On This Day - 12th June 12th June 1949: The Republic of Ireland suffered a 4-1 defeat to Spain at Dalymount Park. Middlesbrough's Jimmy Hartnett made his debut as Con Martin (pen. 14) scored Ireland's goal. 12th June 1974: Alan Reynolds was born on
On This Day - 12th June
12th June 1949: The Republic of Ireland suffered a 4-1 defeat to Spain at Dalymount Park. Middlesbrough's Jimmy Hartnett made his debut as Con Martin (pen. 14) scored Ireland's goal.
12th June 1974: Alan Reynolds was born on this day in Waterford. Reynolds made 339 league appearances having started his career in 1991 at his hometown club. He was with Waterford for 10 years, staying with the club when they were relegated to the First Division. Reynolds was signed by Stephen Kenny for Longford Town for one season before moving to Cork City. He also had a short spell at Shamrock Rovers before moving back to Waterford where he was player-manager for a spell and guided the Blues to the FAI Cup Final in 2004. Short spells with Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers followed before retiring in 2007. Having worked as an FAI Development Officer, he was given the Waterford manager's position for the second time in 2017 and won the First Division title in his first season. Reynolds has guided Waterford to a fourth-place finish and maintained their Premier Division status since.
12th June 1988: The Republic of Ireland secured their first-ever European Championships finals victory in their first-ever match at the level with a 1-0 win over England in the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany in front of a crowd of 55,500. Ray Houghton (6) scored the famous goal to secure the win over England, on what was a famous day in the history of Irish football.
12th June 1996: The Republic of Ireland were held to a 2-2 draw against Mexico in the US Cup. A bad tempered occasion, Luis Garcia (40) put Mexico ahead before David Connolly (44) equalised just before the break. Duilio Davino (o.g. 49) put Ireland in front four minutes after the break but Luis Garcia (pen. 70) equalised. Liam Daish (58) was sent off due to two bookable offences and after the decision, substitute Niall Quinn (59) was also sent off from the bench. Mick McCarthy also received his marching orders due to his protests but this decision was rescinded on appeal.
