Just think - What could Ireland have done had they beaten Germany in the group like they should have done, Roy Keane or not................................
True - We'll never know. We struggled in the heat against Nigeria in the last group game as well though and it was still Brazil in the semi if we went through the other way though as FIFA fixed the draw to keep Japan and Korea apart until the final. It should be put in context too that Beckham...
He was referring to The FA's attitude in the 1930s when we didn't compete in it and his one line on 'supporting' Belgium before the world cup started was merely to show how far his expectations have fallen on England, from the days when we were going to win the world cup, to our our bad luck in...
A big 'IF' but if it's a draw tonight and the card count becomes level it goes to lots being drawn. I can remember in Italia '90 in our group, which we won, Holland and Ireland had identical records and had lots drawn to determine who finished 2nd and 3rd between them. Ireland got 2nd place...