The Irish Football Team Thread

UEFA 2024 qualifying draw - Bye bye Kenny, another failure awaits.

Netherlands, France, Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar

 

And we’re out

 

Probably 4th in that group on around 7 points.

 

His fan boys in the media will give him a pass after every defeat

It's going to be a long time before we qualify for anything again

 

So many times I've read...but at least we're playing attractive football over the dire (but qualifying football) we played before. No manger has failed as many times as he has since the early 90s and still kept their job.

 

Just put this here. Great to see the Irish girls celebrating with the Celtic Symphony

 

Following that today. People are universally disgusted with that sky reporter asking the girl if she knows her history

 

Could it be that the sky reporter was English?

 

https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/chloe-mustaki-sky-sports-presenter-ireland-274166

 

Why should she apologise to Sky Sports? These journalists are so full of themselves, it's unbelievable. Always go on about how important they are for democracy and stuff and then are only interested in patronising other people.

Edit: She should have ask him to apologised for wearing a rememberance symbol for a state-licensed terror organisation called British Army, that caused much more violence and death, not only in Ireland but all over the world. But as always, these people will always stay hypocrits will always claim it's a difference when a state is operating a terror organisation, even though the consequences are the same. Dead civilians. * this guy, * the British Army!

 

I've been having the Celtic Symphony (various versions) for the last couple of hours
Kudos to the Lassies for such a great music taste!

 

Don't see the problem. I was toe tapping away there myself

 

Never apologise with stuff like this, double down. The poppy and British Army offends me yet every UK presenter wears a poppy to celebrate the British Army.

 

Hopefully Irish football fans delete their sky subscriptions over this *


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UEFA to probe Irish team’s IRA chant

Footage showed the Irish women’s team singing an offensive song after qualifying for the 2023 World Cup

The scandal emerged after the Irish women's team's World Cup qualification. © Ross MacDonald / SNS Group via Getty Images

The governing body of European football, UEFA, has launched a disciplinary investigation into a video which appeared to show several members of the Irish women’s football team singing a pro-IRA song as they celebrated qualification to next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Ireland qualified for their first-ever women’s World Cup thanks to a 1-0 playoff win against Scotland at Hamden Park on Tuesday.

Shortly after the game, footage appeared on social media of players singing ‘Ooh, ah, up the Ra’, which is a section of the lyrics of a song called ‘Celtic Symphony’ by Irish band The Wolfe Tones.

The phrase is commonly accepted to be in support of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), an offshoot of which, the Provisional IRA, was responsible for a multitude of terrorist attacks throughout a period known as ‘The Troubles’ between 1969 and 1998.

In a brief statement, UEFA announced that it would investigate the incident for “potential inappropriate behavior” from Irish players and staff.

“In accordance with Article 31(4) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations, a UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector will investigate potential inappropriate behaviour by players of the Republic of Ireland Women’s team in the aftermath of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers play-off second leg match played against Scotland on 11 October 2022,″ the statement said.

“Information on this matter will be made available in due course.”

Vera Pauw, the Dutch head coach of the Irish team, was quick to issue an apology on behalf of her team on Wednesday.

“We apologise from the bottom of our hearts to anyone who has been offended by the content of the post-match celebrations after we had just qualified for the World Cup,” said Pauw.

“We will review this with the players and remind them of their responsibilities in this regard. I have spoken with players this morning and we are sorry collectively for any hurt caused, there can be no excuse for that.”

Pauw addressed the issue once again at a media event later on Wednesday.

“We were made aware of a clip that has gone viral, out of the dressing room,” she stated.

“From the bottom of our hearts, we are so sorry because there is no excuse for hurting people. It was unnecessary. I have spoken already with several players about it and the one who posted it is devastated, she is crying in her room. She is so, so sorry.

“But there is no excuse for it. If I would have been there, to be honest, I would not have recognised [the song's significance] because I am a foreigner, I don’t know the song, I don’t know what it means.

“But we are a team that is always respectful to everybody, and respect is the first line of my first meeting with the players. That is why I feel so at home in this team because there is always respect for everybody and the fact that this has happened, there is no excuse for it.

“We cannot hurt people. It was part of the moment but that is not an excuse. So it is an educational moment also. We need to take responsibility at any moment, in any time.”

 

They should never have apologised. It's the only thing UEFA can use against them.

 

Talk about the heigh of hypocrisy an English reporter asking an Irish player about education on the history of Ireland and England. IMHO nothing for the players to apologize for.