Thursday, 12 September 2019

Goalkeeping debut double

Following the friendly against Bulgaria, former goalkeeper Alan Kelly noticed that, in amongst the five debutants, two goalkeepers made their first international appearance, and wondered if this had ever happened in a senior international before?
We've examined the history of senior internationals, and produced this table of the debuts of each of the 45 goalkeepers to player for Ireland - and can confirm that the game was the first time that two goalkeepers made their debut in the same game!

NameDateLevelHomeScoreAway
Harry CannonSun 21 March 1926FriendlyItaly3-0Republic of Ireland
Frank CollinsSat 23 April 1927FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Italy
Tom FarquharsonSat 20 April 1929FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-0Belgium
Mick McCarthySun 8 May 1932FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0Poland
Jim FoleySun 25 February 1934World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland4-4Belgium
Bill HarringtonSun 8 December 1935FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-5Netherlands
Tommy BreenMon 17 May 1937FriendlySwitzerland0-1Republic of Ireland
George McKenzieSun 10 October 1937World Cup QualifierNorway3-2Republic of Ireland
Ned CourtneySun 16 June 1946FriendlyPortugal3-1Republic of Ireland
George MoulsonSun 23 May 1948FriendlyPortugal2-0Republic of Ireland
Willie HayesSun 24 April 1949FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Belgium
Tommy GodwinSun 22 May 1949FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Portugal
Fred KiernanSun 13 May 1951FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Argentina
Jimmy O'NeillSun 1 June 1952FriendlySpain6-0Republic of Ireland
Tom ScannellSun 7 March 1954World Cup QualifierLuxembourg0-1Republic of Ireland
Alan Kelly SnrSun 25 November 1956FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Germany
Noel DwyerSun 1 November 1959FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-2Sweden
Maurice SwanWed 18 May 1960FriendlySweden4-1Republic of Ireland
Dinny LowrySun 8 April 1962FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-3Austria
Pat DunneWed 5 May 1965World Cup QualifierRepublic of Ireland1-0Spain
Mick SmythWed 30 October 1968FriendlyPoland1-0Republic of Ireland
Kevin FitzpatrickTue 7 October 1969World Cup QualifierCzechoslovakia3-0Republic of Ireland
Mick KearnsWed 23 September 1970FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Poland
Paddy RocheSun 10 October 1971European Cup QualifierAustria6-0Republic of Ireland
Peter ThomasSun 21 October 1973FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-0Poland
Gerry PeytonWed 9 February 1977FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-1Spain
ron HealeySun 24 April 1977FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-0Poland
Seamus McDonaghTue 24 Feb 1981Friendlyrepublic of Ireland1-3Wales
Packie BonnerSun 24 May 1981FriendlyPoland3-0Republic of Ireland
Kelham O'HanlonTue 10 November 1987FriendlyRepublic of Ireland5-0Israel
Alan Kelly JnrWed 17 February 1993FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Wales
Shay GivenWed 27 March 1996FriendlyRepublic of Ireland0-2Russia
Keith BranaganTue 11 February 1997FriendlyWales0-0Republic of Ireland
Dean KielySat 13 November 1999European Cup Play offRepublic of Ireland1-1Turkey
Nick ColganWed 27 March 2002FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Denmark
Joe MurphyTue 9 September 2003FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-2Turkey
Paddy KennyWed 31 March 2004FriendlyRepublic of Ireland2-1Czech Republic
Wayne HendersonWed 1 March 2006FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-0Sweden
Colin DoyleWed 23 May 2007FriendlyEcuador1-1Republic of Ireland
Keiren WestwoodFri 29 May 2009FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-1Nigeria
David FordeTue 24 May 2011Carling Nations CupRepublic of Ireland5-0Northern Ireland
Darren RandolphTue 11 September 2012FriendlyRepublic of Ireland4-1Oman
Robert EliottSun 25 May 2014FriendlyRepublic of Ireland1-2Turkey
Mark TraversTue 10 September 2019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria
Kieran O’HaraTue 10 September 2019FriendlyRepublic of Ireland3-1Bulgaria

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