Ireland's 1970s matches

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In 1974, Ireland faced the USSR in a European Championship qualifying match that attracted controversy when senior Roman Catholic figures attempted to have it banned. The Republic stunned the football world by beating the Soviets 3-0
Pic shows John Giles (c), Steve Heighway and Liam Brady on his senior international debut in Dalymount prior to kick-off

1970: Ireland 1-2 Poland (6 May - FR)
1970: West Germany 2-1 Ireland (9 May - FR)
1970: Ireland 0-2 Poland (23 Sept - FR)
1970: Ireland 1-1 Sweden (14 Oct - EC)
1970: Sweden 1-0 Ireland (28 Oct - EC)
1970: Italy 3-0 Ireland (8 Dec - EC)
1971: Ireland 1-2 Italy (10 May - EC)
1971: Ireland 1-4 Austria (30 May - EC)
1971: Austria 6-0 Ireland (10 Oct - EC)
1972: Ireland 2-1 Iran (18 Jun - TR)
1972: Ireland 3-2 Ecuador (19 Jun - TR)
1972: Ireland 1-2 Chile (21 Jun - TR)
1972: Ireland 1-2 Portugal (25 Jun - TR)
1972: Ireland 1-2 USSR (18 Oct - WC)
1972: Ireland 2-1 France (15 Nov - WC)
1973: USSR 1-0 Ireland (13 May - WC)
1973: Poland 2-0 Ireland (16 May - FR)
1973: France 1-1 Ireland (19 May - WC)
1973: Norway 1-1 Ireland (6 Jun - FR)
1973: Ireland 1-0 Poland (21 Oct - FR)
1974: Brazil 2-1 Ireland (5 May - FR)
1974: Uruguay 2-0 Ireland (8 May - FR)
1974: Chile 1-2 Ireland (12 May - FR)
1974: Ireland 3-0 USSR (30 Oct - EC)
1974: Turkey 1-1 Ireland (20 Nov - EC)
1975: Ireland 1-0 West Germany (1 Mar � FR; German 'B' team)
1975: Ireland 2-1 Switzerland (11 May - EC)
1975: USSR 2-1 Ireland (18 May - EC)
1975: Switzerland 1-0 Ireland (21 May - EC)
1975: Ireland 4-0 Turkey (29 Oct - EC)
1976: Ireland 3-0 Norway (24 Mar - FR)
1976: Poland 0-2 Ireland (26 May - FR)
1976: England 1-1 Ireland (8 Sept - FR)
1976: Turkey 3-3 Ireland (13 Oct - FR)
1976: France 2-0 Ireland (17 Nov - WC)
1977: Ireland 0-1 Spain (9 Feb - FR)
1977: Ireland 1-0 France (30 Mar - WC)
1977: Ireland 0-0 Poland (24 Apr - FR)
1977: Bulgaria 2-1 Ireland (1 Jun - WC)
1977: Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria (12 Oct - WC)
1978: Ireland 4-2 Turkey (5 Apr - FR)
1978: Poland 3-0 Ireland (12 Apr - FR)
1978: Norway 0-0 Ireland (21 May - FR)
1978: Denmark 3-3 Ireland (24 May - EC)
1978: Ireland 0-0 Northern Ireland (20 Sept - EC)
1978: Ireland 1-1 England (25 Oct - EC)
1979: Ireland 2-0 Denmark (2 May - EC)
1979: Bulgaria 1-0 Ireland (19 May - EC)
1979: Ireland 1-3 West Germany (22 May - FR)
1979: Ireland 0-0 Argentina (29 May � FR; not considered a 'full' international)
1979: Wales 2-1 Ireland (11 Sept - FR)
1979: Northern Ireland 1-0 Ireland (21 Sept - EC)
1979: Czechoslovakia 4-1 Ireland (26 Sept - FR)
1979: Ireland 3-0 Bulgaria (17 Oct - EC)
1979: Ireland 3-2 USA (29 Oct - FR)

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