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Rep. of Ireland vs West Germany international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Tuesday, 22 May 1979, 19:30 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Rep. of Ireland
1-3
West Germany
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
George Courtney, Spennymoor /
England
Attendance, venue:
22 000, Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Goals:
1-0 (26') Gerry Ryan, 1-1 (28') Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, 1-2 (81') Walter Kelsch, 1-3 (90') Dieter Hoeneß
Rep. of Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.176
Managed by team manager John Giles
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Gerry Peyton  
7
23
Fulham FC, London
Eamonn Gregg  
6
26
Bohemian FC, Dublin
David O'Leary  
11
21
Arsenal FC, London
Mick Martin  
33
27
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Paddy Mulligan  
46
34
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Tony Grealish  
7
22
Orient FC, London
Johnny Giles  Captain 
59
38
Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin
Liam Brady  
22
23
Arsenal FC, London
Gerry Ryan  
3
23
Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Hove
Don Givens   15' 
47
29
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
15' Brendan O'Callaghan  
1
23
Stoke City FC, Stoke-on-Trent
Frank Stapleton   67' 
11
22
Arsenal FC, London
67' Mickey Walsh  
8
24
Queens Park Rangers FC, London
West Germany football team line-up in match Nr.441
Managed by head coach Jupp Derwall
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Sepp Maier  Captain  46' 
94
35
FC Bayern, München
46' Dieter Burdenski  
5
28
SV Werder, Bremen
Manfred Kaltz  
28
26
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Bernd Cullmann  
29
29
1. FC Köln, Köln
Karlheinz Förster  
6
20
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Bernd Förster  
1
23
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Herbert Zimmermann   70' 
10
24
1. FC Köln, Köln
70' William Hartwig  
1
24
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Bernd Schuster  
1
19
1. FC Köln, Köln
Klaus Allofs  
6
22
TSV Fortuna, Düsseldorf
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   70' 
24
23
FC Bayern, München
70' Caspar Memering  
1
25
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Dieter Hoeneß  
1
26
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Hansi Müller   46' 
10
21
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
46' Walter Kelsch  
2
23
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Rep. of Ireland
13
20.077
26.277
11
1
0
0
West Germany
15
14.600
25.095
6
3
0
0
Historical data sources
Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №119, 23 May 1979; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung
Irish Independent (Dublin), №121, 23 May 1979; Irish Newspaper Archives
The Irish Press (Dublin), №121, 23 May 1979; Irish Newspaper Archives
Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg), №119, 23 May 1979; Zeitungsarchiv Hamburger Abendblatt
Comments

bandyall - posted on 24 October 2010 at 07:41:31

Goals: 1:3 (90.) Uli Hoeness
(...)

gacjan - posted on 27 April 2011 at 08:23:18

until 45’ Maier
from 45’ Cullmann

DFN - posted on 28 April 2011 at 00:30:19

Captain was Sepp Maier

Book: Deutschlands Fussball Länderspiele by
Sport- und Spielverlag, ISBN: 3-9802172-4-8
Rep. of Ireland vs West Germany post-match head-to-head
WP
40.9
P
11
W
4
D
1
L
6
GF
17
GA
22
GF/P
1.545
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
39 425
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Rep. of Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Bulgaria vs Rep. of Ireland 1-0
Sofia, Saturday 19 May 1979
Next match:
Friendly International
Wales vs Rep. of Ireland 2-1
Swansea, Tuesday 11 September 1979
Rep. of Ireland football matches
West Germany national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Wales vs West Germany 0-2
Wrexham, Wednesday 2 May 1979
Next match:
Friendly International
Iceland vs West Germany 1-3
Reykjavík, Saturday 26 May 1979
West Germany football matches
Top Rep. of Ireland goal scorers
1. Don Givens (1969 - 1979) - 17 goals
2. Noel Cantwell (1956 - 1967) - 14 goals
3. Jimmy Dunne (1930 - 1938) - 13 goals
4. Dermot Curtis (1956 - 1960) - 8 goals
... Gerry Ryan (1979) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 22, 1979)
Rep. of Ireland goal scorers
Top West Germany goal scorers
1. Gerd Müller (1967 - 1974) - 68 goals
2. Uwe Seeler (1958 - 1970) - 43 goals
... Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1977 - 1979) - 6 goals
... Walter Kelsch (1979) - 1 goal
... Dieter Hoeneß (1979) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 22, 1979)
West Germany goal scorers
Brief match report
Tue. 22 May 1979
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Rep. of Ireland 1-3 West Germany
Goals: Ryan 26, Rummenigge 28, Kelsch 81, Hoeneß 90

Rep. of Ireland: Peyton, Gregg, O'Leary, Martin, Mulligan, Grealish, Giles (c), Brady, Ryan, Givens (O'Callaghan 15), Stapleton (Walsh 67). Managed by Giles.

West Germany: Maier (c) (Burdenski 46), Kaltz, Cullmann, Karlheinz Förster, Bernd Förster, Zimmermann (Hartwig 70), Schuster, Allofs, Rummenigge (Memering 70), Hoeneß, Müller (Kelsch 46). Managed by Derwall.

Att: 22 000,
Ref: Courtney (England)

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