Republic of Ireland B national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Boys in Green | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Football Association of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Pat Devlin |
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| Asst coach | Pat Fenlon |
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| Captain | Alex Bruce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Christy Doyle Daryl Clare David Kelly Jackie Hennessy Neale Fenn Niall Quinn (all 2 goals each) |
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| Home stadium | Dalymount Park Lansdowne Road Tolka Park Turner's Cross Carlisle Grounds |
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| FIFA code | IRL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Ireland B 1 - 0 Romania B  (Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland; October 20, 1957) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Ireland B 4 - 1 England B  (Turner's Cross, Cork, Republic of Ireland; March 27, 1990) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England B 2 - 0 Republic of Ireland B (Anfield, Liverpool, England; December 1, 1994) |
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Republic of Ireland B is the reserve team of the Republic of Ireland national football team. There are no competitions for B teams. However since 1957 the Football Association of Ireland has arranged occasional friendlies.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early B internationals
The FAI first introduced B internationals during the 1950s. In an era when League of Ireland players were getting less opportunities to break into the senior team, these games were seen as a chance for these players to gain some international experience. The Republic of Ireland B played their first game on October 20 1957 at Dalymount Park against Romania B. They held the visitors to a 1-1 draw. Three days later, on October 23, the Romanians lost 6-0 to a Northern Ireland B team. [1]
In August 1958 a Republic of Ireland B team travelled to Reykjavik and beat Iceland 3-2. Then in September 1960, Iceland made a return visit to Dalymount Park, this time losing 2-1. On both occasions Iceland fielded their senior team and the Football Association of Iceland regard these games as full internationals. [2][3]In between the two games against Iceland, the Republic of Ireland B also beat South Africa 1-0 at Dalymount Park. The South Africans also regard this as a full international. Several League of Ireland players who played in these games subsequently played for the senior Republic of Ireland team. These included Christy Doyle, who had scored against both Iceland and South Africa, Jackie Hennessy who had scored twice against Iceland and Liam Tuohy.
After the game against Iceland in 1960 it would be thirty years before a Republic of Ireland B team officially played again. However on May 24 1971, the FAI, celebrating its Golden Jubilee arranged a special game at Lansdowne Road. This should have been a full international, however their opponents, England, only sent a B team. Steve Heighway scored for an unofficial Republic of Ireland B team in the subsequent 1-1 draw.[4]
[edit] 1990s
Under Jack Charlton, B internationals were revived and during the 1990s the Republic of Ireland B played England B twice. They recorded their biggest win to date when they beat England B 4-1 at Turner's Cross on March 27 1990. However four years later England B avenged this defeat when they beat the Republic of Ireland B 2-0 at Anfield on December 1 1994. This remains their biggest defeat to date.[5]
In between the two games against England B, the Republic of Ireland B also beat Denmark B 2-0 at Tolka Park on February 12 1992. Under Mick McCarthy, the Republic of Ireland B played a further three games, including two against a League of Ireland XI and one against a Northern Ireland B team.[6]
[edit] Recent Years
In April 2006 the FAI announced that Pat Devlin would join the management team of Steve Staunton as manager of the Republic of Ireland B and as Eircom League co-ordinator. The intention was for Devlin to monitor players in the league, report on potential international players and introduce them to international football at B level. [7] Since then the Republic of Ireland B has played Scotland B in November 2006. They are due to play against the same opponents in November 2007.
[edit] Results[8]
| October 20, 1957 |
Republic of Ireland B |
1–1 | Romania B |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Neville | Semenescu |
| August 11, 1958 |
Iceland  |
2–3 | Republic of Ireland B |
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Björgvinsson, Þórðarson |
Doyle Nolan McCann |
| October 11, 1958 |
Republic of Ireland B |
1–0 |  South Africa |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Doyle |
| September 11, 1960 |
Republic of Ireland B |
2–1 | Iceland |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Hennessy Hennessy |
Beck |
| May 24, 1971 |
Republic of Ireland B[9] |
1–1 | England B |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Heighway | ? ? |
| March 27, 1990 |
Republic of Ireland B |
4–1 | England B |
Turner's Cross, Cork, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cooper (Wales) |
| McLoughlin Kelly (pen) Quinn Quinn |
Atkinson |
| February 12, 1992 |
Republic of Ireland B |
2–0 | Denmark B  |
Tolka Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Fenlon Kelly |
| December 1, 1994 |
England B |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland B |
Anfield, Liverpool, England Friendly Attendance: 7,431 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
| Cole Fowler |
| March 17, 1997 |
Republic of Ireland B |
1–1 | League of Ireland XI |
Tolka Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Foley | Morley |
| February 11, 1998 |
Republic of Ireland B |
0–1 | Northern Ireland B  |
Tolka Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| O'Boyle |
| February 9, 1999 |
Republic of Ireland B |
4–3 | League of Ireland XI |
Carlisle Grounds, Bray, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: |
| Fenn Fenn Clare Clare |
Coughlan Gormley (pen) Tony Cousins |
| November 14, 2006 |
Republic of Ireland B |
0–0 | Scotland B  |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Friendly Attendance: Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) |
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| November 20, 2007 |
Scotland B |
1 –1 | Republic of Ireland B |
Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie, Scotland Friendly Attendance: Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta) |
| Howard | Report | Byrne |
[edit] Current squad
Squad for game against Scotland B on November 20, 2007. Clubs listed are those the players were attached to at time of above game.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Northern Ireland’s Footballing Greats
- ^ www.geocities.com
- ^ Iceland results at Rsssf
- ^ The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story (1997): Sean Ryan [1]
- ^ England B at Rsssf
- ^ Northern Ireland’s Footballing Greats
- ^ www.rte.ie
- ^ Republic of Ireland B results from Rsssf
- ^ unofficial international
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