Irish international stories - September 2000

Estonia squads named - September 29, 2000
Estonia national coach Tarmo Ruutli has named his senior and u21 squads which play Ireland in Dublin and Kilkenny respectively next month. The Estonian senior team face the Republic on October 11 at Lansdowne Road and four days before they play Andorra away.
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Given withdrawn from squad - September 29, 2000
Ireland boss Mick McCarthy was thrown into a goalkeeping crisis yesterday with the news that Shay Given has been withdrawn from the squad to face Portugal and Estonia.
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Portugal squads named - September 28, 2000
Portugal manager Luis Antonio Oliveira has named a strong, mostly home-based, 20-man squad to face Ireland on October 7 in Lisbon. The u21 squad to face Ireland the day before is also named
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Kelly injury blow - September 28, 2000
Ireland's No.1 choice goalkeeper, Alan Kelly, is unlikely to be fit for the World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Estonia.
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McCarthy names Irish squad - September 27, 2000
Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has named his squad for the games against Portugal in Lisbon on October 7 and Estonia at Lansdowne Road four days later..
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Givens picks an unchanged u21 squad - September 27, 2000
Even though Ireland lost 2-0 against Holland in their first game of the u21 European Championship qualifiers the players must have impressed their manager enough because he has picked the same squad again.
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McCarthy postpones squad announcement
Irish manager Mick McCarthy, due to announce his squad yesterday for two forthcoming World Cup qualifiers, decided instead to hang fire until after last night's English and European soccer matches.
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McCarthy names squad to face Portugal today - September 26, 2000
Ireland boss Mick McCarthy will name his squad to face Portugal and Estonia today at a press conference in Dublin. It is expected that Phil Babb and Mark Kennedy will again be omitted after their night of madness during the warm-up to the Holland game.
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Sixteens lose but Kerr happy - September 22, 2000
England u16 3 Ireland u16 1
Ireland u16 manager Brian Kerr expressed himself satisfied with his team's performance against England in Walsall, despite the 3-1 scoreline. Ireland will host the upcoming u18 Euro Championship qualifying mini-tournament which includes England, Wales and Turkey.
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Ireland to host Women's u18 Euro Championship qualifiers - September 22, 2000
Ireland will host the upcoming u18 Euro Championship qualifying mini-tournament which includes England, Wales and Turkey.
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King gets first chance to see women in action - September 22, 2000
New Irish women's international manager Noel King has decided to watch his players in competitive action to see what they are made of, rather than hold a training session.
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Kerr loses two from u16 team - September 22, 2000
Brian Kerr has lost two of his u16 squad for tonight's friendly against England, which takes place at Walsall's Bescot Stadium at 20:00.
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Swift Swiss beat Irish - September 20, 2000
Ireland u18s 1 Switzerland u18s 2
Ireland warm up towards the European u18 Champions qualifiers hit the rocks yesterday as they were beaten by Switzerland at Frank Cooke Park.
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Forest pull u18 players - September 19, 2000
Nottingham Forest have withdrawn three players from Brian Kerr's u18 squad to face Switzerland tonight at Frank Cooke Park (5:15 BST).
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Black Pearl's son to follow in his footsteps - September 14, 2000
Paul McGrath's son Chris has been handed the chance to follow his father into the Irish team after being named in the u16 squad to face England at Walsall's Bescot Stadium next Friday.
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Kerr names u18 squad for Swiss friendly - September 13, 2000
As Ireland get ready for the European Championship qualifiers in the Czech Republic in October, manager Brian Kerr has named a new-look squad to face Switzerland in a friendly at Frank Cooke Park, Dublin, next Tuesday (5:30pm).
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Eircom Park receives planning permission - September 12, 2000
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have been granted planning permission for the proposed stadium at Saggart by the local council. The move by the council has made the FAI happy but it has angered the Department of Defence.
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Eircom Park planning permission expected today - September 11, 2000
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) will move a step closer to the dream of having their own stadium if, as expected, the South Dublin County Council give them planning permission today - but there could be conditions which would leave the project at the mercy of the Department of Defence.
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Juniors qualify for Nations Cup final - September 8, 2000
Ireland 2 Poland 1
Ireland made it three wins out of three to qualify for the finals of the Nations Cup when they beat Poland 2-1 in a hot-tempered game in Finland yesterday.
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Ireland announce two friendlies - September 6, 2000
Ireland have set the dates for two international friendlies this season. The Republic will play Finland on November 15 and Denmark on February 28. Both matches will be played at Lansdowne Road.
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Juniors continue winning ways - September 6, 2000
Ireland 1 Lithuania 0
Following their 4-1 win over hosts Finland on Sunday, Ireland's juniors kept up their winning ways in the European Nations Cup with a comprehensive 1-0 victory against Lithuania yesterday.
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Shame on you Pat - September 5, 2000
Pat Dolan's shameful column in today's Irish Star should never have been given print space. The outspoken St. Pat's boss reckons that Phil Babb and Jason McAteer should have never been picked for Ireland because they are not Irish.
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Gregan wants to play for Ireland - September 5, 2000
Preston North End's captain Sean Gregan wants to play for Ireland but don't tell Pat Dolan about it. The 26-year-old midfielder is checking out his Irishness at the moment after being recommended to Mick McCarthy by Preston boss David Moyes.
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Captain feels Irish can qualify - September 4, 2000
Irish captain Roy Keane feels that Ireland can qualify for the World Cup finals in 2002 if they have more belief in themselves.
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Player worries unfounded - September 4, 2000
Before Saturday nights game against the Dutch most Irish supporters were worried about some of Mick McCarthy's selections. But after 90 minutes of play, not a bad word could be said about any of the players who wore the green with such pride.
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Portugal go top - September 4, 2000
Portugal went to the top of Ireland's group with a comfortable 3-1 win over Estonia in Talinn.
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Tactics nearly pay maximum dividends - September 2, 2000
Holland 2 Ireland 2
Ireland came within ten minutes of a famous win over the Dutch in their World Cup qualifier at the Amsterdam Arena on Saturday night and in turn put behind them many bad displays away from Lansdowne Road over the last couple of years. Manager Mick McCarthy decided to take the game to the Dutch, starting the game with a 4-4-2 formation instead of his favoured 4-5-1 away formation.
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Irish go down to Dutch - September 1, 2000
Holland u21 2 Ireland u21 0
Half-time substitutes Patrick Ax and Cedric van der Gun took just five minutes to make it a bad night for the Irish u21s in Nijmegan.
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Keane will play against Dutch - September 1, 2000
A collective sigh of relief reverberated around Ireland yesterday as the news broke that captain Roy Keane will be fit to take his place against Holland on Saturday.
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Givens asks for patience - September 1, 2000
Don Givens is asking the Irish u21 team to be patient against the Dutch tonight in Nijmegan as the European Championship qualifiers kick-off.
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