On This Day in the LOI – 10th May 10th May 1964: Paul Whelan was born on this day in Dublin. He made his League debut in 1982 with Home Farm and went on to play a total of 421 League matches in a career that last over eighteen years. He also played
On This Day in the LOI – 10th May
10th May 1964: Paul Whelan was born on this day in Dublin. He made his League debut in 1982 with Home Farm and went on to play a total of 421 League matches in a career that last over eighteen years. He also played with Drogheda United, Derry City, Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers. He captained Bohemians to their FAI Cup win in May 1992. His father Ronnie Snr who FAI Cup winners medals with St. Patrick’s Athletic in 1959 and 1961 and his son Gavin was on the scoresheet when winning a Cup medal with Drogheda United in 2005.
10th May 1992: Bohemians won the FAI Cup for the fifth time in their history when they defeated Cork City by 1-0 in the Final played before an attendance of 17,000 at Lansdowne Road. David Tilson scored the winning goal in the 78th minute of the match. The Gypsies captain Paul Whelan was celebrating his 28th birthday.
10th May 1992: Gary Shaw was born on this day in Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Shaw began his career with Bray Wanderers in 2010 and after impressing for the Seagulls, he signed for Longford Town in 2012. He became a first-team regular with De Town and his form prompted Shamrock Rovers to sign the centre-forward in 2016. During his two years at Tallaght Stadium, Shaw provided the crucial goal against FC Stjarnan to progress in the Europa League and he scored 10 goals during the 2017 season. He signed for St. Patrick's Athletic in 2019 and ahead of the 2020 season, he returned to Bray Wanderers where he has already scored two goals in three games.
10th May 1998: Cork City and Shelbourne drew 0-0 in the FAI Cup Final at Dalymount Park.
On This Day in Irish Football - May 10th
10th May 1956: The Republic of Ireland defeated the Netherlands by 4-1 in a friendly match played in the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam. Arthur Fitzsimons (52, 67), Joe Haverty (59) on his debut and Alf Ringstead (71) scored for Ireland for whom Tommy Dunne and Liam Whelan also debuted. Abraham Appel (77) scored a consolation goal for the Dutch.
10th May 1959: The Republic of Ireland travelled to Bratislava to face Czechoslovakia in the second leg of the preliminary round of the European Championship then known as the European Nations Cup. Ireland carried a 2-0 lead into the match but it was not to be as the Czechs won by 4-0 in front of 60,000 spectators at the Tehelne Pole Stadium. Goalkeeper Imrich Stacho scored a penalty in the fourth minute and the Czechs added further goals through Titus Bubernik (57), Ladislav Pavlovic (67) and Milan Dolinsky (75). Chelsea’s Dick Whittaker made his only international appearance in this match.
10th May 1964: The Republic of Ireland lost by 3-1 to Poland in a friendly match played in the Wisla Stadium in Kracow before an attendance of 60,000. Paddy Ambrose scored the Irish goal in the 35th minute and Freddie Strahan of Shelbourne made his international debut.
10th May 1971: The Republic of Ireland lost by 2-1 to Italy in a European Championship (then European Nations Cup) match at Lansdowne Road. It was only the second international to be played at the venue following the Italy “B” match over 44 years earlier in April 1927. The attendance was 20,000 on what was a Monday night with a kick-off time of 7.00 pm. Roberto Boninsegna (15) and Pierino Prati (59) scored for Italy with Jimmy Conway (23) scoring for Ireland. The Italians were very strong opponents as they were the reigning European champions and had reached the final of the World Cup in Mexico the previous year.
10th May 1975: The Republic of Ireland defeated Switzerland by 2-1 in a European Championship (then European Nations Cup) match at Lansdowne Road. Having the started the campaign with the 3-0 won over the Soviet Union (Givens hat-trick) and a 1-1 draw against Turkey in Izmir, there was now a huge interest in tickets for this match resulting in a 50,000 attendance. Mick Martin (2) and Ray Treacy (29) got the Irish goals with Karl Muller (73) getting the Swiss goal.
