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National football teams

Republic of Ireland suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
Record for most Wales caps: Joey Jones's 69th appearance
Republic of Ireland vs Wales Head to Head: Republic of Ireland football team's 4th loss in 4 matches

Rep. of Ireland vs Wales international football match report

Date, kick-off time:

Wednesday, 26 March 1986, 16:30 (UTC+0:00)

National teams, score:

Rep. of Ireland

0-1

Wales

Competition:

International Friendly

Referee:

Kenny Hope, Clarkston /

Scotland

Attendance, venue:

16 500, Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Goals:

0-1 (17') Ian Rush

Rep. of Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.225

Managed by team manager Jack Charlton (England)

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Gerry Peyton

Fulham FC, London

Dave Langan

Oxford United FC, Oxford

David O'Leary

Arsenal FC, London

John Anderson

50'

Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne

50' Mick McCarthy

Manchester City FC, Manchester

Jim Beglin

Liverpool FC, Liverpool

Ray Houghton

Oxford United FC, Oxford

Liam Brady Captain

FC Inter, Milano

Paul McGrath

Manchester United FC, Manchester

Ronnie Whelan

Liverpool FC, Liverpool

John Aldridge

Oxford United FC, Oxford

Michael Robinson

66'

Queens Park Rangers FC, London

66' Pat Byrne

Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin

Wales football team line-up in match Nr.399

Managed by team manager Mike England

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Neville Southall

66'

Everton FC, Liverpool

66' Tony Norman

Hull City AFC, Kingston upon Hull

Robbie James

Queens Park Rangers FC, London

Kenny Jackett

Watford FC, Watford

Peter Nicholas

Luton Town FC, Luton

Jeremy Charles

Oxford United FC, Oxford

Joey Jones Captain

Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield

Steve Lowndes

Millwall FC, London

David Phillips

Manchester City FC, Manchester

Ian Rush

Liverpool FC, Liverpool

Clayton Blackmore

Manchester United FC, Manchester

Gordon Davies

61'

Manchester City FC, Manchester

61' Dean Saunders

Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Hove

Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Rep. of Ireland

17.154

27.172

Wales

21.769

26.118

Historical data sources

Irish Independent (Dublin), №73, 27 Mar 1986; Irish Newspaper Archives

The Irish Press (Dublin), №73, 27 Mar 1986; Irish Newspaper Archives

Comments

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

0.0

GF/P

1.000

GA/P

2.250

Av attendance

14 581

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:

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Rep. of Ireland vs Denmark 1-4

Dublin, Wednesday 13 November 1985

Next match:

Friendly International

Rep. of Ireland vs Uruguay 1-1

Dublin, Wednesday 23 April 1986

Rep. of Ireland football matches

Wales national team matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Saudi Arabia vs Wales 1-2

Al Khobar, Tuesday 25 February 1986

Next match:

Friendly International

Wales vs Uruguay 0-0

Wrexham, Monday 21 April 1986

Wales football matches

Top Wales goal scorers

1. Trevor Ford (1946 - 1956) - 23 goals
2. Ivor Allchurch (1951 - 1965) - 23 goals
3. Cliff Jones (1955 - 1965) - 16 goals
4. John Charles (1953 - 1962) - 15 goals
... Ian Rush (1982 - 1986) - 12 goals

(correct as of March 26, 1986)

Wales goal scorers

Brief match report

Wed. 26 Mar 1986
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Rep. of Ireland 0-1 Wales
Goals: Rush 17

Rep. of Ireland: Peyton, Langan, O'Leary, Anderson (McCarthy 50), Beglin, Houghton, Brady (c), McGrath, Whelan, Aldridge, Robinson (Byrne 66). Managed by Charlton (England).

Wales: Southall (Norman 66), James, Jackett, Nicholas, Charles, Jones (c), Lowndes, Phillips, Rush, Blackmore, Davies (Saunders 61). Managed by England.

Att: 16 500,
Ref: Hope (Scotland)