On the day of the most important football match in Irish history, an expectant father is torn between witnessing the miracle of childbirth and the miracle of reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup. Now you can watch the new Irish short film, produced by the famous Weinstein Company, in full.
On the day of the most important football match in Irish history an expectant father is torn between witnessing the miracle of childbirth and the miracle of reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup. A new Irish short film produced by the famous Weinstein Company is set for its Irish premiere at the Dublin Film Festival in February.
Belgium great Enzo Scifo and his forgotten goal at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Reposting from Póg Mo Goal magazine #1.
Dublin’s Phibsborough’s newest landmark. In a collaboration between Póg Mo Goal, The Back Page, and the superb Omin, the Irish graffiti writer and illustrator has created a wonderful tribute to RTE’s much loved broadcaster, the late great Bill O’Herlihy, in advance of the bar’s upcoming Italia 90 Day.
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. The Carlsberg England World Cup advert ahead of last year’s tournament featured Jeff Stelling, Paddy McGuinness, and Ian Wright and perhaps in a nod to their near neighbours also borrowed George Hamilton’s most famous line.
Cameroon’s legendary Roger Milla turns 63 today. At the grand old age of 38, Milla emerged as one of the stars of Italia 90. His four goals helped his country to become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals while his trademark celebration dancing by the corner flag, captured by artist Osvaldo Casanova, has become one of the iconic moment in the tournament’s history.
Ahead of Ireland’s qualifiers with Gibraltar and Germany, Roy Keane spoke of supporting Ireland as a youngster and tells a tale of watching the penalty shoot-out in Italia 90.
On this day in 1990, in our first ever World Cup, Ireland lost out by a solitary goal in the quarter-finals to the tournament hosts Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Within days the Irish team would land in Dublin to a crowd of over 500,000 people in scenes that likely wouldn’t have been bettered had they won the competition itself.
On this day in 1990, Ireland defeated Romania in a penalty shoot-out to reach the quarter-finals of our first ever World Cup.
He’s been the steady hand guiding generations of football fans through some of the most heady days in Irish sport. After decades on our television, and 36 years tearing his hair out with everyone from Denis Irwin to Don Givens on RTE’s football panels, Bill O’Herlihy is embarking on his final World Cup as anchor. ybig.ie look back at some of Billo’s memorable moments.