2011 Nations Cup

2011 Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Republic of Ireland
City Dublin
Dates 8 February – 29 May 2011
Teams 4
Venue(s) Aviva Stadium
Final positions
Champions  Republic of Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up  Scotland
Third place  Wales
Fourth place  Northern Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 18 (3 per match)
Attendance 74,867 (12,478 per match)
Top scorer(s) Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane (3)

The 2011 Nations Cup (also known as the Carling Nations Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural round-robin football tournament between the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales national teams.[1] The first set of two games were played in Dublin in February, with the remaining four games played in May 2011.[1][2][3] It was won by the Republic of Ireland, who won all three of their games without conceding a goal.[4][5]

Venue

The newly rebuilt Aviva Stadium was chosen to host all six games of the 2011 tournament.

Dublin
Aviva Stadium
Capacity: 51,700

Referees

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Republic of Ireland 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: rssssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

All times are local.

Fixtures

Republic of Ireland v Wales

8 February 2011
19:45
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Wales
Gibson  60'
Duff  67'
Fahey  83'		 Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 19,783
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)
GK 1 Shay Given (c)
CB 2 Sean St Ledger
LB 3 Ciaran Clark
RB 4 John O'Shea  85'
CB 5 Richard Dunne
CM 6 Glenn Whelan  76'
RM 7 Séamus Coleman  59'
CM 8 Darron Gibson  81'
CF 9 Kevin Doyle  46'
CF 10Jonathan Walters
LM 11Damien Duff  71'
Substitutions:
FW 17Shane Long  46'
MF 18Keith Fahey  59'
MF 13Andy Keogh  71'
MF 12Paul Green  76'
MF 14Marc Wilson  81'
DF 19Darren O'Dea  85'
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Wayne Hennessey
RB 2 Neal Eardley  46'
LB 3 Sam Ricketts  83'
CB 4 Danny Collins
CB 5 James Collins (c)
CM 6 Andrew Crofts
CM 7 David Vaughan  61'
CM 8 Andy King
RF 9 Simon Church
CF 10Robert Earnshaw  80'
LF 11Hal Robson-Kanu  68'
Substitutions:
DF 13Chris Gunter  46'
MF 16Joe Ledley  61'
MF 15Freddie Eastwood  68'
FW 14Jermaine Easter  80'
DF 21Lewin Nyatanga  83'
Manager:
Wales Gary Speed

Northern Ireland v Scotland

9 February 2011
19:45
Northern Ireland  0–3  Scotland
Report Miller  19'
McArthur  31'
Commons  51'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 18,742
Referee: Tomas Connolly (Republic of Ireland)
GK 1 Jonathan Tuffey (c)
RB 2 Rory McArdle  46'
LB 3 Chris Baird
CM 4 Gareth McAuley
CB 5 Stephen Craigan  66'
CB 6 Corry Evans
RM 7 Paddy McCourt
CM 8 Steven Davis  58'
CF 9 Rory Patterson
CF 10Grant McCann  46'
LM 11Niall McGinn  72'
Substitutions:
DF 13Lee Hodson  46'
FW 15David Healy  46'
MF 17Oliver Norwood  58'
MF 14Adam Thompson  66'
FW 16Liam Boyce  72'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington
GK 1 Allan McGregor
RB 2 Alan Hutton
LB 3 Phil Bardsley  58'
CB 4 Christophe Berra
CB 5 Steven Caldwell
CM 6 Charlie Adam  58'
AM 7 James Morrison  79'
RM 8 Steven Naismith  58'
CF 9 Kenny Miller (c)  87'
LM 11Kris Commons  72'
CM 13James McArthur
Substitutions:
MF 15Barry Bannan  58'
DF 16Mark Wilson  58'
MF 20Robert Snodgrass  58'
MF 17Craig Conway  72'
FW 19Chris Maguire  79'
DF 14Danny Wilson  87'
Manager:
Scotland Craig Levein

Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland

24 May 2011
19:45
Republic of Ireland  5–0  Northern Ireland
Ward  24'
Keane  37', 54' (pen.)
Cathcart  45' (o.g.)
Cox  80'		 Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 15,083
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
GK 1 Shay Given  72'
RB 2 Paul McShane
CB 4 Stephen Kelly
CB 5 Damien Delaney
LB 3 Stephen Ward
CM 6 Kevin Foley  70'
RM 7 Séamus Coleman  55'
CM 8 Keith Andrews
CF 9 Simon Cox
CF 10Robbie Keane (c)  62'
LM 11Keith Treacy
Substitutions:
MF 13Liam Lawrence  55'
MF 12Andy Keogh  62'
MF 17Stephen Hunt  70'
GK 16David Forde  72'
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Alan Blayney
RB 2 Adam Thompson Red card 54'
LB 3 Lee Hodson
CB 4 Craig Cathcart
CB 5 Gareth McAuley (c)
RM 6 Sammy Clingan
CM 7 Josh Carson  72'
CM 8 Steven Davis  76'
CF 9 Josh McQuoid  46'
CF 10Warren Feeney  72'
LM 11Johnny Gorman  56'
Substitutions:
MF 14Oliver Norwood  46'
DF 13Colin Coates  56'
MF 15Niall McGinn  72'
FW 16Liam Boyce  72'
MF 17Robert Garrett  76'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington

Wales v Scotland

25 May 2011
19:45
Wales  1–3  Scotland
Earnshaw  36' Report Morrison  55'
Miller  63'
Berra  70'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)
GK 1 Boaz Myhill
RB 2 Neal Eardley  61'
LB 3 Neil Taylor  46'
CM 4 Owain Tudur Jones  72'
CB 5 Craig Morgan
CB 6 Darcy Blake
CM 7 Andy Dorman  61'
CM 8 Andy King  61'
CF 9 Sam Vokes  72'
CF 10Robert Earnshaw (c)
CF 11Jermaine Easter
Substitutions:
DF 13Chris Gunter  46'
MF 17Aaron Ramsey  61'
DF 18Adam Matthews  61'
MF 19David Cotterill  61'
MF 16David Vaughan  72'
FW 20Steve Morison  72'
Manager:
Wales Gary Speed
GK 1 Allan McGregor
RB 2 Steven Whittaker  81'
LB 3 Stephen Crainey  81'
CB 4 Christophe Berra
CB 5 Gary Caldwell  84'
LM 6 James Morrison  74'
CF 7 Ross McCormack  74'
CM 8 Scott Brown
CF 9 Kenny Miller (c)
CM 10Charlie Adam  88'
RM 11Steven Naismith
Substitutions:
MF 16Barry Robson  74'
MF 18Barry Bannan  74'
DF 14Phil Bardsley  81'
DF 20Russell Martin  81'
DF 22Grant Hanley  84'
MF 13James McArthur  88'
Manager:
Scotland Craig Levein

Wales v Northern Ireland

27 May 2011
19:45
Wales  2–0  Northern Ireland
Ramsey  36'
Earnshaw  69'		 Report
GK 1 Wayne Hennessey  74'
DF 2 Chris Gunter  72'
DF 3 Neil Taylor
MF 4 Jack Collison  61'
DF 5 Danny Collins
DF 6 Danny Gabbidon
AM 7 David Cotterill
CF 8 Craig Bellamy  61'
CF 9 Steve Morison  80'
MF 10Aaron Ramsey (c)  89'
MF 11David Vaughan
Substitutions:
CF 17Robert Earnshaw  61'
MF 16Owain Tudur Jones  61'
DF 13Adam Matthews  72'
GK 12Lewis Price  74'
CF 18Sam Vokes  80'
MF 19Andy Dorman  89'
Manager:
Wales Gary Speed
GK 1 Jonathan Tuffey
DF 2 Lee Hodson
DF 3 Colin Coates
DF 4 Craig Cathcart  61'
DF 5 Gareth McAuley (c)
MF 6 Oliver Norwood
MF 7 Josh Carson
MF 8 Robert Garrett  75'
MF 9 Niall McGinn  80'
FW 10Warren Feeney  72'
FW 11Johnny Gorman
Substitutions:
MF 15Stuart Dallas  61'
FW 14Liam Boyce  72'
DF 13Carl Winchester  75'
FW 16Jordan Owens  80'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Nigel Worthington

Republic of Ireland v Scotland

29 May 2011
18:30
Republic of Ireland  1–0  Scotland
Keane  23' Report
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)
GK 1 Shay Given
CB 2 Paul McShane YC 42'
LB 3 Stephen Ward
RB 4 Stephen Kelly
CB 5 Darren O'Dea  66'
CM 6 Keith Fahey YC 48'
RM 7 Liam Lawrence  62'
CM 8 Keith Andrews YC 90'
CF 9 Simon Cox
CF 10Robbie Keane (c)  83'
LM 11Stephen Hunt
Substitutions:
MF 13Séamus Coleman  62'
DF 12Kevin Foley YC 73'  66'
MF 15Keith Treacy  83'
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Allan McGregor
RB 2 Steven Whittaker
LB 3 Phil Bardsley
CB 4 Christophe Berra
CB 5 Grant Hanley
RM 6 Barry Robson  75'
LM 7 James Forrest  85'
CM 8 Scott Brown
CF 9 Kenny Miller (c) YC 76'
CM 10Charlie Adam YC 62'  63'
CF 11Steven Naismith
Substitutions:
MF 16Barry Bannan  63'
MF 19Chris Maguire  75'
FW 17Ross McCormack  85'
Manager:
Scotland Craig Levein

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (own goal)

Media coverage

Every match of the tournament was shown live on Sky Sports (also on Sky 3D), with the Wales matches simulcasted live with Welsh language commentary on S4C.[6]

Criticism

The Football Association of Ireland was criticised by the media, supporters and other football associations for setting high ticket prices. The 51,700-capacity Aviva Stadium was less than half-full for all of the games.[7][8] The game between Wales and Northern Ireland was attended by only 529 fans, many of whom were Scots who happened to be in Dublin for their country's game two days later.

Northern Ireland fans were criticised for singing sectarian chants at games.[9] During the game between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Republic fans booed "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland fans booed the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, as she greeted players before the game.[10][11] Scotland fans also booed "God Save the Queen", when playing Northern Ireland.[12]

Wales manager Gary Speed criticised the tournament organisers for scheduling Wales' games to be within three days of each other, the only team to suffer such timing. He also criticised the officiating in the game against Scotland, in which in his opinion several fouls on Welsh players went unpunished.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 Forbes, Craig (13 August 2010). "England no great loss to Nations Cup, says Burley". The Scotsman. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Dates Announced For 4 Associations' Tournament In Dublin 2011". faw.org.uk. Football Association of Wales. 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011". fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Robbie Keane earns Ireland deciding win over Scotland in Nations Cup". Guardian. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Keane equals record and secures title". Irish Times. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Carling Nations Cup announces broadcast partnership with Sky Sports 3D". fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland. 17 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Norn Iron fans set to stage Aviva boycott". JOE.ie. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ghost town expected at the Aviva Stadium". JOE.ie. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Anger at Sectarian songs after NI game". UTV. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Bragging rights for Republic". Examiner. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "As it happened: Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland". TheScore.ie. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  12. ↑ Murray, Euan (9 February 2011). "Scotland sweep aside Northern Ireland in Nations Cup". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Wales manager Gary Speed condemns Charlie Adam's challenge". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Wales are Carling Cup 'poor relations' says Gary Speed". BBC News. BBC. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.


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