Republic of Ireland national football team 1970s results

This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1970s

Contents

1 1970
2 1971
3 1972
4 1973
5 1974
6 1975
7 1976
8 1977
9 1978
10 1979
11 References
12 See also

1970

6 May 1970	Poland	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Warta Stadium, Poznań, Poland Friendly Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Tolchinski (Soviet Union)
	Kozerski 9' Szołtysik 25'		Givens 84'

9 May 1970	West Germany	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany Friendly Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Boström (Sweden)
	Seeler 17' Löhr 82'		Mulligan 86'

23 September 1970	Republic of Ireland	0–2	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lyden (England)
			Stachurski 26' Szołtysik 36'

14 October 1970	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Sweden	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 28,194 Referee: Helies (France)
	Carroll 43' (pen)		Brzokoupil 61'

28 October 1970	Sweden	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Råsunda, Solna, Sweden Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 11,922 Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)
	Turesson 74'

8 December 1970	Italy	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 41,092 Referee: Schaut (Belgium)
	De Sisti 22' (pen) Boninsegna 42' Prati 84'

1971

10 May 1971	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 22,613 Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
	Conway 23'		Boninsegna 15' Prati 59'

30 May 1971	Republic of Ireland	1–4	Austria	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 14,674 Referee: Öberg (Norway)
	Rogers 50' (pen)		Schmidradner 4' (pen) Kodat 11' Jimmy Dunne 30' (og) Starek 72'

10 October 1971	Austria	6–0	Republic of Ireland	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria Euro 1972 Qualifier Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Göppel (Switzerland)
	Jara 12', 85' Pirkner 40' (pen) Parits 45', 52', 90'

1972

4 January 1972	Republic of Ireland	3–0	West German Olympic XI ^[1]	Ireland Friendly
	Mick Martin Herrick Fairclough			Ireland Friendly

11 June 1972	Iran	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Santa Crux Stadium, Recife, Brazil Brazilian Independence Cup Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Angonese (Italy)
	Hesenali 10'		Leech 63' Givens 67'

18 June 1972	Ecuador	2–3	Republic of Ireland	New Lake Stadium, Natal, Brazil Brazilian Independence Cup Attendance: ??,??? Referee: Kitabjian (France)
	Coronel 37' Lasso 78'		Rogers 12' Martin 61' Turlough O'Connor 86'

21 June 1972	Chile	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Retiro Stadium, Recife, Brazil Brazilian Independence Cup Attendance: ??,??? Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)
	Caszely 60' Fouilloux 68'		Rogers 79'

25 June 1972	Portugal	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Isle of Retiro Stadium, Recife, Brazil Brazilian Independence Cup Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Coerezza (Argentina)
	Peres 25' Nené 37'		Leech 38'

18 October 1972	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Soviet Union	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 27,656 Referee: Öberg (Norway)
	Conroy 83'		Fedotov 55' Kolotov 65'

15 November 1972	Republic of Ireland	2–1	France	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 26,511 Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)
	Conroy 27' Treacy 76'		Larqué 66'

1973

13 May 1973	Soviet Union	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 65,527 Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)
	Onishchenko 58'

16 May 1973	Poland	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Olympic, Wrocław, Poland Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kunze (East Germany)
	Lubański 44', 83'

19 May 1973	France	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Parc des Princes, Paris, France World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 28,405 Referee: Rainea (Romania)
	Chiesa 78'		Martin 83'

6 June 1973	Norway	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kunze (East Germany)
	Paulsen 69'		Dennehy 69'

21 October 1973	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Matthewson (England)
	Dennehy 32'

1974

5 May 1974	Brazil	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friendly Attendance: 74,696 Referee: Velasquez (Colombia)
	Leivinha 50' Rivelino 56'		Mancini 70'

8 May 1974	Uruguay	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Barreto (Uruguay)
	Morena 16', 26'

12 May 1974	Chile	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Friendly Attendance: 16,000 ??? Referee: Lira (Chile)
	Valdés 57'		Hand 43' Conway 76'

30 October 1974	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Soviet Union	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 31,750 Referee: Axelryd (Sweden)
	Givens 22', 30', 70'

20 November 1974	Turkey	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Atatürk, İzmir, Turkey Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Srodecki (Poland)
	Martin 54' (og)		Givens 61'

1975

1 March 1975	Republic of Ireland	1–0	West Germany B	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Homewood (England)
	Conway 89'

11 May 1975	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Switzerland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 49,074 Referee: Schiller (Austria)
	Martin 2' Treacy 28'		Müller 74'

18 May 1975	Soviet Union	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Central Stadium, Kiev, Soviet Union Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 84,480 Referee: Vigliani (France)
	Blohkin 13' Kolotov 29'		Hand 79'

21 May 1975	Switzerland	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 12,793 Referee: Correia (Portugal)
	Elsener 75'

29 October 1975	Republic of Ireland	4–0	Turkey	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1976 Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martínez (Spain)
	Givens 25', 28', 34', 88'

1976

24 March 1976	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Norway	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Partridge (England)
	Brady 25' Holmes 36' (pen) Walsh 61'	(Report)

26 May 1976	Poland	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Warta Stadium, Poznań, Poland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pouček (Czechoslovakia)
		(Report)	Givens 5', 11'

8 October 1976	England	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London, England Friendly Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Alexander (Scotland)
	Pearson 44'	(Report)	Daly 55' (pen)

13 October 1976	Turkey	3–3	Republic of Ireland	19 Mayıs Stadı, Ankara, Turkey Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Galić (Yugoslavia)
	Turan 51', 70' Ertürk 64'	(Report)	Stapleton 3' Daly 14' Waters 80'

17 November 1976	France	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Parc des Princes, Paris, France World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 43,437 Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
	Platini 47' pen Bathenay 88'	(Report)

1977

9 February 1977	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Spain	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Hunting (England)
		(Report)	Satrústegui 10'

30 March 1977	Republic of Ireland	1–0	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
	Brady 11'	(Report)

24 April 1977	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Matthewson (England)
		(Report)

1 June 1977	Bulgaria	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 35,214 Referee: Zlatanos (Greece)
	Panov 14' Jeliazkov 76'	(Report)	Givens 66'

12 October 1977	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Bulgaria	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gonella (Italy)
		(Report)

1978

5 April 1978	Republic of Ireland	4–2	Turkey	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alexander (Scotland)
	Giles 3' McGee 12' Treacy 18', 23'	(Report)	Mustafaoğlu 55' Turan 62'

12 April 1978	Poland	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland Friendly Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)
	Boniek 52' Deyna 60' Mazur 82'	(Report)

21 May 1978	Norway	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Fredriksson (Sweden)
		(Report)

24 May 1978	Denmark	3–3	Republic of Ireland	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 28,900 Referee: Beck (Netherlands)
	Henning Jensen 31' Nielsen 78' (pen) Lerby 79'	(Report)	Stapleton 11' Grealish 25' Daly 65'

20 September 1978	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Northern Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Rion (Belgium)
		(Report)

25 October 1978	Republic of Ireland	1–1	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 48,613 Referee: Aldinger (West Germany)
	Daly 27'	(Report)	Latchford 8'

1979

2 May 1979	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Denmark	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Vautrot (France)
	Daly 45' Givens 66'	(Report)

19 May 1979	Bulgaria	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bucek (Austria)
	Tsvetkov 81'	(Report)

22 May 1979	Republic of Ireland	1–3	West Germany	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Courtney (England)
	Ryan 26'	(Report)	Rummenigge 29' Kelsch 81' Hoeneß 90'

11 September 1979	Wales	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Vetch Field, Swansea, Wales Friendly Attendance: 6,825 Referee: Stevens (England)
	Walsh 24' Curtis 53'	(Report)	Jones 22' (og)

26 September 1979 18:00	Czechoslovakia	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czechoslovakia Friendly Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Milchenko (Soviet Union)
	Ondruš 5' Nehoda 35' Kroupa 72' Masný 90'	(Report)	McGee 89'

17 October 1979	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Bulgaria	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Einbeck (East Germany)
	Martin 39' Grealish 46' Stapleton 83'	(Report)

29 October 1979	Republic of Ireland	3–2	United States	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Farrell (Ireland)
	Grealish 64' Givens 66' Anderson 68'	(Report)	di Bernardo 11' Villa 63'

21 November 1979	Northern Ireland	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daina (Switzerland)
	Armstrong 54'	(Report)

References

^ Unofficial international

See also

Republic of Ireland national football team

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Statistics	Complete list of matches (1924–present) · Irish Free State results (1924–1935) · Ireland (FAI) results (1936–1954) Republic of Ireland results (1954–present) — (1954–1959) · (1960–1969) · (1970–1979) · (1980–1989) · (1990–1999) · (2000–2009) · (2010–present)

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World Cup finals	1990 · 1994 · 2002 · World Cup record

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Other tournaments	1924 Summer Olympics · 1948 Summer Olympics · Brazil Independence Cup (1972) · Kirin Cup (1984) · Iceland Triangular Tournament (1986) · U.S. Cup (1992, 1996, 2000) · Unity Cup (2004) · Nations Cup (2011–)

Famous matches	1949 defeat of England · UEFA Euro 2000 play-off against Turkey · 2010 FIFA World Cup play-off against France

Culture	Olé, Olé, Olé · Put 'Em Under Pressure · Joxer Goes to Stuttgart · 2002 Roy Keane incident

Other FA teams	Women's · B · U-21 · U-19 · U-17

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