Ireland's 1970s matches
1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s In 1974, Ireland faced the USSR in a European Championship qualifying match that attracted controversy when senior Roman Catholic figures attempted to have it banned. The Republic stunned the football world by beating the Soviets 3-0 Pic shows John Giles (c), Steve Heighway and Liam Brady on his senior international debut in Dalymount prior to kick-off 1970: Ireland 1-2 Poland (6 May - FR) 1970: West Germany 2-1 Ireland (9 May - FR) 1970: Ireland 0-2 Poland (23 Sept - FR) 1970: Ireland 1-1 Sweden (14 Oct - EC) 1970: Sweden 1-0 Ireland (28 Oct - EC) 1970: Italy 3-0 Ireland (8 Dec - EC) 1971: Ireland 1-2 Italy (10 May - EC) 1971: Ireland 1-4 Austria (30 May - EC) 1971: Austria 6-0 Ireland (10 Oct - EC) 1972: Ireland 2-1 Iran (18 Jun - TR) 1972: Ireland 3-2 Ecuador (19 Jun - TR) 1972: Ireland 1-2 Chile (21 Jun - TR) 1972: Ireland 1-2 Portugal (25 Jun - TR) 1972: Ireland 1-2 USSR (18 Oct - WC) 1972: Ireland 2-1 France (15 Nov - WC) 1973: USSR 1-0 Ireland (13 May - WC) 1973: Poland 2-0 Ireland (16 May - FR) 1973: France 1-1 Ireland (19 May - WC) 1973: Norway 1-1 Ireland (6 Jun - FR) 1973: Ireland 1-0 Poland (21 Oct - FR) 1974: Brazil 2-1 Ireland (5 May - FR) 1974: Uruguay 2-0 Ireland (8 May - FR) 1974: Chile 1-2 Ireland (12 May - FR) 1974: Ireland 3-0 USSR (30 Oct - EC) 1974: Turkey 1-1 Ireland (20 Nov - EC) 1975: Ireland 1-0 West Germany (1 Mar � FR; German 'B' team) 1975: Ireland 2-1 Switzerland (11 May - EC) 1975: USSR 2-1 Ireland (18 May - EC) 1975: Switzerland 1-0 Ireland (21 May - EC) 1975: Ireland 4-0 Turkey (29 Oct - EC) 1976: Ireland 3-0 Norway (24 Mar - FR) 1976: Poland 0-2 Ireland (26 May - FR) 1976: England 1-1 Ireland (8 Sept - FR) 1976: Turkey 3-3 Ireland (13 Oct - FR) 1976: France 2-0 Ireland (17 Nov - WC) 1977: Ireland 0-1 Spain (9 Feb - FR) 1977: Ireland 1-0 France (30 Mar - WC) 1977: Ireland 0-0 Poland (24 Apr - FR) 1977: Bulgaria 2-1 Ireland (1 Jun - WC) 1977: Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria (12 Oct - WC) 1978: Ireland 4-2 Turkey (5 Apr - FR) 1978: Poland 3-0 Ireland (12 Apr - FR) 1978: Norway 0-0 Ireland (21 May - FR) 1978: Denmark 3-3 Ireland (24 May - EC) 1978: Ireland 0-0 Northern Ireland (20 Sept - EC) 1978: Ireland 1-1 England (25 Oct - EC) 1979: Ireland 2-0 Denmark (2 May - EC) 1979: Bulgaria 1-0 Ireland (19 May - EC) 1979: Ireland 1-3 West Germany (22 May - FR) 1979: Ireland 0-0 Argentina (29 May � FR; not considered a 'full' international) 1979: Wales 2-1 Ireland (11 Sept - FR) 1979: Northern Ireland 1-0 Ireland (21 Sept - EC) 1979: Czechoslovakia 4-1 Ireland (26 Sept - FR) 1979: Ireland 3-0 Bulgaria (17 Oct - EC) 1979: Ireland 3-2 USA (29 Oct - FR) 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
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