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Irish u18 international
news - 2000
Second awards for Dunne and Quinn - November 13, 2000
Irish stars of the future Richard Dunne and Barry Quinn each picked up their second Player of the Year Awards at the CityWest Hotel last night.
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Nolan row brewing - October 31, 2000
Ireland and England are set for a row over the services of highly rated Bolton teenager Kevin Nolan. But if reports are right, and he would rather play for England, then the FAI should wash their hands of him.
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The other Player of the Year contenders - October 26, 2000
As well as the Senior, Young and Eircom League Player of the Year awards there are another nine gongs up for grabs.
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Republic finish in a flourish - October 20, 2000
Republic of Ireland 3 Bulgaria 2
The Republic of Ireland u18 team looked destined for their second defeat of the European Championship qualifier mini-tournament in the Czech Republic yesterday. They trailed 2-1 to Bulgaria with four minutes left on the clock but a late surge from the Irish saw them score two more goals to take the game 3-2.
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Irish u18 win not enough - October 18, 2000
Ireland 2 Moldova 0 - Brian Kerr's u18 team bounced back from defeat by the Czech Republic to earn a creditable 2-0 win over Moldova in the European Championships qualifying mini-tournament yesterday.
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Ireland face Moldova today - October 17, 2000
Ireland's u18 team go into their game against Moldova today in the Czech Republic knowing that they have to win if they are to keep the pressure on the Czechs for qualification from the European Championship qualifier mini-tournament.
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Ireland beaten by Czechs - October 16, 2000
Czech Republic 1 Ireland 0
Ireland have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify from their four-team mini-tournament after hosts Czech Republic beat Brian Kerr's u18 team 1-0.
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Kerr forced to make changes - October 13, 2000
Brian Kerr's Ireland u18 squad fly
out today for their European Championship qualifying tournament in
the Czech Republic - and once again the manager has been forced
into a series of late changes.
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Forest trio named in u18 Euro squad - October 4, 2000
Ireland Youth manager Brian Kerr has gone back to the Nottingham Forest underage well for five of the squad for the u18 European Championship qualifying mini-tournament in the Czech Republic later this month - and if the well dries up this time as it did for Ireland's last friendly it could cause serious problems.
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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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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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Ireland beaten by Germans - August 30, 2000
Germany 3 Republic of Ireland 1
Ireland's u18s last night kicked off the first of two friendlies against Germany and came out the wrong end of the scoreline, as the hosts outclassed Brian Kerr's depleted side 3-1 in Gutersloh.
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Gear today gone tomorrow! - August 29, 2000
Summer travelling can be fraught with danger and inconvenience: flight delays, thefts and the loss of luggage. The Irish u18 squad is not immune to these problems. They arrived in Dusseldorf yesterday for two friendly games with the Germans and discovered that their gear was not there.
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France are European u18 champions - July 24, 2000
The difference between success and failure is slim. France were crowned European u18 champions this morning when they overcame the challenge of the Ukraine 1-0 in the final in Nurnberg in front of a massive 32,000 crowd. But it could so easily have been Ireland, as the French were somewhat fortunate to beat Brian Kerr's team over two legs to reach the finals stage.
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Ireland u18s fail to make Euro finals - April 19, 2000
Ireland u18 0 France u18 2
It seemed Ireland had done the hard work in their two-legged play-off with France for qualification for the u18 European Championship Finals. They travelled to Brest two weeks ago and earned a creditable 0-0 draw, outplaying their hosts at times.
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Ireland hold France - April 5, 2000
France u18 0 Ireland u18 0
The Republic of Ireland u18 team have given themselves an excellent chance of qualifying for the European Championship finals after earning a morale-boosting 0-0 draw against France in Brest last night.
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