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Irish soccer is full of weird and
wonderful statistics and information. At Soccer-Ireland.com we have
conducted some research into the highly interesting world of football
in Ireland and unearthed some real gems. For instance did you know
that a former Irish international soccer player has a scoring ratio
of 86.66% goals per match played - even Robbie Keane doesn't come
close to that.
Another little known fact is that
the first match played by a senior international football team to
represent the twenty counties was in an international competition
known as the Olympics! Even though it wasn't until the Euro
88 qualifiers that Ireland reached a major international finals
Ireland's very first competitive match was at the 1924 Summer Olympics
in Paris.
We also include facts, statistics
and information about all aspects of Irish international soccer
and the Republic of
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