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Republic of Ireland vs Argentina Head to Head: Republic of Ireland football team's 2nd loss in 2 matches

Rep. of Ireland vs Argentina international football match report

Date, kick-off time:

Friday, 16 May 1980, 19:00 (UTC+1:00)

National teams, score:

Rep. of Ireland

0-1

Argentina

Competition:

International Friendly

Referee:

George Courtney, Spennymoor /

England

Attendance, venue:

30 100, Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Rep. of Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.185

Managed by team manager Eoin Hand

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Gerry Peyton

Fulham FC, London

Dave Langan Player got a yellow card

Derby County FC, Derby

Kevin Moran

Manchester United FC, Manchester

Pierce O'Leary

Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin

Chris Hughton

Tottenham Hotspur FC, London

Gerry Daly

Derby County FC, Derby

Tony Grealish Captain

46'

Luton Town FC, Luton

46' Ray O'Brien

Notts County FC, Nottingham

Gary Waddock

77'

Queens Park Rangers FC, London

77' Gerry Ryan

Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Hove

Steve Heighway

Liverpool FC, Liverpool

Don Givens

Birmingham City FC, Birmingham

Paul McGee

Preston North End FC, Preston

Historical data sources

Irish Independent (Dublin), №117, 17 May 1980; Irish Newspaper Archives

The Irish Press (Dublin), №119, 17 May 1980; Irish Newspaper Archives

Comments

bandyall - Other notes posted on 10 July 2010 at 12:23:53

Ireland
Coach: Kelly Alan

db Ukraine - Other notes posted on 14 July 2010 at 18:09:06

Manager was Eoin Hand (link:

)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted on 28 January 2011 at 20:08:50

Ubaldo Fillol
Jorge Olguín (...)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted on 25 August 2011 at 12:27:28

Coach: César-Luis Menotti (link:

)

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 19 October 2011 at 12:40:10

Goals
0:1 Valencia 28’

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 19 October 2011 at 12:44:36

Substitutions
Ramón Díaz (73’ Gabriel Calderón)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 13 June 2012 at 06:31:50

Yellowe cards:
Rep. of Ireland: (...)

Yas054 Poland - Additional information posted on 14 February 2013 at 00:40:39

Argentina line up:
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol - River Plate Buenos Aires (...)

DFN Germany - Additional information posted on 30 May 2021 at 21:19:45

Argentina squad:
(...)

DFN Germany - Additional information posted on 30 May 2021 at 21:21:37

Date: May 16, 1980
(...)

dudd Ukraine - Video posted on 11 October 2023 at 08:27:22

Full video

16.05.1980 Ireland - Argentina (Friendly)

youtube.com

Rep. of Ireland vs Argentina post-match head-to-head

0.0

GF/P

0.000

GA/P

1.000

Av attendance

35 566

WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average

Match stats

Rep. of Ireland:

players - 13 (from 12 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 24.912 (born 1947-1962)
average caps - 13.538
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0

Rep. of Ireland national team matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Rep. of Ireland vs Switzerland 2-0

Dublin, Wednesday 30 April 1980

Next match:

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Rep. of Ireland vs Netherlands 2-1

Dublin, Wednesday 10 September 1980

Rep. of Ireland football matches

Brief match report

Fri. 16 May 1980
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Rep. of Ireland 0-1 Argentina

Rep. of Ireland: Peyton, Langan, Moran, O'Leary, Hughton, Daly, Grealish (c) (O'Brien 46), Waddock (Ryan 77), Heighway, Givens, McGee. Managed by Hand.
Booked: Langan .

Att: 30 100,
Ref: Courtney (England)