Club Honours
: 2 Times English Top League
2 Times Northern
Irish League
1 Time Northern
Irish Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince Silver
13.
Date Of Birth : 29 January 1883
Position : Right-Defender
Height : 180 cm
Nation : Northern Ireland,
Major Club : Newcastle
World Cup
Participation: None
Club Honours
: 3 Times English Top Division
1 Time FA cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince
Silver
14.
Date Of Birth : 25 April 1941
Height : 180 cm, Position : Left-Back
Nation : Northern Ireland
Major Club : Burnley
Caps. : 40 Games
World Cup
Participation: None
Club Honours : 1 Times English Top Division
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince Silver
15.
Date Of Birth : 2 May 1958
Position : Center-Back
Height : 186
cm
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Caps : 68 Games
Caps : 68 Games
Major Club : Arsenal
Club Honours
: 2 Times English Top Division
2 Times FA Cup, 2
Times English League Cup
International
Honours,
Individual
Achievement : 3 Times PFA Team of the Year
Class : Prince
Silver
16. Jonny Giles
Date Of Birth : 6
November 1940
Position : Central Holding Midfielder
Height : 177 cm, Nation : Republic Of Ireland
Major Club :
Manchester United, Leeds United
Caps : 59
Games
Club Honours : 2
Times English Top Division
2 Times Inter-Cities
Fair Cup
2 Times FA Cup, 1
Time League Cup
International
Honours,
Individual
Achievement : 1 Time PFA Team of the Year
UEFA Jubilee Awards (Republic of Ireland)
UEFA Jubilee Awards (Republic of Ireland)
Class : Queen Bronze
17.
Date Of Birth : 25 October 1931
Position : Playmaker
Nation : Northern Ireland,
Height : 175 cm, Major Club : Burnley
World Cup
Participation: 1958 (4 Games)
Club Honours
: 1 Time English Top Division
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince
Silver
18.
Date Of Birth : 25
November 1947
Height : 182 cm, Position : Left-Winger
Nation : Republic Ireland,
Major Club : Liverpool
World Cup
Participation: None
Club Honours
: 4 Times English Top Division
1 Time FA Cup
2 Times UEFA Cup
(1973, 1976)
3 Times European
Cup (1977, 1978 , 1981)
International Honours :
None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince Silver
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19.
Date Of Birth : 2
March 1979
Height : 177 cm, Position : Left and Right-Winger
Nation : Republic Ireland,
Major Club : Blackburn Rovers
World Cup
Participation: 2002 (4 Games)
Club Honours
: 2 Times English Premier League
2 Times English
League Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 1 Time PFA Team of the Year
1 Times UEFA Team of the Year
1 Times UEFA Team of the Year
Class : Prince Silver
20.
Date Of Birth : 7 May 1965
Position : Attacking Midfielder
Nation : Northern Ireland
Height : 188 cm
Major Club : Manchester United
Caps : 38 Games (9 Goals)
World Cup
Participation: 1982, 1986 (8 Games/1 Goal)
Club Honours
: 2 Times FA Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : None
Class : Prince
Silver
21.
Date Of Birth : 5 June 1913
Height : 178 cm, Position : Forward
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club : Manchester City
Caps : 16 Games (3 Goals)
World Cup Participation : None
Professional Scores Record : 205 Goals/402 Games
Club Honours : 1 Time English League, 1 Time FA Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : None
Class : Prince Silver
22.
Date Of Birth : 8
July 1980
Height : 173 cm, Position : Forward
Nation : Republic of Ireland
Major Club : Tottenham
Caps. : 96
Games (41 Goals)
World Cup
Participation: 2002 (4 Games/3
Goals)
Club Honours
: 1 Time English League Cup
International
Honours : None
Individual
Achievement : 1 Time PFA Team of the Year
All-Time Most Consecutive Years International Scorer
All-Time Most Consecutive Years International Scorer
Class : Prince
Silver
Manager
Martin
O’Niel
Year Of Birth
: 1 March 1952
Major Team : Leicester City, Glasgow Celtic, Aston Villa
Major Achievement
: 3 Times Scottish Premier League
3 Times Scottish
Cup
1 Time Scottish
League Cup
2003 UEFA Cup
Runner-Up
Individual Achievement
: None
Class :
Prince Gold
Conclusion
of Squad
GK : Pat
Jennings, Elisha Scott
DF : Johnny
Carey, Denis Irwin, Alex Elder, Billy McCracken, Paul Mcgrath, Mark Lawrenson,
David O’Leary
MF : Roy Keane,
Danny Blanchflower, Jonny Giles, Liam Brady, Jimmy Mcilroy, Damien Duff, Steve
Heighway
FW : George Best
(Captain), Patsy Gallagher, Robbie Keane, Norman Whiteside, Peter Doherty, Joe
Brambrick
Manager : Martin
O’Niel
Formation XI (4-2-3-1)
Explanation of Formation
The team strategy
is direct-ball with support panel from five midfielders. Jennings is
automatically selected as first choice keeper. Johnny Carey would act as a
right-wing-back, running to support in the right-side midfield area. McCracken would
be aware of defensive duty on the left-flank. Mcgrath and Lawrenson would be a
great partnership in central defender area. Roy Keane is mostly deeper positioned
in midfield area as a destroyer behind Blanchflower who is assigned as a
creative holding midfielder. Liam Brady is an advanced playmaker just behind a
target-man Joe Brambrick. George Best and Patsy Gallagher would technically
conduct the ball to the side-forward area to support goalscoring task..
Croke Park
Opened : 1913
(Renovated
in 2004)
in 2004)
City : Dublin
Capacity : 82, 300
Seats
Field Dimension :
144.5x88m
Statistics
By Decade
|
By Class
|
By Nation
|
By Club
|
1910s
: 1
1920s
: 1
1930s
: 1
1940s
: 1
1950s
: 2
1960s
: 4
1970s
: 3
1980s
: 5
1990s
: 2
2000s
: 2
|
King
: 1
Queen
: 6
Prince
: 15
|
Republic
or Ireland : 12
Northern
Ireland : 10
|
Manchester
United : 5
Tottenham
: 3
Liverpool
: 3
Arsenal
: 2
Burnley : 2
Newcastle
: 1
Glasgow
Celtic : 1
Leeds
United : 1
Aston
Villa : 1
Blackburn
Rovers : 1
Manchester City : 1
Linfield
: 1
|
The Greatest Irish Footballers of All-Time
1. George
Best
2. Danny
Blanchflower
3. Pat
Jennings
4. Roy Keane
5.
6. Johnny Giles
7.
8. Jimmy Mcilroy
9. Billy McCracken
10 Johnny Carey.
Alex Elder?
ReplyDeleteI find this link but I would not refer to vote results as it is biased to player in recent or modern era.
DeleteBut the link is still good to know for the overall list. In the left-back position, Tony Dunne is not even considered as a candidate.
http://northernirelandsgreatesteverteam.wordpress.com/
So, Your suggestion is approved. Alex Elder (N.Ireland) played the same era as Tony Dunne (Rep.Ireland). The article describe Elder was said by Pele as one of the best full-backs in the World in his generation and owned very accurate passing ability.
Glaring omission - Ireland's 2nd greatest ever player after George Best - where is Peter Doherty?
ReplyDeleteAlso Tony Dunne is the best full back (left or right) I've ever seen in English Football - so where is he?
I know Perter Doherty but I'm juts not sure about his status. Why do you think he is the second best player ever of Ireland even ahead of Giles and Brady ? Anyway I'll surely add him in squad as he is described impressive enough in article.
DeleteI first name Tony Dunne in the squad but then I change my mind to replace him by Alex Elder refer to this thread http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/the-greatest-players-in-english-football-history.620289/page-3 Alex Elder is named at 6th whule Tony Dunne finished at 13th. I'm not sure how the rank is accurate but the poster has a great knowledge on British football.
OK, I have named Doherty in a reserved squad replace Jimmy Dunne. I see he was inside-left and is not properly stand as a target-man. I also name him in top 10 best Irish players ever. In the same link I give you above, he is rated at 7th best player ever in history of English league.
DeleteI think Harry Gregg Should be in this squad.
ReplyDeleteHis highlight is known to be the 1958 Word Cup best keeper but his club career is not qualified. Gregg started to play in Top division at his 26 years old and unfortunately his first season with Man Utd saw Munich disaster effect on his condition and out of a large number of games in following seasons.
DeleteWhat about Kevin Sheedy? He was a greatly talented left winger who won English First Division twice with Evertone, one European Cup Winners' Cup and reached the quarter finals at the 1990 World Cup with Ireland. He is also the first Irish to score a goal in World Cup finals. He is indeed adored by Everton fans (played alongside fellow winger Trevor Steven)
ReplyDeleteAt the primary check, I think his career has a good potential as a strong candidate but I need to study more. He was selected as PFA player of the year twice but not sure about other seasons.
DeleteRep. of Ireland all-time XI (4-2-3-1). In 2015 this list was published in newspaper "The Irish Post".
ReplyDeleteGK - 1.Shay Given, 2.Pat Bonner, 3.Alan Kelly.
LB - 1.Johnny Carey.
CB - 1.Steve Staunton.
CB - 1.Paul McGrath (best Ireland defender ever).
RB - 1.Denis Irwin. also mentions: Paddy Mulligan, Steve Langan, Gary Kelly, Stephen Carr, Steve Finnan.
MF - 1.Johnny Giles.
MF - 1.Roy Keane.
AMF (L) - 1.Damien Duff.
AMF (C) - 1.Liam Brady.
AMF (R) - 1.Ray Houghton.
FW - 1.Robbie Keane.
"The 32 Greatest Irish Players of All Time". In 2015 this list was published in newspaper "Irish Daily Star".
1.George Best, 2.Liam Brady, 3.John Giles, 4.Roy Keane, 5.Pat Jennings, 6.Paul McGrath, 7.Robbie Keane, 8.Denis Irwin, 9.Danny Blanchflower, 10.Peter McParland, 11.Frank Stapleton, 12.Johnny Carey, 13.Kevin Moran, 14.Harry Gregg, 15.Damien Duff, 16.Mark Lawrenson, 17.Ronnie Whelan, 18.David O’Leary, 19.Norman Whiteside, 20.Ray Houghton, 21.Martin O’Neill, 22.Richard Dunne, 23.Peter Doherty, 24.Tony Dunne, 25.Billy Bingham, 26.Shay Given, 27.Derek Dougan, 28.Steve Heighway, 29.Sammy McIlroy, 30.Charlie Hurley, 31.David Healy, 32.Steve Staunton.
Thanks again ! The most obvious strange is certainly Irwin ahead of Danny Blanchflower.
DeleteWhere's Danny's brother Jackie. He was hugely rated before the Munich Disaster. He was a very versatile player
ReplyDeletemartin o neill was a fine player himself
ReplyDeleteSeamus Coleman has surely surpassed McCracken. One of the best EPL full-backs of recent years in a far thougher era.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. McCracken was even one of the best defenders in the World in his time.
DeleteWhat about Packy Bonner?
ReplyDeleteJohn Aldridge? World class striker for Liverpool in the 90's
ReplyDeletePETER DOHERTY ES DE IRLANDA DEL NORTE NO DE LA REPUBLICA DE IRLANDA
ReplyDeleteWhere is Ireland's record holder STEVE STONTON ?
ReplyDeleteJimmy Dunne poderia entrar.
ReplyDelete