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10 Years On From His Appointment: A Photo Tribute To Steve Staunton's 2007 USA Tour

Daryl Bolger
By Daryl Bolger
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It's 10 years to the day that the FAI made the decision to appoint Steve Staunton as Ireland manager, so why not look back at arguably his finest moment?

At the time Ireland were clinging to a chance of second spot in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, despite a disastrous 5-2 defeat in Cyprus. The tour, coming at the end of the season, was seen as a bit of an oddity by a small minority and many proven internationals stayed home. That gave the likes of the unheralded Darren Potter, Joe Lapira and even Alex Bruce a run.


Ireland 1-1 Ecuador

C. Benitez (13')
K. Doyle (44')

Ireland Team; C.Doyle, A.Bennett, A.Bruce, S.Kelly, S.O'Halloran (J. O'Cearuill, 66), S. Hunt (A. Stokes, 69), Z. Kilbane (S. Gleeson, 79), D. Potter, K. Doyle (S. Long, 60), A Keogh (J. Gamble, 69), D. Murphy (J. Lapira, '83)

The (definitely of age) lads had the craic beforehand

Good Attacking Line-Up

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Great ball control from Stokes

Joe Lapira showing great awareness

Shane Long was good value for his third cap

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A well-contested header from Keogh

Doyle using an unorthodox technique

Great use of tactics from Stan

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The Ecuadorian fans went wild for Joe Gamble

And the players celebrated a monumental 1-1 victory

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Ireland 1-1 Bolivia

S.Long (12')
M. Hoyos (14')

Ireland Team; N.Colgan, A.Bennett, J. O'Cearuill, S.Kelly, P.Murphy (S. O'Halloran, 46), Alan O'Brien (S. Gleeson, 77), Z. Kilbane (S. Hunt, 66) J. Gamble (D. Murphy, 46) D. Potter, S. Long (K. Doyle, 54), A. Stokes.

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Shane Long had a bad start, leaving the emersion on

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The crowd was expectant

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Stan had come straight from his club's dinner dance the previous night

Stokes made a mazy run

Kevin Doyle practised Olympic Walking at half time

Stan spotted his family in the crowd

A local bridge had to be shut for traffic due to the crowds

Excellent technique from Long

And he scored his first ever Irish goal

What unbelievable memories.

Picture credits: David Maher / SPORTSFILE

See Also: VIDEO: This Kid Shows Steve Staunton How To Handle The Media

See Also: What The Hell Was Steve Staunton Reading In This Photo?

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