On This Day in the LOI – 16th May 16th May 1982: Dan Murray was born on this day in Cambridge, England. Murray started his career at Peterborough United but after just three league appearances in three years with the Posh, Cork City signed him in 20
On This Day in the LOI – 16th May
16th May 1982: Dan Murray was born on this day in Cambridge, England. Murray started his career at Peterborough United but after just three league appearances in three years with the Posh, Cork City signed him in 2002. He instantly became a fans favourite in his first spell at the club and was Cork's highest scorer in European competition. He was also captain of the side who won the 2005 Premier Division title on the final day of the campaign against Derry City and the FAI Cup winning side against Longford Town two years later. Murray moved to Shamrock Rovers in 2010 where he won the league title in 2010 & 2011 and captained Shamrock Rovers in their historic UEFA Europa League campaign in 2011/12 and returned to Leeside in 2012. He also won the Setanta Sports Cup with both Cork City (2008) and Shamrock Rovers (2011). Overall, he made 399 league appearances in the League of Ireland and retired in 2015.
16th May 1993: Shelbourne won the FAI Cup for the fourth time in their history after a 30 year gap from their previous success when they defeated Dundalk by 1-0 in the Final which was played at Lansdowne Road. Greg Costello scored the winning goal in the 59th minute of the match.
16th May 1998: Cork City won the FAI Cup for the first time in their history when they defeated Shelbourne by 1-0 in the replayed Final which was played at Dalymount Park. Derek Coughlan scored the winning goal in the 75th minute of the match. The original tie also played at Dalymount Park six days earlier ended as 0-0 draw. Cork City’s goalkeeper, Noel Mooney became only the fifth (and most recent) goalkeeper to keep a clean in a FAI Cup Final and replay following Paddy O’Reilly (Shamrock Rovers in 1929), Kevin Fitzpatrick (Limerick in 1971), Declan O’Mahony (Cork Hibernians in 1973) and Tim Dalton (Derry City in 1989). The Leesiders were captained by Declan Daly and managed by Dave Barry.
On This Day in Irish Football - 16th May
16th May 1962: Kelham O'Hanlon was born on this day in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England. O'Hanlon played for a number of Football League clubs between the years of 1982 and 2003. Starting at Middlesbrough, he also played for Rotherham United, Carlisle United, Preston North End and Dundee United. He made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland, keeping a clean sheet in the 5-0 win over Israel at Dalymount Park in November 1987 having been capped twice previously at U21 level.
16th May 1973: The Republic of Ireland lost by 2-0 to Poland in a friendly match played in the Olympic Stadium in Wroclaw. Both goals were scored by Wlodzimierz Lubanski (44,81) bringing to five the number of goals that he scored against the Republic of Ireland in six matches. Gerry Daly (Manchester United) made his international debut in this match and Turlough O’Connor (Bohemians) won his eighth and final cap.
16th May 1980: Eoin Hand’s first match as international team manager ended in a 1-0 defeat to World champions Argentina at Lansdowne Road. The visitors played five players – Ubaldo Fillol, Jorge Olguin, Daniel Passarella (captain), Alberto Tarantini and Americo Gallego – who were in the team that defeated the Netherlands in the World Cup Final just under two years earlier. The only goal of the game came in the 28th minute and was scored by Jose Daniel Valencia following a cross from a free kick taken by Diego Maradona. The attendance was 30,000 for what was the first ever (home or away) Republic of Ireland international match to be played on a Friday. The next home Friday match was against Algeria at the RDS over thirty years later (28th May 2010) and there have only been a total of twelve such matches.
16th May 1986: Andy Keogh was born on this day in Dublin. He played his schoolboy football with Cabinteely and St. Joseph’s before joining Leeds United in 2003 but his big break came with Scunthorpe United after moving to Glanford Park in 2005. He formed a fantastic partnership with Billy Sharp and helped fire the Iron to the Championship in 2007. His form attracted Wolverhampton Wanderers and during his five years with the club, he helped Wolves gain promotion to the Premier League in 2009 and was a consistent performer in the top flight. Keogh also had spells with a number of other Football League clubs before moving to Perth Glory in 2014. He has also played in Thailand and Saudi Arabia, and currently plays for North East United in India. He made his international debut in 2007 against Ecuador at the Giants Stadium and scored against Serbia, Giovanni Trapattoni’s first match in charge, in the 1-1 draw. He made 30 appearances for the Republic of Ireland between 2007 and 2013 scoring two goals.
16th May 1990: The Republic of Ireland and Finland drew 1-1 in the Liam Brady testimonial match at Lansdowne Road. Brady, who captained the team, was substituted, by agreement, after 27 minutes of play and left the field to a tremendous ovation from the 31,556 spectators thus ending his sixteen year international career in his 72nd appearance (scoring nine goals) for his country. Mick McCarthy took over as captain for the remainder of the game in what was also Ireland’s final home match ahead of Italia 90. Finland went ahead in the 75th minute when substitute Vesa Tauriainen, in his only international, scored from a brilliant dipping volley just five minutes after he entered the field of play. Ireland secured a 1-1draw when substitute Kevin Sheedy equalised with just six minutes to play. Markku Kanerva, the present Finnish manager, was in their team for this match.
16th May 2002: In their final warm-up match ahead of the Korea-Japan World Cup, the Republic of Ireland were beaten 2-1 by Nigeria at Lansdowne Road. The visitors, who were also qualifiers for that World Cup, scored through Julius Aghahowa (13) and Efetobore Sodje (46) before Steven Reid (68) reduced the arrears with his second international goal in only his fifth appearance.
