Irish National Football Teams - Ireland National Football Team (1882-1950), Northern Ireland National Football Team (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ireland national football team (1882-1950), Northern Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland national football team - record in major tournaments, Republic of Ireland national football team - record in major tournaments, Dalymount Park, 1950 British Home Championship, Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team, Aviva Stadium, Croke Park, Lansdowne Road, Dual Irish international footballers, Republic of Ireland B national football team, Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Republic of Ireland at the FIFA World Cup, Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, 2002 Roy Keane incident, Thomond Park, RDS Arena, Northern Ireland B national football team, Tolka Park, Windsor Park, Solitude, Northern Ireland women's national football team, 1903 British Home Championship, 1914 British Home Championship, Mardyke, Green and White Army, Pairc Ui Rinn, Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team, Match of the Day from Northern Ireland, Celtic Park. Excerpt: The Republic of Ireland national football team represents the nation of Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010. The team made its debut at the 1924 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950, it was referred to by the FAI as Eire or Ireland. In 1953, FIFA decreed that for competitive matches in tournaments that both Irish teams may enter, the FAI team would be officially called the Republic of Ireland while the IFA team was to be named Northern Ireland (The IFA continued to use the name "Ireland" until 1970 for non-FIFA competitions). Under the guidance of Jack Charlton and his successor M...