document_title: The Fly (1986 film)

question_text: who did the special effects for the fly

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text: The Fly (1986 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist, meets Veronica Quaife, a science journalist, at a press event. He takes her back to his warehouse home and laboratory and shows her his invention: a set of "telepods" that allows instantaneous teleportation from one pod to another. Seth convinces Veronica to keep the invention secret in exchange for exclusive rights to the story, and she begins to document his work. Although the telepods can transport inanimate objects, they mutilate live tissue, as is demonstrated when a baboon is turned inside-out during an experiment.

text: Seth and Veronica begin a relationship. Their first sexual encounter inspires Seth to reprogram the telepod to cope with living tissue, and he successfully teleports a second baboon. Veronica departs before they can celebrate, and Seth worries that she is rekindling her relationship with her editor Stathis Borans; in reality, Veronica has left to confront Stathis about a veiled threat, spurred by his jealousy of Seth, to publish the telepod story without her consent. Seth decides to teleport himself alone, unaware that a housefly has slipped inside the transmitter pod with him. He emerges from the receiving pod seemingly normal.

text: Seth and Veronica reconcile. Seth begins to exhibit increased strength, stamina, and sexual potency, which he believes is a result of the teleportation "purifying" his body. He has sugar cravings and Veronica is concerned about Seth's insanity and strange, bristly hairs growing from his back. He becomes arrogant and violent, insisting that the teleportation process is beneficial, and tries to force Veronica to undergo teleportation. When she refuses, he abandons her, goes to a bar and partakes in an arm-wrestling match, leaving his opponent with a compound fracture. He meets a woman named Tawny and brings her back to his warehouse, where Veronica rescues her from teleportation. Seth throws Veronica out, but when his fingernails begin falling off, he realizes something went wrong during his teleportation. He checks his computer's records and discovers that the telepod computer, confused by the presence of two lifeforms in the sending pod, merged him with the fly at the molecular-genetic level.

text: Seth continues to deteriorate, losing body parts and becoming less human in appearance. He reconnects with Veronica and theorizes that he is becoming "Brundlefly", a hybrid of human and insect. He has begun vomiting digestive enzymes onto his food to dissolve it and has gained the ability to cling to walls and ceilings. He realizes he is losing his human reason and compassion, driven by primitive impulses he cannot control.

text: Seth installs a fusion program into the Telepod computer, planning to dilute the fly genes in his body with human DNA. Veronica learns that she is pregnant by Seth and has a nightmare of giving birth to a giant maggot. She has Stathis persuade a doctor to perform an abortion in the middle of the night. Having overheard their conversation, Seth abducts Veronica before the abortion can take place and begs her to carry the child to term, since it may be the last remnant of his humanity. Stathis breaks into Seth's lab with a shotgun, but Seth disfigures him with his corrosive vomit.

text: Seth reveals his desperate plan to Veronica: he will use the telepods to fuse himself and Veronica, together with their unborn child, into one entity. As Seth drags her into one of the telepods, she accidentally rips off his jaw and an enormous insectoid-human creature bursts from Seth's skin. It traps Veronica inside the first telepod and enters the other. The wounded Stathis uses his shotgun to sever the cables connecting Veronica's telepod to the computer, allowing Veronica to escape. Breaking out of its own pod just as the fusion process is activated, Brundlefly is gruesomely fused with the metal door and cabling of Telepod 2. As the deformed Brundlefly/Telepod creature crawls out of the receiving pod, it begs Veronica to end its suffering with the shotgun, and Veronica tearfully shoots it.

text: Cast[edit]

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Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle
Geena Davis as Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife
John Getz as Stathis Borans
Joy Boushel as Tawny
Leslie Carlson as Dr. Brent Cheevers
George Chuvalo as Marky
David Cronenberg as Gynecologist

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text: Production[edit]

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text: In the early 1980s, co-producer Kip Ohman approached screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue with the idea of remaking the classic science fiction horror film The Fly.[4] Pogue began by reading George Langelaan's short story and then watching the original film, which he had never seen. Deciding that this was a project in which he was interested, he talked with producer Stuart Cornfeld about setting up the production, and Cornfeld very quickly agreed.[5] The duo then pitched the idea to executives at 20th Century Fox and received an enthusiastic response, and Pogue was given money to write a first draft screenplay. He initially wrote an outline similar to that of Langelaan's story, but both he and Cornfeld thought that it would be better to rework the material to focus on a gradual metamorphosis instead of an instantaneous monster. However, when executives read the script, they were so unimpressed that they immediately withdrew from the project. After some negotiation, Cornfeld orchestrated a deal whereby Fox would agree to distribute the film if he could set up financing through another source.[4]

text: The new producer was Mel Brooks and the film was to be produced by his company, Brooksfilms. Cornfeld was a frequent collaborator and friend of Brooks, who together also produced David Lynch's film The Elephant Man.[5] Cornfeld gave the script to Brooks, who liked it but felt that a different writer was needed. Pogue was then removed from the project and Cornfeld hired Walon Green for a rewrite, but it was felt that his draft was not a step in the right direction, so Pogue was then brought back to polish the material.[4] At the same time, Brooks and Cornfeld were trying to find a suitable director. Their first choice was David Cronenberg, but he was working on an adaptation of Total Recall for Dino De Laurentiis and was unable to accept.[5] Cornfeld decided on a young British director named Robert Bierman after seeing one of his short films. Bierman was flown to Los Angeles to meet with Pogue, and the film was in the very early stages of preproduction when tragedy struck. Bierman's family had been vacationing in South Africa and his daughter was killed in an accident.[5] Bierman boarded a plane to go to his family, and Brooks and Cornfeld waited for a month before approaching him about resuming work on the picture. Bierman told them that he was unable to start working so soon, and Brooks told him that he would wait three months and contact him again. At the end of the three months, Bierman told him that he could not commit to the project. Brooks told him that he understood and had freed him from his contract. Brooks left his name off the credits so as people would not go to the movie expecting what one would expect from Mel Brooks.

text: Cornfeld then heard that Cronenberg was no longer associated with Total Recall and once again approached him with The Fly.[5] Cronenberg agreed to sign on as director if he would be allowed to rewrite the script.[6][3][7]

text: Geoff and Barbara Powell are a happily married couple. Geoff, a brilliant scientist, has been working on a teleportation machine, but is unwilling to tell his employer, Phillip DeWitt, or his friend, Harry Chandler, about the nature of the project. DeWitt is greatly displeased by this, and threatens to pull his funding of the mystery project unless he is given full disclosure. After several failed experiments, such as a monkey's atoms never reintegrating after disintegration, Geoff eventually is successful in teleporting both inanimate and living objects. However, when he tries it on himself, a housefly slips into the booth with him. Seemingly normal at first, Geoff soon develops incredible strength, stamina, and energy. After sprouting fly-hairs and losing his fingernails, Geoff eventually discovers that the fly has been absorbed into his body, and that its cells are now taking over his own.

text: As he slowly mutates into a giant fly, Geoff loses body parts, and becomes able to climb walls, as well as digest food with corrosive vomit. Barb is horrified to learn that she is pregnant by Geoff, and cannot be sure if the child was conceived before or after his teleportation. Eventually, Chandler discovers the teleporter's existence, reveals it to DeWitt, and demonstrates it on a cat, only to have the lost monkey atoms return from the ether and create a horrible "monkey-cat" creature, which DeWitt beats to death with a metal rod. Despite this failed experiment, DeWitt sees the substantial monetary value of the device, and so takes possession of the teleporter. Geoff (now mostly transformed into a fly-monster and unable to speak) learns of this, and goes to DeWitt's office building, followed by Barb. Geoff confronts DeWitt, starts a fire in the lab where the teleporter is now housed, and kills DeWitt by vomiting and feeding on him. He then traps himself in one of the teleportation booths just as Barb arrives to watch the fire kill him and destroy the teleporter—his intent all along. In a coma, Barb dreams of giving birth to a giant maggot, only to wake up in a hospital, where it is revealed that she's given birth to a healthy baby boy.

text: The revised script differed greatly from Pogue's screenplay, though it still retained the basic plot and the central concept of a gradual mutation. Cronenberg rewrote the characters and most of the dialogue from scratch (as well as fusing DeWitt and Chandler--who had romantic intentions toward Barb in the Pogue draft--into Stathis Borans), and carried over a few key moments and concepts. Certain aspects of the transformation from Pogue's draft (such as the hero's loss of body parts) were expanded upon, and Cronenberg also layered in his trademark themes of sexuality, body horror, and personal identity. He also made it a point to keep Seth Brundle as articulate as possible for as long as possible, as opposed to Pogue's draft, in which Geoff Powell loses his ability to speak two-thirds of the way through the script.

text: Seth Brundle's increasing mania and personality changes in the early stages of the transformation were emphasized in the rewrites, and the notion of the transformation itself being a horrible (and very metaphorical) disease became a key factor in the new script. Also, in this version, Brundle was clearly transforming into a bizarre hybrid creature as the result of a genetic fusion, whereas in Pogue's version, Powell was being taken over by the fly's cells, which had been absorbed into his body (thus slowly transforming him literally into a giant fly, rather than Brundle's deformed man-fly mixture). Cronenberg's version also retained such moments as Brundle catching a fly in mid-air, the fingernail-pulling, and the maggot-baby dream (which was moved to an earlier point in the story, and used for thematic and plot purposes rather than as an end-of-film shock moment).

text: The "monkey-cat" of Pogue's script was repurposed by Cronenberg into a twisted, desperate attempt by Brundle to find a cure, and Pogue's sequence of a fly leg hatching from Geoff's side was taken one step further, with Brundle amputating the twitching limb with his teeth. Pogue's script also featured a bag lady being murdered by Geoff in an alley, and Cronenberg revised this so that the woman was killed by vomit-drop (as with DeWitt's murder at the end of the original draft) rather than Geoff cutting her throat accidentally (however, Cronenberg never filmed his version of this sequence, which was written out of the final shooting script). While Cronenberg's script did not end with Veronica Quaife giving birth, it did end with a coda which revealed that she was pregnant with a normal baby, conceived by Borans after Brundle's death (and the abortion of Brundle's possibly tainted fetus).

text: Despite the extensive rewrite of Pogue's script, Cronenberg insisted during Writers Guild arbitrations that he and Pogue share screenplay credit, since he felt that his version could not have come to pass without Pogue's script to serve as a foundation.[6]

text: With a script that everyone approved of, Cronenberg assembled his usual crew and began the process of casting the picture, ultimately deciding on Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis for the leads. Chris Walas, who had designed the creatures in Gremlins, was hired to handle the film's extensive special effects. Filming took place in Toronto in 1985–1986.

text: The producers also commissioned musician Bryan Ferry to record a song for the film for promotional purposes. The resulting track was entitled "Help Me". A music video was made for the song, and footage from the film was prominently featured in it. Cronenberg admitted to liking the song, but felt that it was inappropriate to the film itself. Brooks and Cornfeld originally wanted to play the song over the closing credits, but after Cronenberg screened it for them, they agreed with the director that it did not mesh with the movie. As a result, the song is featured only briefly in the film, in the background during the scene where Brundle challenges Marky in the bar. "Help Me" became rather obscure as it was not included on the film's soundtrack release. The song resurfaced in 1993 on the Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry compact disc Ultimate Collection.[8]

text: The design of Brundle's telepods was inspired by the engine cylinder of Cronenberg's Ducati Desmo.[9]

text: Deleted and alternate scenes[edit]

text: After filming ended early in 1986, a rough cut of The Fly was shown to Fox executives, who were very impressed. A rough cut was then previewed at Toronto's Uptown Theatre in the spring of that year. Due to a strong audience reaction, the graphic and infamous "monkey-cat" sequence was cut from the film to make it easier for audiences to maintain sympathy for Brundle's character. Another preview screening was subsequently held at the Fox lot in Los Angeles, and this version featured the "butterfly baby" coda. As before, the screening results dictated that the scene be cut.[6][3]

text: As with most of David Cronenberg's movies, The Fly was tightly edited to maintain a strong pace and to downplay the gore. The final cut runs a brisk 95 minutes, and although very few full scenes were cut, many others were trimmed down. The DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film feature both the shooting script and a great deal of deleted, extended and alternate footage which had never been seen before.

text: The most notable deleted and alternate scenes include:

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Second interview: a short scene that features Veronica Quaife conducting a videotaped interview with Seth Brundle (after his superhuman exercise as seen in the completed film), in which he mistakenly theorizes that being teleported has somehow improved him. A slightly different version of this scene appears in The Fly II, which contains alternate takes and dialogue that does not appear in the workprint version of the scene as presented on the DVD. Additionally, Geena Davis's dialogue is overdubbed by Saffron Henderson, who took over the role of Veronica in the sequel.
Monkey-cat: a legendary and infamous sequence in which the desperate Brundle (in a transitional makeup stage which appears only in this scene) uses the Telepods to merge an alley cat and the surviving baboon together in an attempt to find a cure for his condition. However, the resulting "monkey-cat" creature comes out of the receiving Telepod terribly deformed and in unendurable pain. The creature attacks Brundle, who ends up beating the two-headed creature to death with a metal pipe so as to end its misery. The sequence goes on to show the disturbed Brundle scaling the wall of his lab up to the roof, only to feel a sharp pain in his left side (specifically, in the hernia-like bulge seen in the final cut of the film when Brundle first demonstrates his wall-crawling powers). He accidentally slips off the roof, slides down the wall, lands on a metal awning, and watches as a small, fly-like leg emerges from his torso. Horrified by this new appendage, Brundle amputates it with his teeth.

text: Brundle's motivation for fusing the two animals together was intended to be somewhat ambiguous in the context of the sequence, which featured a "test run" for Brundle's fusion "cure" seen at the end of the movie. Thematically, the point of the scene was that Brundle was trying to find some kind of cure for his rapidly deteriorating condition, but was clearly losing his sanity at the same time. The end of the sequence also revealed exactly what the hernia-like bulge on Brundle's torso was, as well as revealing the final fate of the second baboon, story points that are both left unresolved in the final cut.

text: As noted, this sequence was included in the rough cut shown at the Toronto preview screening. The audience had a strong reaction, with at least one person alleged to have vomited. The general consensus from the preview audience was that Brundle was being cruel to the animals (and thus the scene played as being gratuitous, which was not the filmmakers' intent) and, as a result, they lost sympathy for him for the duration of the film. The scene was cut, and remained lost for nearly 20 years. For the 2005 DVD, the scene was restored from the original negative (which was editorially conformed to the workprint version), with tracked-in sound effects and music taken from the completed film.

text: After amputating the insect leg, the script additionally called for Brundle to encounter a homeless woman in the alley, upon whose face he would vomit and subsequently consume. However, this segment was written out of The Fly before filming, even though an actress had already been hired to play the baglady. The scripted sequence appears on the DVD.

text: Butterfly baby; the film's deleted epilogue was shot four different ways (all of which can be seen on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of the film). In the version of the scene that was originally scripted (and previewed for the Los Angeles test audience), Veronica Quaife is seen in bed with Stathis Borans (having married him) some time after Seth Brundle's death. She awakens from another nightmare in which she gives birth to Brundle's child, and Stathis reassures her that she is safe, and that the baby she is now carrying (having presumably aborted Brundle's) is his. Veronica then falls back to sleep, and she is now dreaming of a beautiful human baby with butterfly wings hatching from a cocoon and flying off towards a distant light source.

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Veronica in bed with Stathis (much the same as the version that was previewed), but without her being pregnant. Instead, Stathis reassures her that "there's no baby". She then falls back to sleep and has the butterfly-baby dream.
Veronica waking up alone and in her own bed, then falling back asleep and having the butterfly-baby dream. In this version, she is clearly still pregnant with Brundle's baby.
Veronica waking up alone and in her own bed, then having the butterfly-baby dream. In this version, she is not visibly pregnant (thus leaving the ending ambiguous).

text: The epilogue was intended as an upbeat bookend for Veronica's earlier maggot-baby dream, and to give the surviving characters a more hopeful ending. However, the coda did not fare well with the preview audience, since they were too stunned by the film's climax to focus on the coda, which raised a number of questions. Further, due to the dynamics between the characters that evolved during filming, the chemistry between Brundle and Ronnie proved so strong that no one wanted to see her end up with Stathis Borans (which is one reason why the alternate, Borans-less versions of the coda were shot). The filmmakers also agreed that the story should end with Brundle's mercy-killing at Veronica's hands, despite the unanswered questions about Veronica's unborn child that would be raised by the deletion of the epilogue.

text: The climax of the film also went through several incarnations in the various drafts of the script before the final version was filmed:

text: In one early version of the ending, Veronica is unconscious after Brundlefly throws her into Telepod 1. When the Brundlepod emerges from the prototype Telepod, the raging and mortally wounded creature crawls toward the injured Stathis Borans, who manages to grab a loose wire jutting from the Telepod-human-fly hybrid creature's back and jams it into an electrical socket. The Brundlepod is liquified by the electricity.

text: A later version of the scene is nearly identical, except that the Brundlepod crawls toward Stathis (whether it wants to attack him or is just desperate for help is left ambiguous) and then dies.

text: In the version of the script that appears on the 2005 DVD, Veronica is conscious during the final scene, and when the Brundlepod emerges from the receiving Telepod and crawls toward her, she aims Stathis' shotgun at it, but the creature ends up dying at her feet. Eventually, this was slightly changed to the mercy-killing seen in the completed film.

text: Makeup and creature effects[edit]

text: The Academy Award-winning makeup was designed and executed by Chris Walas, Inc. over a period of three months. The final "Brundlefly" creature was designed first, and then the various steps needed to carry protagonist Seth Brundle to that final incarnation were designed afterwards. The transformation was intended to be a metaphor for the aging process. To that end, Brundle loses hair, teeth and fingernails, with his skin becoming more and more discolored and lumpy. The intention of the filmmakers was to give Brundle a bruised and cancerous look that gets progressively worse as the character's altered genome slowly asserts itself, with the final Brundlefly hybrid creature literally bursting out of Brundle's hideously-deteriorated human skin. The creature itself was designed to appear horribly asymmetrical and deformed, and not at all a viable or robust organism.

text: Various looks were tested for the makeup effects. Some early test footage can be seen on the 2005 The Fly: Collector's Edition DVD, as well as the Blu-ray release.

text: The transformation was broken up into seven distinct stages, with Jeff Goldblum spending many hours in the makeup chair for Brundle's later incarnations.[3]

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Stages 1 and 2: subtle, rash-like skin discoloration that leads to facial lesions and sores, with tiny fly hairs dotting Goldblum's face, in addition to the patch of fly hairs growing out of the wound on Brundle's back.
Stages 3 and 4-A: piecemeal prosthetics covering Goldblum's face (and later his arms, feet, and torso), wigs with bald spots, and crooked, prosthetic teeth (beginning with stage 4-A).
Stage 4-B: deleted from the film, this variant of stage 4 was seen only in the "monkey-cat" scene, and required Goldblum to wear the first of two full-body foam latex suits, as Brundle has stopped wearing clothing, at this point.
Stage 5: the second full-body suit, with more exaggerated deformities, and which also required Goldblum to wear distorting contact lenses that made one eye look larger than the other.
Stage 6: the final "Brundlefly" creature (referred to as the "space bug" by the film's crew), depicted by various partial and full-body cable- and rod-controlled puppets.
Stage 7: another puppet which represented the mortally-injured Brundlefly-Telepod fusion creature (initially dubbed the "Brundlebooth" and later the "Brundlething" by the crew) as seen in the film's final moments.

text: Music[edit]

text: The score to The Fly was composed and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It was released on record, cassette and compact disc (with three additional tracks exclusively included on the latter) by Varèse Sarabande, and in 2005 was remastered and reissued on a two-disc set with Christopher Young's album for The Fly II.

text: Titles in bold are exclusive to the CD release.

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Main Title 1:54
Plasma Pool 1:54
The Last Visit 2:25
Stathis Enters 2:20
The Phone Call 2:07
Seth Goes Through 2:02
Ronnie Comes Back 0:55
The Jump 1:21
Seth and the Fly 2:21
Particle Magazine 1:02
The Armwrestle 0:51
Brundlefly 1:43
Ronnie's Visit 0:35
The Street 0:43
The Stairs 1:25
The Fingernails 2:35
Baboon Teleportation 0:58
The Creature 2:08
Steak Montage 0:59
The Maggot/Fly Graphic 1:37
Success With Baboon 0:58
The Ultimate Family 1:59
The Finale 2:51

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text: Reception and legacy[edit]

text: The Fly was critically acclaimed with most praise going to Goldblum's performance and the special effects. Despite being a gory remake of a classic made by a controversial, non-mainstream director, the film was a commercial success, the biggest of Cronenberg's career, and was the top-grossing film in the United States for two weeks, earning a total domestic gross of $40,456,565. Audiences reacted strongly to the graphic creature effects and the tragic love story, and the film received much attention at the time of its release.

text: David Cronenberg was surprised when The Fly was seen by some critics as a cultural metaphor for AIDS, since he originally intended the film to be a more general analogy for disease itself, terminal conditions like cancer and, more specifically, the aging process:

text: If you, or your lover, has AIDS, you watch that film and of course you'll see AIDS in it, but you don't have to have that experience to respond emotionally to the movie and I think that's really its power. This is not to say that AIDS didn't have an incredible impact on everyone and, of course, after a certain point, people were seeing AIDS stories everywhere, so I don't take any offense that people see that in my movie. For me though, there was something about The Fly story that was much more universal: aging and death—something all of us have to deal with.[8][10][11][12]

text: Film critic Gene Siskel named The Fly as the tenth best film of 1986.[13] In 1989, Premiere and American Film magazines both conducted independent polls of American film critics, directors and other such groups to determine the best films of the 1980s, and The Fly appeared on both lists.

text: The Fly holds a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "David Cronenberg combines his trademark affinity for gore and horror with strongly developed characters, making The Fly a surprisingly affecting tragedy."[14] In 2005, Time magazine film critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel included The Fly in their list of the All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies.[15] Time later named it one of the 25 best horror films.[16] The film was ranked #33 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.[17] Similarly, the Chicago Film Critics Association named The Fly the 32nd scariest film ever made.[18]

text: In 2008, the American Film Institute distributed ballots to 1,500 directors, critics and other people associated with the film industry in order to determine the top ten American films in ten different genre categories. Cronenberg's version of The Fly was nominated under the science fiction category, although it did not make the top ten.[19] It was also nominated for AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills[20] and AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions[21] and Veronica's warning to Tawny in the film—"Be afraid. Be very afraid."—was nominated for AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes.[22]

text: The quote "Be afraid. Be very afraid." was also used as the film's marketing tagline, and became so ingrained in popular culture (as it—and variants—have appeared in countless films and TV series) that a large number of people who are familiar with the phrase are unaware that it originated in The Fly.[8]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: The Fly was nominated for the awards in the chart below. Many genre fans and film critics at the time thought that Jeff Goldblum's performance would receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination,[23] but this did not come to pass. Gene Siskel subsequently stated that Goldblum most likely "got stiffed" out of a nomination because the older academy voters generally do not honor horror films.[24]

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Award

Category

Subject

Result

Academy Award

Best Makeup

Chris Walas & Stephan Dupuis

Won

BAFTA Award

Best Makeup and Hair

Nominated

Hugo Award

Best Dramatic Presentation

Nominated

Saturn Award

Best Actor

Jeff Goldblum

Won

Best Actress

Geena Davis

Nominated

Best Makeup

Chris Walas

Won

Best Horror Film

Won

Best Director

David Cronenberg

Nominated

text: Sequels[edit]

text: Whereas the 1958 original was followed by two sequels, Cronenberg has said that the stories in his films have definitive beginnings and endings, and he has never considered making a sequel to one of his own films, although others have made sequels to Cronenberg films, including Scanners (1981).

text: The Fly II[edit]

text: The Fly II (1989) was directed by Chris Walas, the man behind the makeup and creature effects of both films and Gremlins, and is a direct continuation of The Fly. It features Veronica Quaife giving birth to Brundle's mutant son before dying, and focuses on the Bartok company's attempts to get the Telepods working again.

text: David Cronenberg was not involved with the project. The only actor to return for the sequel was John Getz as an embittered Stathis Borans. Veronica Quaife appears briefly in the film, and is played by Saffron Henderson, since Geena Davis declined to reprise the role. Jeff Goldblum appears in archival footage of Seth Brundle in two scenes, including the post-teleportation interview segment that was deleted from the first film, but put to good use for the sequel.

text: An early treatment for a sequel, written by Tim Lucas, involved Veronica Quaife dealing with the evils of the Bartok company. Brundle's consciousness had somehow survived within the Telepod computer, and the Bartok scientists had enslaved him and were using him to develop the system for cloning purposes. Brundle becomes able to communicate with Veronica through the computer, and he eventually takes control of the Bartok complex's security systems to gruesomely attack the villains. Eventually, Veronica frees Brundle by conspiring with him to reintegrate a non-contaminated version of his original body. Cronenberg endorsed this concept at the time. Geena Davis was open to doing a sequel (and only pulled out of The Fly II because her character was to be killed in the opening scene), while Goldblum was not (although he was okay with a cameo), and this treatment reflects that.[25] However, a later treatment written by Jim and Ken Wheat was used as the basis for the final script, written by Frank Darabont. Mick Garris also wrote a treatment, with elements incorporated into the final film.

text: The Fly: Outbreak[edit]

text: Beginning in March 2015 IDW Publishing released a five-issue comic book miniseries titled The Fly: Outbreak, written by Brandon Seifert.[26] The story is a direct sequel to the events of The Fly II, and features Seth Brundle's son, Martin, inadvertently causing a transgenic outbreak while attempting to cure Anton Bartok, to whom he'd previously transferred his mutant genes at the end of The Fly II.

text: Other projects[edit]

text: Renny Harlin's alternate sequel[edit]

text: In the 1990s, Geena Davis was reportedly involved with an alternate sequel to The Fly, to be directed by her then-husband, Renny Harlin, titled Flies. The script by Richard Jefferies was said to feature a story where Veronica gives birth to twin boys, and herself survives the ordeal.[citation needed]

text: Todd Lincoln's second remake[edit]

text: In 2003, it was announced that a second remake of The Fly was being developed, to be directed by Todd Lincoln, produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures, and released in 2006, but this did not happen.[27][28]

text: David Cronenberg's sequel[edit]

text: In 2009, it was rumored that David Cronenberg himself was preparing to direct a second remake of The Fly,[29] but it was not until 2011 that the director addressed the rumors. Cronenberg stated that he had written not a remake, but rather a "sort of" sequel script to his 1986 version, and would film it if 20th Century Fox gave the project the go-ahead:

text: I have written a script that is more of a strange lateral, let's say oblique sequel than it is a true sequel, and it's certainly not a remake of the original. It's financed by Fox, and whether it will get made or not, I cannot say at the moment because there are a lot of up-in-the-air factors that deal with internal studio politics and a bunch of other things that I'm not in control of. But I would make it if they greenlight it, let's put it that way.

text: Cronenberg elaborated further when interviewed by Empire in 2012:

text: Well, I did talk to Fox, because my agent found out that they were approaching people to do a remake of my film. He sort of said, "Well, you know, what about David?" And they said, "Well, we never thought of that!" I think they'd been to Guillermo del Toro and Michael Bay. I said, "Long ago I proposed a sequel to Mel Brooks when he said he wanted to make a sequel." He didn't like what I proposed because he said it wasn't the same as the original movie. "A sequel," he said, "should be more of the same." And I said, "Well, Mel, then I'm not interested." And he went off and did his sequels [sic] and they had nothing to do with me and they weren't very successful. But I still had this idea in mind—which no, I won't tell you—and I said to Fox, "I'll write that idea up because, as I think of it, it could be interesting." And they were excited about it enough to pay me to write a script. And then for various reasons it kind of got bogged down. I don't know exactly why. It seems now that it's not going to happen. But it's a script that I like and would do. It's not exactly a sequel, and it's certainly not a remake. More a meditation [...] it involves teleportation.[30]

text: In a late 2012 interview, Cronenberg provided additional details on why the project had stalled, citing

text: Budget constraints and other things. I think maybe the script that I wrote was a little too radical for Fox, and they felt it really needed to be a very low-budget film at that point. However, what was in it that attracted them could not be done low-budget. So I think that was the problem.[31]

text: He also described the project as "more of a sequel or a sidebar. It was a meditation on fly-ness. None of the same characters or anything and, of course, with an understanding of modern technology."[32]

text: Despite Cronenberg's prior assertions that he does not make sequels to his films, he returned to The Fly for the opera The Fly in 2008, and his proposed sequel film project would mark a second return to the material, as well as his first sequel to one of his previous movies.[33][34] However, the film is not moving forward.[35]

text: On June 15, 2018, Jeff Goldblum said he would be interested in doing a sequel only if Cronenberg was involved even though his character died. "“I don’t think my character would be involved because of course I got tragically mutated with the fly and then the machine, oh boy. But maybe I show up as a grandchild of the original Seth Brundle, or Seth Brundle had a brother. Had a brother that emerges in some ways! Who knows, I don’t know but David Cronenberg was a thrill to work with. Boy, if he was involved I’d like to work with him again, I’ll tell you that.”[36]

text: Merchandise[edit]

text: A 6-inch figure of "Brundlefly" was created by McFarlane Toys for their Movie Maniacs line in 2000. Also, a 15-inch polystone statue of "Brundlefly" was made by Sideshow Collectibles in 2008.[citation needed]


document_title: Republic of Ireland national football team

question_text: when was the last time ireland qualified for world cup

question_tokens: when was the last time ireland qualified for world cup

root

text: Republic of Ireland national football team

text: History[edit]

text: Irish Free State (1924–1936)[edit]

text: Between 1882 and 1924, Ireland was represented by a single national football team organised by the Belfast-based Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1920, Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (the latter in turn becoming Éire or Ireland after adopting a new Constitution in 1937, followed by declaring itself a republic in 1948.) Following the initial political upheavals surrounding Partition, a Dublin-based organisation calling itself the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) split from the IFA in 1921 and began organising its own league and national football team.[4]

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text: In 1923, the FAIFS was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State[5] and at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the Irish Free State made their international debut. On 28 May, at the Stade Olympique, they beat Bulgaria 1–0, with Paddy Duncan scoring the team's first ever goal. As a result, they qualified for the quarter-finals.[6][7] On 14 June 1924, the Irish Free State made their home debut against the United States, who had embarked on a brief European tour after competing in the same Summer Olympics. Ed Brookes scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win at Dalymount Park.[8]

text: The Irish Free State did not play their next game until 21 March 1926, an away game against Italy lost 3–0. In subsequent years, the status of the Olympic Games football competition was downgraded and as a result, this game is widely regarded as the Irish Free State's first official game. On 25 February 1934, the Irish Free State made their FIFA World Cup debut, drawing 4–4 with Belgium at Dalymount Park in a 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Paddy Moore scored all four of the Free State's goals and became the first player ever to score four goals in a World Cup game.[9]

text: Ireland (1937–1952)[edit]

text: After 1936, they reverted to the designation "Football Association of Ireland" and began to refer to their team as Éire or "Ireland". During this entire period, there were two Irish international football teams, chosen by two rival Associations. Both Associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Irish Free State-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and considered themselves entitled to select players from the entire island. At least 38 dual internationals were selected to represent both teams,[10] however the overwhelming majority of these were Southerners who also agreed to play for the IFA team, with only a bare handful "crossing the border" in the other direction.

text: A 2–0 win over England at Goodison Park on 21 September 1949 was the first time England suffered a home defeat by a team outside the Home Countries of Scotland, Wales and the Ireland team run by the Belfast-based Irish FA. FIFA eventually intervened when both teams entered 1950 World Cup qualification, the first time they had entered the same competition. Four players – Tom Aherne, Reg Ryan, Davy Walsh, Con Martin – actually played for the two different teams in the same FIFA World Cup tournament.[11] All four players concerned had been born in the Irish Free State and made their full international debut in FAI colours before agreeing to represent the IFA team. This may have alarmed the FAI, since they subsequently lobbied FIFA to prevent the IFA from picking Southern-born players (as well as attempting to exert pressure on the players themselves, sometimes through their clubs). FIFA's response was to restrict the eligibility of players on the basis of the (political) border, further ruling in 1953 that neither team could be referred to as Ireland in competitions which both teams were eligible to enter; i.e., initially the FIFA World Cup and subsequently the European Nations Cup (now the UEFA European Football Championship). FIFA decreed that the FAI team officially be called the Republic of Ireland while the IFA team was to be named Northern Ireland.[12]

text: Republic of Ireland (1953–1968)[edit]

text: In 1953, FIFA renamed the team from "Ireland" to "Republic of Ireland". The 1958 World Cup qualifiers saw the Republic of Ireland drawn with England. In their home game against England, Alf Ringstead put the hosts 1–0 up before John Atyeo equalised in the last minute to salvage a 1–1 draw for England. Under the rules of the day, a win for the Republic of Ireland would have meant a play-off with England for a place in the World Cup.[9]

text: After reaching the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, the Republic of Ireland were drawn to face Spain and Syria in 1966 World Cup qualifying. Despite Syria's withdrawal, this was still considered a qualifying group with the Irish winning 1–0 at home and losing 4–1 away. This meant a play-off at the Parc des Princes in Paris, which Spain won 1–0[13] Eamon Dunphy made his Ireland debut in this game.[13] The play-off was originally scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium in London, home to a large Irish diaspora, but the FAI agreed with the Royal Spanish Football Federation to have the match moved to Paris, where a large Spanish diaspora lived.[14] The FAI was criticised for this move to boost revenue from gate receipts.[13]

text: In 1965, the Republic of Ireland team made history when selecting Manchester United full-back Shay Brennan for the senior national team. This was the first instance of a player born outside the Republic being selected to play for the national team due to having an Irish parent. Since then, many of the Republic's most prominent players have been born in England, including Mark Lawrenson, David O'Leary, John Aldridge, Tony Cascarino and David Kelly. A number of Scottish born players, including Ray Houghton, have since represented the Republic due to having Irish parentage. The selection rules were later relaxed to allow for the selection of players with an Irish grandparent.

text: Wilderness (1969–1985)[edit]

text: In 1969, the FAI appointed Mick Meagan as the first permanent manager of the national side. His two years in charge were marked by exceptionally poor results, however with the team losing five out of six matches and gaining just one point in their 1970 World Cup qualification, and doing no better in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers, leading to his dismissal. His replacement, Liam Tuohy, did a somewhat better in the 1974 qualification, and more importantly oversaw major improvements to the national team's training facilities and persuaded many English club sides to end their policies of not releasing Irish players for international games during the domestic season. Ultimately, however, the team still failed to qualify for the World Cup, and Tuohy resigned following a dispute over his wages. Johnny Giles became the side's first player-manager in the 1970s. This was followed by the debut of a young Liam Brady and results improved markedly.[15] The side missed out on the 1978 World Cup by two points, having defeated France at home during qualification. After a less than impressive performance at Euro 1980 qualifying, in which the team finished well behind group winners England and Northern Ireland, Giles resigned, saying that he had taken the national side as far as he could.[16]

text: Eoin Hand took over as manager for the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, and once more the Republic of Ireland narrowly missed out on qualification, this time on goal difference behind France, whom they had defeated at home once more. Disappointing qualifying campaigns for both Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup followed, ending Hand's time in charge.

text: The Charlton years (1986–1995)[edit]

text: In 1986, the Republic of Ireland appointed Jack Charlton, a top rated English manager who had been part of England's World Cup-winning side of 1966. During the 1970s, he had developed Middlesbrough into a side which provided many players to the dominant Liverpool team of the time.

text: After taking charge of the Republic of Ireland, Charlton influenced changes in the national side which resulted in arguably the most successful period of its history, qualifying for two World Cups and a European Championship.[17]

text: Ireland's first appearance at a major finals tournament came in Euro 1988, with qualification being secured through Gary Mackay's famous goal in Sofia that meant Scotland beat Bulgaria 1–0 and left Ireland on top of the group.[18] In the finals in West Germany, Ireland beat England 1–0 in Stuttgart with a header from Ray Houghton; drew 1–1 with the Soviet Union in Hannover, with Ronnie Whelan the scorer; and lost to the Netherlands 1–0 in Gelsenkirchen, coming within seven minutes of a draw that would have meant a semi-final place.[19]

text: The Republic of Ireland's longest competitive winning streak was achieved in 1989 during the 1990 World Cup qualifying campaign. Five games against Spain, Northern Ireland, Hungary and Malta twice, were all wins for the Irish. Subsequently, the side made it to the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Three draws in the group stage against England, Egypt and the Netherlands was enough to make the knockout stage. Virtually the entire country watched as they beat Romania on penalties, with Packie Bonner making a vital save and David O'Leary scoring the decisive spot-kick. Ireland were then beaten 1–0 by Italy in the quarter-final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. During the tournament, the team had an audience with Pope John Paul II, the only team to do so.[20]

text: After missing out on Euro 1992 (despite being unbeaten in qualifying), the Republic of Ireland qualified for the 1994 World Cup, held in the United States. In their first match, they beat the previous World Cup hosts and third-place finishers, Italy, 1–0 in their opening game at Giants Stadium just outside New York City, but lost to Mexico 2–1 at the Citrus Bowl in the heat and humidity of Orlando, Florida. They ended the group stage with a 0–0 draw with Norway at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. With these results, they made it to the second round, eventually losing 2–0 to the Netherlands in Orlando. In 1996, Ireland finished second behind Portugal in Euro 1996 qualifying's Group 6, but narrowly missed out on Euro 1996 after losing 2–0 in a play-off played at Anfield between the two worst group runners-up to the Netherlands (the other worst runner-up), with Patrick Kluivert scoring both goals to send his team through.[13] It was Jack Charlton's final game as manager.[13]

text: Mick McCarthy era (1996–2002)[edit]

text: Charlton was replaced by Mick McCarthy but Ireland still missed out on the next two major tournaments. Ireland just managed to finish second to Romania in their 1998 World Cup qualification campaign after Tony Cascarino scored a late goal to win the away match with Lithuania.[13] A play-off with Belgium followed, with the match at Lansdowne Road finishing in a 1–1 draw, the match in Belgium finishing 2–1 to the home team and substitute David Connolly being sent off in the latter, preventing Ireland from progressing to the 1998 World Cup.[13] FIFA awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for 1997 to the Irish supporters "for their exemplary behaviour at Ireland team matches, especially the FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs against Belgium".[21] Ireland's opponents in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8 were Yugoslavia, Croatia, Malta and Macedonia.[13] Macedonia scored a last-minute equaliser that denied Ireland top spot in the group; instead, they faced Turkey in a play-off to decide which team would participate in Euro 2000.[13] The match in Dublin finished in a 1–1 draw, although Turkey qualified through the away goals rule after a 0–0 draw, at the end of which Tony Cascarino became involved in a fight and retired from international football.[13]

text: Ireland took on both Portugal and the Netherlands in 2002 World Cup qualifiers in UEFA's Group 2, ending the group in second place with 24 points from 10 matches (seven victories and three draws).[13] Despite this unbeaten run, Ireland were drawn in a play-off with Iran. The match in Dublin finished in a 2–0 victory to Ireland with goals from Ian Harte (penalty) and Robbie Keane, while the match in Tehran, played in front of 100,000 spectators, finished in a 1–0 win for Iran.[13] McCarthy thus managed to lead Ireland to the 2002 World Cup final stages, though only for the team to lose inspirational captain Roy Keane due to the pair's infamous public spat in Saipan.[22] 1–1 draws with Cameroon and Germany were followed by a 3–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Group E.[23][24][25] The Irish once again progressed to the knockout stage, only losing narrowly 3–2 on penalties to Spain in Suwon after Robbie Keane's last minute equalising penalty kick forced the game into extra-time.[26]

text: Decline (2003–2007)[edit]

text: After a poor start to qualifying for Euro 2004, McCarthy was replaced by Brian Kerr, but he too struggled to guide the side to the tournament or the subsequent 2006 World Cup in Germany, and was ultimately sacked in October 2005.[27][28] Kerr was replaced by Steve Staunton (assisted by Bobby Robson in the position of "international football consultant") in January 2006.[29] Under Staunton, results varied widely but the team still failed to qualify for Euro 2008 and Staunton lost the position in October 2007.[30] His reign included a humiliating 5–2 defeat to Cyprus during the qualifiers' Group D, one of the worst defeats in the team's history.[31]

text: The Trapattoni years (2008–2013)[edit]

text: Giovanni Trapattoni was appointed manager in February 2008 following a spell with assistant coach Don Givens in charge.[32] Trapattoni went through all ten first round 2010 World Cup qualifying games unbeaten, winning four of the ten games.[33] Ireland lost out on a place in the finals, however, after a controversial, narrow loss to France in the play-offs. Ireland went down 0–1 in the first leg, and lost 2–1 on aggregate, with William Gallas scoring a controversial goal in extra time in the second leg after Thierry Henry had handled the ball before crossing for Gallas to score.[34] This followed another controversy over FIFA's last-minute decision to seed the play-off draw.[35]

text: In 2011, Ireland hosted and won the inaugural Nations Cup with wins against Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland without conceding a goal.[36]

text: In their Euro 2012 qualifying group, Ireland finished second, losing only the home fixture against Russia. They thus reached the play-offs and were drawn against Estonia, whom they beat 5–1 on aggregate. Euro 2012 was Ireland's first major tournament since 2002, but in Group C they lost all three matches, against Croatia, Spain and Italy. UEFA, however, announced a special award for the fans of the Irish team, who notably sang in the last few minutes against Spain, despite trailing 4–0.[37]

text: Ireland were drawn in Group C of UEFA's 2014 World Cup qualification alongside Germany, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan.[38] On 12 October, Ireland suffered their largest ever competitive home defeat, 6–1 against Germany, at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland then lost against Sweden and Austria in early September 2013, effectively ending the qualification campaign, and Giovanni Trapattoni resigned as team manager the following day.[39] Noel King was appointed interim senior manager on 23 September 2013 following his resignation.

text: On 5 November 2013, the FAI announced that Martin O'Neill would be Trapattoni's replacement as manager, with former team captain Roy Keane as his assistant. They assumed their roles when the team met on 11 November where they won against Latvia 3–0 and drew against Poland 0–0 .[1]

text: Recent history (2014–present)[edit]

text: For the Euro 2016 qualification phase, the Republic of Ireland were drawn in Group D against Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Poland and Scotland.[40] The team played against Gibraltar for the first time, beating them 7–0, and scored an away draw against World Cup champions, Germany, a few days later in October 2014.[41]

text: On 8 October 2015, the Republic of Ireland beat world champions Germany 1–0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier at the Aviva Stadium. Shane Long scored the game's only goal with an excellent finish[42] in the 70th minute, rewarding the Republic of Ireland's impressive defensive display.[43] The result, hailed as one of the Republic of Ireland's greatest,[44] guaranteed[45] the Republic of Ireland a play-off place at least, with hopes of automatic qualification still a reality going into the final group game against Poland in Warsaw.[46] A win, or a draw of 2–2 or more,[45] would guarantee at least second place in the group and ensure automatic qualification[47] for the finals in France. The Republic of Ireland, however, lost 2–1,[48] thus entering them into the play-offs.[49]

text: The draw for the Euro 2016 Play-off was held in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 October 2015.[50] Ireland were unseeded in the draw, meaning they could face one of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden or Hungary.[51] Ireland were drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the top seeded team in the play-off.[52] The only previous meeting between the teams resulted in a 1–0 win for the Republic of Ireland in a friendly in 2012, Shane Long scoring the game's only goal.[53] Owing to injuries and suspensions, Ireland had only the "B" squad available for the first leg of the play-off, played in Bilino Polje Stadium. A goal from Robbie Brady almost secured a victory for the Irish until Edin Džeko equalized 1–1 to end off the match. In the second leg played at the Aviva Stadium, Jonathan Walters scored two goals leading to a 2–0 victory for the Irish. In the end, Ireland won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate, qualifying them for Euro 2016.

text: At the tournament's final stages in France, Ireland were drawn into Group E against Italy, Belgium and Sweden. In their opener at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, Wes Hoolahan scored the opener with a spectacular half-volley off a Séamus Coleman cross, but Sweden equalised after Ciaran Clark headed into his own net attempting to clear a cross from Zlatan Ibrahimović, leading to a 1–1 draw. At the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux against Belgium, the Belgians cruised to a 3–0 victory after two goals from Romelu Lukaku and one from Axel Witsel, leaving Ireland needing to win their final match against Italy to qualify for the knockout stage. Against Italy at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille, Ireland played strongly but were five minutes plus stoppage time away from elimination when Robbie Brady headed in Hoolahan's cross. The Republic held on to win 1–0, sending Ireland through as one of the four best third-place teams. On 26 June, Ireland played France in the round of 16 in Lyon.[54] Ireland took the lead in the match with an early penalty from Robbie Brady, but France went on to win 2–1 to advance to the quarter-finals.[55]

text: The 2018 World Cup qualification draw took place on 25 July 2015 when the team were drawn in Group D against Austria, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Wales.[56]

text: On 12 November, Ireland beat Austria in Vienna to go top of the 2018 World Cup qualifying group. [57]

text: Team image[edit]

text: Kit[edit]

text: Traditionally, the team has played in a home strip of green shirt, white shorts and green socks. The second strip is usually the reverse of these colours, although there have been exceptions, such as an orange shirt in the late 1990s. Squad numbers are either white with an orange trim, on the home shirts, or green with an orange trim. The FAI logo appears at the bottom of the numbering.

text: A limited edition grey shirt was used just once, in a match against Wales on 17 November 2007.[58] A black jersey with a green stripe across the chest was worn in the final game of the 2011 Nations Cup against Scotland and in a friendly against Italy in Liège, Belgium.[59][60]

text: The current kit has been supplied by Umbro since 1994. In March 2009, Umbro signed a deal with the FAI to keep them as kit suppliers to the team until 2020.[61] However New Balance will take over the contract from August 2017.

text: Historical Kits[edit]

text: Home

text:
Classic

1978–83

1983–84

1984–85

1985

1988

1990[62]

1994

1998

2002[63]

2004

2006

2012

2014

2016

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text: Away

text:
1990

1994

2010

2012[64]

2013

2014

2016

text: Home stadium and other venues[edit]

text: Since the 1980s, most home matches have been played at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, the national rugby stadium owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). The ground was closed for redevelopment in 2007, with the replacement ground, the Aviva Stadium, opening on 14 May 2010. The first soccer match in the Aviva was Manchester United against a League of Ireland XI side, managed by Damien Richardson, on 4 August 2010.[43] Manchester United won the game 7–1, with Park Ji-Sung scoring the first ever goal in the Aviva Stadium.[65] Aviva Stadium is jointly owned by the IRFU and FAI, although it will return to solely IRFU ownership on expiry of the current 60-year lease.[66] The first football international played at Lansdowne Road by a FAI team was a friendly against Italy in 1971 (an IFA team first played in 1878 against England[67]); a 5–0 victory over San Marino in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D match on 15 November 2006 was the last game there before the reconstruction.[68] The all-seater capacity of Lansdowne Road prior to the renovation was 36,000, although higher attendances, using the standing only areas, were permitted for friendly matches. The Aviva Stadium's status as an all-seater increased capacity for competitive games to 51,700. The opening game at the Aviva Stadium, a controversial 1–0 friendly defeat to Argentina, was noted for Robbie Keane securing his membership in the FIFA Century Club and manager Giovanni Trapattoni's absence due to surgery, with assistant manager Marco Tardelli taking charge.[69][70]

text: With the announcement of the rebuilding of Lansdowne Road, a new venue was required to stage the Republic of Ireland's home internationals. The only stadium in Ireland deemed suitable to stage international football was the 84,500 capacity Croke Park, home of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). To accommodate this, the GAA temporarily relaxed its rule governing the playing of "foreign" games on its property. Initially, four UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D matches were played at Croke Park in 2007, resulting in two wins and two draws.[71] The GAA initially agreed to allow the FAI use until the end of 2008, and later extended the permission until the completion of Aviva Stadium. The Hill 16 end of Croke Park is a terrace, which means like Lansdowne Road before it, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to around 74,500 for competitive matches as temporary seating must be used.

text: Prior to the 1980s, the Republic of Ireland played most home games at Dalymount Park, home of Bohemians, but progressively more games were played at Lansdowne Road following a safety review which reduced Dalymount's capacity. The last international match played there was against Morocco in 1990. The Republic of Ireland have also played home matches in Tolka Park (twice) and the RDS Arena in Dublin as well at the Mardyke and Flower Lodge grounds in Cork. These games in Cork were, until 2009, the only two home Irish internationals played outside of Dublin. During the construction of the Aviva Stadium, two friendly games were played in Thomond Park, Limerick, in 2009.[72][73] Two further friendlies were played in the RDS Arena in May 2010.[74][75] Ireland played a friendly against Belarus in Cork's 7,000 capacity Turners Cross stadium in May 2016.[76]

text: Media coverage[edit]

text: Ireland matches are broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Sky Sports, and Setanta Ireland. Sky Sports shows most of Irelands friendly matches, while RTÉ shows competitive games such as World Cup and European Championship qualifiers.[77][not in citation given] RTÉ briefly lost its broadcast rights in 2002 when the FAI controversially sold them in a multi-million deal to Sky Sports, a subscription based satellite channel.[78] The decision was criticised by fans and politicians,[79][80] and the Consumers' Association of Ireland (CAI) described the FAI as "greedy".[81] The FAI was eventually forced to reverse its decision and to allow RTÉ to continue its broadcasts after the government intervened to stop the sale of important Irish sporting events to non-terrestrial television broadcasters.[82] RTÉ will hold the rights until 2018.[83]

text: Selection and nationality issues[edit]

text: The selection[84][85][86] of young Northern Irish born players, especially those who have already represented Northern Ireland at youth level, into Republic of Ireland national teams has been controversial,[87] as these players are able to claim Irish nationality even though born and brought up outside the Republic's territory. This has led to accusations of unfairness and predatory behaviour.[88][89] In Northern Ireland it is seen by Northern Ireland supporters as having the effect of dividing international football in their country along sectarian lines, whereby Nationalists will declare for the Republic of Ireland while Unionists continue to play for Northern Ireland.[90] It has also been argued that it is actually the sectarian divisions, which already existed in Northern Irish football, that are a factor in a number of players switching to the Republic.[91][92] Traditionally, those in the North who identify as Irish, predominantly Catholics and nationalists, support the Republic of Ireland team.[93]

text: Staff[edit]

text: The senior men's management team are as follows:[94]

text:
Position
Name
Appointed

Manager
Martin O'Neill
[1]

Assistant manager
Roy Keane
5 November 2013 [1]

Assistant manager
Steve Walford

Coach
Steve Guppy

Goalkeeping coach
Jim McDonagh
8 November 2013 [95]

Scout
Frank Stapleton

High Performance Director
Ruud Dokter
5 April 2013 (commenced 1 August) [96][97]

text: Squad[edit]

text: Current squad[edit]

text: The following 32 players were provisionally called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Wales on 6 and 9 October 2017.[98]

text: Caps and goals updated as of 5 September 2017 after the match against Serbia.

text:
0#0
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club

1GK
Darren Randolph
(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 30)
24
0
 Middlesbrough

1GK
Keiren Westwood
(1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 32)
21
0
 Sheffield Wednesday

1GK
Rob Elliot
(1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 31)
4
0
 Newcastle United

1GK
Colin Doyle
(1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 32)
1
0
 Bradford City

2DF
John O'Shea
(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 36)
118
3
 Sunderland

2DF
Stephen Ward
(1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 32)
45
3
 Burnley

2DF
Ciaran Clark
(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 28)
26
2
 Newcastle United

2DF
Richard Keogh
(1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 31)
17
1
 Derby County

2DF
Cyrus Christie
(1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 24)
13
2
 Middlesbrough

2DF
Shane Duffy
(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 25)
13
1
 Brighton & Hove Albion

2DF
Kevin Long
(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 27)
3
0
 Burnley

3MF
Aiden McGeady
(1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 (age 31)
91
5
 Sunderland

3MF
Glenn Whelan
(1984-01-13) 13 January 1984 (age 33)
82
2
 Aston Villa

3MF
James McClean
(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 28)
54
9
 West Bromwich Albion

3MF
James McCarthy
(1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 26)
41
0
 Everton

3MF
Wes Hoolahan
(1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 35)
41
3
 Norwich City

3MF
Robbie Brady
(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 25)
36
7
 Burnley

3MF
Jeff Hendrick
(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 25)
34
1
 Burnley

3MF
David Meyler
(1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 28)
21
0
 Hull City

3MF
Harry Arter
(1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 27)
7
0
 Bournemouth

3MF
Eunan O'Kane
(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 27)
7
0
 Leeds United

3MF
Callum O'Dowda
(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 22)
6
0
 Bristol City

3MF
Jonny Hayes
(1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 30)
4
0
 Celtic

3MF
Conor Hourihane
(1991-02-02) 2 February 1991 (age 26)
3
0
 Aston Villa

3MF
Daryl Horgan
(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 25)
2
0
 Preston North End

4FW
Shane Long
(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 30)
76
17
 Southampton

4FW
Kevin Doyle
(1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 34)
63
14
 Colorado Rapids

4FW
Daryl Murphy
(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 34)
28
1
 Nottingham Forest

4FW
David McGoldrick
(1987-11-29) 29 November 1987 (age 29)
6
0
 Ipswich Town

4FW
Scott Hogan
(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 25)
0
0
 Aston Villa

4FW
Seán Maguire
(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 23)
0
0
 Preston North End

4FW
Aiden O'Brien
(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 23)
0
0
 Millwall

text: Recent call-ups[edit]

text: The following players have been selected by the Republic of Ireland in the past 12 months, but were not selected in the final squad for the Iceland game in March 2017, or withdrew from that squad due to injury or suspension.[99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106]

text:
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up

GK
Ian Lawlor
(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 22)
0
0
 Doncaster Rovers
v.  Moldova, 9 October 2016

GK
Danny Rogers
(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 23)
0
0
 Aberdeen
v.  Moldova, 9 October 2016

DF
Paul McShane
(1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 (age 31)
33
0
 Reading
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

DF
Alex Pearce
(1988-11-09) 9 November 1988 (age 28)
9
2
 Derby County
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

DF
Greg Cunningham
(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 26)
4
0
 Preston North End
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

DF
John Egan
(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 24)
2
0
 Brentford
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

DF
Matt Doherty
(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 25)
0
0
 Wolverhamtpon Wanderers
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

DF
Andy Boyle
(1991-03-07) 7 March 1991 (age 26)
1
0
 Preston North End
v.  Austria, 11 June 2017

DF
Declan Rice
(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 18)
0
0
 West Ham United
v.  Mexico, 1 June 2017PRE

DF
Séamus Coleman
(1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 28)
43
1
 Everton
v.  Wales, 24 March 2017INJ

MF
Stephen Quinn
(1986-04-01) 1 April 1986 (age 31)
18
0
 Reading
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

MF
Alan Browne
(1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 22)
1
0
 Preston North End
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

MF
Liam Kelly
(1995-11-22) 22 November 1995 (age 21)
0
0
 Reading
v.  Georgia, 2 September 2017PRE

MF
Stephen Gleeson
(1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 29)
4
1
 Birmingham City
v.  Mexico, 1 June 2017

FW
Jonathan Walters
(1983-09-20) 20 September 1983 (age 34)
51
14
 Burnley
v.  Serbia, 5 September 2017INJ

text: Previous squads[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup squads

1990 FIFA World Cup squad
1994 FIFA World Cup squad
2002 FIFA World Cup squad

UEFA European Football Championship squads

UEFA Euro 1988 squad
UEFA Euro 2012 squad
UEFA Euro 2016 squad

text: Competitive record[edit]

text: FIFA World Cup[edit]

text: Ireland Competed as "Irish Free State". Paddy Moore (v. Belgium) became the first player anywhere to score 4 goals in a World Cup match. For the 1950 World Cup, after three qualified teams withdrew, FIFA invited the FAI to compete as a replacement, however they declined.[107] During qualification for the 1962 World Cup, it was the only qualifying tournament in which the team had a 0% record. During qualification for the 1966 World Cup, Ireland reached their first playoff against Spain. Goal difference did not count, so a playoff was played at the Stade Colombes, Paris, and Ireland failed to progress. Ireland almost qualified but lost on goal difference to France in a tough and tight group. Fans lamented some controversial refereeing decisions[108]

text: For the 1990 World Cup, Ireland reached the quarter finals of the tournament for the first time in their history. It was Ireland's first ever participation in a FIFA World Cup. Ireland played England in the first drawing 1–1.[109] Ireland drew the next two matches but ultimately qualified for the knockout stages where they played Romania. The match ended 0–0 and Ireland won on penalties 5–4 which sent Ireland into the quarter-final showdown against the tournament host Italy. There Ireland lost 1–0 via a Salvatore Schillaci goal in the 38th minute that sent the Irish out of the competition.

text: In 1994, Ireland participated in their second consecutive World Cup.[110] This time they were drawn with Mexico, Norway and Italy. Ireland won their first game against Italy which was the first time Ireland had won a World Cup match and their first ever victory over Italy with a spectacular goal from Ray Houghton. Ireland lost against Mexico in the second group match and drew with Norway but still made to the knockout phase where they faced the Netherlands. Ireland lost 2–0.

text: For the 1998 qualification campaign, Ireland scraped into the playoffs largely due to Tony Cascarino's seven goals in ten games. They lost in the playoff against Belgium, drawing 1–1 in the first leg then losing 2–1 in the second leg.[111] Although for next campaign Ireland were drawn with two big European nations, the Netherlands, Portugal. Ireland went the whole campaign unbeaten, beating the Netherlands 1–0 in the process courtesy of a Jason McAteer goal that helped Ireland qualify.[112]

text: At the start of the tournament, captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy where involved in a "bust up" and Keane was sent home. Despite this, McCarthy did not call up a replacement and continued with 22 players. Ireland drew in their first match against Cameroon and in their second match they drew again against the tournaments runner up Germany. In Ireland's final group match, they defeated Saudi Arabia, their second ever victory in a World Cup and progressed them to the round of 16. Ireland met Spain and lost in penalty shootout.[113]

text: With failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Ireland reached a playoff against France for a place at the 2010 World Cup.[114]

text: France's Thierry Henry's handball stirred international controversy after the move set up William Gallas to score in extra-time of the second leg of the playoff; the referee did not notice and allowed the goal to stand, leading to widespread media controversy, protests at the French embassy in Dublin and comments from senior government officials from both countries.[115][116][117]

text:
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Qualification record

Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D *
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Position

 1930
Did not enter
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 1934
Did not qualify
2
0
1
1
6
9
3/3

 1938
2
0
1
1
5
6
2/2

 1950
4
1
1
2
6
7
2/3

 1954
4
2
0
2
8
6
2/3

 1958
4
2
1
1
6
7
2/3

 1962
4
0
0
4
3
17
3/3

 1966
3
1
0
2
2
5
Lost Playoff

 1970
6
0
1
5
3
14
4/4

 1974
4
1
1
2
4
5
2/3

 1978
4
1
1
2
2
4
3/3

 1982
8
4
2
2
17
11
3/5

 1986
8
2
2
4
5
10
4/5

 1990
Quarter-Finals
8th
5
0
4
1
2
3
8
5
2
1
10
2
2/5

 1994
Round of 16
15th
4
1
1
2
2
4
12
7
4
1
19
6
2/7

 1998
Did not qualify
12
5
4
3
24
11
2/6 Lost Playoff

  2002
Round of 16
12th
4
1
3
0
6
3
12
8
3
1
25
6
2/6 Won Playoff

 2006
Did not qualify
10
4
5
1
12
5
4/6

 2010
12
4
7
1
13
10
2/6 Lost Playoff

 2014
10
4
2
4
16
17
4/6

 2018
To Be Determined
6
3
3
0
8
4
2/6

Total
Quarter-Finals
3/20
13
2
8
3
10
10
135
54
41
40
194
162

text:
[show]FIFA World Cup history

Year
Round
Score
Result
Republic of Ireland scorers

1990
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  England
Draw
Kevin Sheedy  73'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Netherlands
Draw
Niall Quinn  71'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 0  Egypt
Draw

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 0(5) – 0(4)  Romania
Draw

Quarter-finals
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 1  Italy
Loss

1994
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 0  Italy
Win
Ray Houghton  11'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 2  Mexico
Loss
John Aldridge  84'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 0  Norway
Draw

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 2  Netherlands
Loss

2002
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Cameroon
Draw
Matt Holland  52'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Germany
Draw
Robbie Keane  90+2'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 3 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Win
Robbie Keane  7'
Gary Breen  61'
Damien Duff  87'

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 1(2) – 1(3)  Spain
Draw
Robbie Keane  90' (pen.)

text: UEFA European Championship[edit]

text: Ireland reached the quarter finals of the 1964 European Nations Cup.[118]

text: Ireland did not qualify for a European Championship until Euro 1988. On 12 June 1988 in Stuttgart, the Irish team took to the pitch in its first match at a major championship finals against England. Ray Houghton of Liverpool scored the only goal of the match as Ireland recorded a memorable and historic victory.[119] The game is fondly remembered in Irish folklore through the song "Joxer goes to Stuttgart" by Irish folk legend Christy Moore.[120] Ireland took on the former Soviet Union next and took the lead late in the first half via a spectacular volley from Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan. Unfortunately for both Whelan and Ireland the lead was cancelled out midway through the second half by Oleh Protasov as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.[121] In their final match, Ireland lost out to the Netherlands 1–0.

text: It was not until 2011 that Ireland clinched a place at another European Championship, qualifying for Euro 2012 with a 5–1 aggregate victory over Estonia.[122] At the tournament itself, however, Ireland lost all three of its matches and conceded nine goals, the nation's worst performance in a major tournament to date.[123]

text: At Euro 2016, Ireland beat Italy 1–0 to secure their spot in the round of 16, marking the first time they had ever advanced from the group stage at a European Championship.

text:
Championship record

Qualification record

Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Position

 1960
Did not qualify
2
1
0
1
2
4
Preliminary round

 1964
6
2
2
2
9
12
Quarter-final

 1968
6
2
1
3
5
8
3/4

 1972
6
0
1
5
3
17
4/4

 1976
6
3
1
2
11
5
2/4

 1980
8
2
3
3
9
8
3/5

 1984
8
4
1
3
20
10
3/5

 1988[124]
Group stage
5th
3
1
1
1
2
2
8
4
3
1
10
5
1/5

 1992
Did not qualify
6
2
4
0
13
6
2/4

 1996
11
5
2
4
17
13
2/6 Lost Playoff

  2000
10
5
3
2
15
7
2/5 Lost Playoff

 2004
8
3
2
3
10
11
3/5

  2008
12
4
5
3
17
14
3/7

  2012[125]
Group Stage
16th
3
0
0
3
1
9
12
7
4
1
20
8
2/6 Won Playoff

 2016
Round of 16
15th
4
1
1
2
3
6
12
6
4
2
22
8
3/6 Won Playoff

Total
Round of 16
3/15
10
2
2
6
6
17

113
46
33
34
166
132

text:
[show]UEFA Euro history

Year
Round
Score
Result
Republic of Ireland scorers

1988
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 0  England
Win
Ray Houghton  6'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Soviet Union
Draw
Ronnie Whelan  38'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 1  Netherlands
Loss

2012
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 3  Croatia
Loss
Sean St Ledger  19'

Round 1
 Spain 4 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

Round 1
 Italy 2 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

2016
Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Sweden
Draw
Wes Hoolahan  48'

Round 1
 Belgium 3 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

Round 1
 Italy 0 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Win
Robbie Brady  85'

Round of 16
 France 2 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Loss
Robbie Brady  2'

text: Other tournaments[edit]

text:
Year
Position
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA

 1924 Olympics
5th
2
1
0
1
2
2

 1948 Olympics
17th
1
0
0
1
1
3

 1972 Brazil Independence Cup
13th
4
2
0
2
7
7

 1984 Kirin Cup
2nd
4
1
2
1
2
2

 1986 Iceland Triangular Tournament
1st
2
2
0
0
3
1

 1992 U.S. Cup
3rd
3
1
0
2
3
5

 1996 U.S. Cup
2nd
3
1
1
1
6
4

 2000 U.S. Cup
2nd
3
1
2
0
5
4

 2004 Unity Cup
2nd
2
1
0
1
1
3

 2011 Celtic Nations Cup
1st
3
3
0
0
9
0

Total

24
13
3
8
38
29

text: Opponents[edit]

text: The team's head-to-head records against all 78 nations whom they have played to date, including friendly internationals:[126] Three of these teams no longer exist (Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia), so Ireland have played against 76 of the 211 FIFA members: 50 UEFA, 8 CONMEBOL, 7 CAF, 6 CONCACAF and 5 AFC members as of 1 September 2016.[127] The only UEFA members against whom Ireland have not played are: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Slovenia and Ukraine.

text: As of 28 March 2017[update].

text:
Against
Region
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
First match
Last match

 Albania
UEFA
4
3
1
0
6
2
+4
75%
1992-05-26
2003-06-07

 Algeria
CAF
2
1
0
1
3
2
+1
50%
1982-04-28
2010-05-29

 Andorra
UEFA
4
4
0
0
11
2
+9
100%
2001-03-28
2011-10-07

 Argentina
CONMEBOL
4
0
0
4
0
5
−5
0%
1951-05-13
2010-08-11

 Armenia
UEFA
2
2
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
2010-09-03
2011-10-11

 Australia
AFC
2
1
0
1
2
4
−2
50%
2003-08-19
2009-08-12

 Austria
UEFA
15
3
3
9
18
36
−18
20%
1952-05-07
2016-11-12

 Belarus
UEFA
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
2016-05-31
2016-05-31

 Belgium
UEFA
15
4
5
6
24
28
−4
26.67%
1928-02-12
2016-06-18

 Bolivia
CONMEBOL
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
66.67%
1994-05-24
2007-05-26

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA
3
2
1
0
4
1
+3
66.67%
2012-05-26
2015-11-16

 Brazil
CONMEBOL
6
1
1
4
2
12
−10
16.67%
1974-05-05
2010-03-02

 Bulgaria
UEFA
10
3
4
3
11
8
+3
30%
1924-05-28
2009-06-06

 Cameroon
CAF
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0%
2002-06-01
2002-06-01

 Canada
CONCACAF
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2003-11-18
2003-11-18

 Chile
CONMEBOL
6
2
1
3
6
6
0
33.33%
1960-03-30
2006-05-24

 China PR
AFC
2
2
0
0
2
0
+2
100%
1984-06-03
2005-03-29

 Colombia
CONMEBOL
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
2008-05-29
2008-05-29

 Costa Rica
CONCACAF
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0%
2014-06-06
2014-06-06

 Croatia
UEFA
7
2
3
2
8
8
0
28.57%
1996-06-02
2012-06-10

 Cyprus
UEFA
10
8
1
1
27
9
+18
80%
1980-03-26
2009-09-05

 Czech Republic
UEFA
8
2
2
4
9
13
−4
25%
1994-06-05
2012-02-29

 Czechoslovakia
UEFA
12
4
1
7
14
29
−15
33.33%
1938-05-18
1986-05-27

 Denmark
UEFA
13
5
5
3
20
16
+4
38.46%
1956-10-03
2007-08-22

 Ecuador
CONMEBOL
2
1
1
0
4
3
+1
50%
1972-06-18
2007-05-23

 Egypt
CAF
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0%
1990-06-17
1990-06-17

 England
UEFA
16
3
8
5
14
20
−6
18.75%
1946-09-30
2015-06-07

 Estonia
UEFA
5
4
1
0
12
2
+10
80%
1924-06-03
2011-11-15

 Faroe Islands
UEFA
4
4
0
0
11
1
+10
100%
2004-10-13
2013-06-07

 Finland
UEFA
5
3
2
0
11
2
+9
60%
1949-09-08
2002-08-21

 France
UEFA
16
4
5
7
15
20
−5
25%
1937-05-23
2016-06-26

 Georgia
UEFA
8
8
0
0
16
4
+12
100%
2003-03-29
2016-10-06

 Germany a
UEFA
20
6
5
9
24
35
−11
30%
1935-05-08
2015-10-08

 Germany 'B'
UEFA
2
1
0
1
1
3
−2
50%
1975-03-01
1981-05-21

 Gibraltar
UEFA
2
2
0
0
11
0
+11
100%
2014-10-11
2015-09-04

 Greece
UEFA
3
0
1
2
0
2
−2
0%
2000-04-26
2012-11-14

 Hungary
UEFA
11
2
5
4
16
21
−5
18.18%
1934-12-15
2012-06-04

 Iceland
UEFA
8
5
2
1
16
7
+9
62.5%
1962-08-12
2017-03-28

 Iran
AFC
3
2
0
1
4
2
+2
66.67%
1972-06-11
2001-11-15

 Israel
UEFA
5
1
3
1
8
6
+2
20%
1984-04-04
2005-06-04

 Italy
UEFA
14
3
3
8
10
20
−10
21.43%
1926-03-21
2016-06-22

 Italy 'B'
UEFA
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
1927-04-23
1927-04-23

 Jamaica
CONCACAF
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
2004-06-02
2004-06-02

 Kazakhstan
UEFA
2
2
0
0
5
2
+3
100%
2012-09-07
2013-10-15

 Latvia
UEFA
5
5
0
0
14
1
+13
100%
1992-09-09
2013-11-15

 Liechtenstein
UEFA
4
3
1
0
14
0
+14
75%
1994-10-12
1997-05-21

 Lithuania
UEFA
4
3
1
0
5
1
+4
75%
1993-06-16
1997-09-10

 Luxembourg
UEFA
5
5
0
0
14
2
+12
100%
1936-05-09
1987-09-09

 Macedonia
UEFA
6
4
1
1
11
5
+6
66.67%
1996-10-09
2011-06-04

 Malta
UEFA
7
7
0
0
24
2
+22
100%
1983-03-30
1999-09-08

 Mexico
CONCACAF
5
0
4
1
5
6
−1
0%
1984-08-08
2000-06-04

 Moldova
UEFA
1
1
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
2016-10-09
2016-10-09

 Montenegro
UEFA
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0%
2008-09-10
2009-10-14

 Morocco
CAF
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
1990-09-12
1990-09-12

 Netherlands
UEFA
22
7
4
11
29
40
−11
31.82%
1924-06-02
2016-05-27

 Nigeria
CAF
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
0%
2002-05-16
2009-05-29

 Northern Ireland
UEFA
10
4
4
2
17
4
+13
40%
1978-09-20
2011-05-24

 Norway
UEFA
18
7
8
3
29
19
+10
38.89%
1937-10-10
2010-11-17

 Oman
AFC
3
3
0
0
10
1
+9
100%
2012-09-11
2016-08-31

 Paraguay
CONMEBOL
2
2
0
0
4
1
+3
100%
1999-02-10
2010-05-25

 Poland
UEFA
27
6
10
11
29
43
−14
22.22%
1938-05-22
2015-10-11

 Portugal
UEFA
13
4
2
7
10
20
−10
30.77%
1946-06-16
2014-06-10

 Romania
UEFA
5
2
2
1
4
2
+2
40%
1988-03-23
2004-05-27

 Russia
UEFA
7
1
3
3
7
10
−3
14.29%
1994-03-23
2011-09-06

 San Marino
UEFA
2
2
0
0
7
1
+6
100%
2006-11-15
2007-02-07

 Saudi Arabia
AFC
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2002-06-11
2002-06-11

 Scotland
UEFA
11
4
3
4
9
12
−3
36.36%
1961-05-03
2015-06-13

 Serbia b
UEFA
8
2
3
3
9
11
−2
25%
1955-10-19
2016-09-05

 Slovakia
UEFA
5
1
4
0
6
5
+1
20%
2007-03-28
2016-03-29

 South Africa
CAF
2
2
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
2000-06-11
2009-09-08

 Soviet Union
UEFA
8
3
1
4
8
8
0
37.5%
1972-10-18
1990-04-25

 Spain
UEFA
26
4
7
15
18
54
−36
15.38%
1931-04-26
2013-06-11

 Sweden
UEFA
11
3
3
5
14
17
−3
27.27%
1949-06-02
2016-06-13

  Switzerland
UEFA
16
8
3
5
18
10
+8
50%
1935-05-05
2016-03-25

 Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
1982-05-30
1982-05-30

 Tunisia
CAF
1
1
0
0
4
0
+4
100%
1988-10-19
1988-10-19

 Turkey
UEFA
13
5
6
2
27
15
+12
38.46%
1966-11-16
2014-05-25

 United States
CONCACAF
9
5
2
2
20
13
+7
55.56%
1924-06-14
2014-11-18

 Uruguay
CONMEBOL
4
1
1
2
6
7
−1
25%
1974-05-08
2017-06-04

 Wales
UEFA
14
5
4
5
16
13
+3
35.71%
1960-09-28
2017-03-24

Total
78 nations
544
217
148
179
763
672
+91
39.89%

a.^ "Germany" includes nine games against West Germany which were played between 1950 and German reunification in 1990.
b.^ "Serbia" includes two games against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which existed between 1992 and 2003.

text: Honours[edit]

text: Major[edit]

text: FIFA World Cup

text: Friendly titles[edit]

text: Celtic Nations Cup

text: Iceland Triangular Tournament

text: Other awards[edit]

text: FIFA Fair Play Award

text: Unofficial Football World Championships

text: Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

text: Ireland began their qualification campaign for the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament with a 2-1 away victory against Georgia.[128] This was followed by a 7–0 home victory against Gibraltar,[129] and on 14 October 2014, the team played a 1–1 away draw against world champions, Germany, when a goal by John O'Shea won Ireland a late point in the 94th minute.[130] They then suffered their first defeat of the campaign to Scotland; losing 1–0, before scoring another late goal through Shane Long to make it 1–1 and earn a well-deserved point against Poland at home. They then drew 1–1 at home to Scotland, before winning 3 games in a row against Gibraltar, Georgia and Germany; 4–0, 1–0 and 1–0 respectively. Shane Long scored the memorable winner against the World Champions Germany. However, in their last group game, they lost 2–1 away to Poland and missed out on an qualifying spot, finishing third in the group and advancing to the play-offs. They were drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs. They drew the first leg away 1–1, and won the second leg 2–0, winning 3–1 on aggregate and qualifying for UEFA Euro 2016 in France.

text: Schedule[edit]

text: Republic of Ireland goal tally first.[131]

text:
Date
Competition
Venue
Opponent
Result
Scorers

5 September 2016
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Belgrade, Serbia
 Serbia
2–2
Hendrick  3', Murphy  81'[132]

6 October 2016
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Dublin, Ireland
 Georgia
1–0
Coleman  56'[132][133]

9 October 2016
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Chișinău, Moldova
 Moldova
3–1
Long  2', McClean  69', 76'[132][134]

12 November 2016
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Vienna, Austria
 Austria
1–0
McClean  48'[132][135]

24 March 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Dublin, Ireland
 Wales
0–0
[132]

28 March 2017
Friendly match
Dublin, Ireland
 Iceland
0–1
[136]

1 June 2017
Friendly match
New Jersey, United States
 Mexico
1–3
Jesús Corona  16', Raúl Jiménez  25', Carlos Vela  54', Stephen Gleeson  77'[137]

4 June 2017
Friendly match
Dublin, Ireland
 Uruguay
3–1
Jonathan Walters  28', José Giménez  35', Cyrus Christie  51', James McClean  77'[138]

11 June 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Dublin, Ireland
 Austria
1–1
Martin Hinteregger  31', Jonathan Walters  85'[139]

2 September 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Tbilisi, Georgia
 Georgia
1–1
Shane Duffy  4', Valeri Qazaishvili  34'[140]

5 September 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Dublin, Ireland
 Serbia
0–1
Aleksandar Kolarov  55'[141]

6 October 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Dublin, Ireland
 Moldova
 –
[132]

9 October 2017
World Cup 2018 qualifier
Cardiff, Wales
 Wales
 –
[132]

text: Records[edit]

text: Most capped players[edit]

text:
#
Player
National
career
Caps
Goals

1.
Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane
1998–2016
146
68

2.
Given, ShayShay Given
1996–2016
134
0

3.
Oshea, JohnJohn O'Shea
2001–
118
3

4.
Kilbane, KevinKevin Kilbane
1997–2011
110
8

5.
Staunton, SteveSteve Staunton
1988–2002
102
7

6.
Duff, DamienDamien Duff
1998–2012
100
8

7.
Quinn, NiallNiall Quinn
1986–2002
91
21

8.
McGeady, AidenAiden McGeady
2004–
90
5

9.
Cascarino, TonyTony Cascarino
1985–2000
88
19

10.
Macgrath, PaulPaul McGrath
1985–1997
83
8

text: Record goalscorers[edit]

text:
#
Player
National career
Goals
Caps
Average

1.
Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane (list)
1998–2016
68
146
0.47

2.
Quinn, NiallNiall Quinn
1986–2002
21
91
0.23

3.
Stapleton, FrankFrank Stapleton
1977–1990
20
71
0.28

4.
Givens, DonDon Givens
1969–1981
19
56
0.34

Aldridge, JohnJohn Aldridge
1986–1997
19
69
0.28

Cascarino, TonyTony Cascarino
1985–2000
19
88
0.22

7.
Long, ShaneShane Long
2007–
17
73
0.23

8.
Cantwell, NoelNoel Cantwell
1953–1967
14
36
0.39

Doyle, KevinKevin Doyle
2006–
14
63
0.22

Walters, JonathanJonathan Walters
2010–
14
49
0.27

10.
Dunne, JimmyJimmy Dunne
1930–1939
13
15
0.87

Daly, GerryGerry Daly
1973–1986
13
48
0.27

text: Managers[edit]

text: Between 1921 and 1969, a committee of selectors chose the team, on occasions a coach or team manager was appointed; Mick Meagan was the first manager to actually select the team.[143] Managers from the periods in which the national side was known as the Irish Free State or simply Ireland are obscure and many are not currently known, however it is known that Val Harris, Bill Lacey and Alex Stevenson managed the side.[144]

text: Manager records[edit]

text:
Manager
Career
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Loss %
Notes

 Meagan, MickMick Meagan
1969–1971
12
0
3
9
7
26
−19
0%
75%

 Tuohy, LiamLiam Tuohy
1971–1973
10
3
1
6
11
20
−9
30%
60%

 Thomas, SeánSeán Thomas
1973
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0%
0%
Caretaker

 Giles, JohnnyJohnny Giles
1973–1980
36
13
9
14
48
45
3
36.1%
38.9%

 Kelly, Sr., AlanAlan Kelly, Sr.
1980
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
100%
0%
Caretaker

 Hand, EoinEoin Hand
1980–1985
39
11
9
19
47
56
−9
28.2%
48.7%

 Charlton, JackJack Charlton
1986–1995
93
47
29
17
132
67
65
50.5%
18.3%
Qualified for Euro 1988, and World Cups 1990 and 1994

 McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy
1996–2002
68
29
19
20
113
68
45
42.6%
29.4%
Qualified for 2002 World Cup

 Givens, DonDon Givens
2002 and
2007–8
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
0%
33.3%
Caretaker

 Kerr, BrianBrian Kerr
2003–2005
33
18
11
4
39
20
19
54.5%
12.1%

 Staunton, SteveSteve Staunton
2006–2007
17
6
6
5
24
19
5
35.3%
29.4%

 Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni
2008–2013
64
26
22
16
86
64
22
40.6%
25%
Qualified for Euro 2012

 King, NoelNoel King
2013
2
1
0
1
3
4
−1
50%
50%
Caretaker

 O'Neill, MartinMartin O'Neill
2013–
37
15
13
9
54
34
20
42.9%
22.9%
Qualified for Euro 2016

text: Pictures[edit]

text:
Roy Keane was team captain from 1997 to 2002. He is now the assistant manager.

Shay Given is Ireland's second most capped player and played in two major tournaments.

Ronnie Whelan played in two World Cups and one European Championship.

John Aldridge scored 19 goals for Ireland played in two World Cups and one European Championship.

Mick McCarthy captained Ireland in the 1990 World Cup and managed Ireland in the 2002 World Cup.

Richard Dunne played in 2 major championships and won 80 caps.


document_title: North of 60

question_text: who played eric olsen on north of 60

question_tokens: who played eric olsen on north of 60

text: North of 60

text: Casting[edit]

text: Starring in the series were Tina Keeper as RCMP Constable, later Corporal, Michelle Kenidi, Tracey Cook as Sarah Birkett (nurse during first year), Tom Jackson as Peter Kenidi (band chief in first year, Michelle's brother), Gordon Tootoosis as Albert Golo (bootlegger, then band chief), Dakota House as Trevor 'Teevee' Tenia (teen trouble-maker, then band chief), Lubomir Mykytiuk as Gerry Kisilenko (restaurant/motel owner/justice of the peace), Jimmy Herman as Joe Gomba (elder) and Simon R. Baker as Charlie Muskrat. Adam Beach and Tantoo Cardinal also starred. Elsie Tsa Che (Wilma Pelly) was a fan favorite, playing Teevee's grandmother, a community elder. John Oliver led the cast as Corporal Eric Olsen during the show's first two seasons and entered into an off-screen relationship with co-star Keeper; he left the show when his relationship with Keeper soured. Keeper subsequently became the show's lead actor for the remainder of its run. Oliver was replaced by Robert Bockstael as Corporal Brian Fletcher, who was replaced later by Peter Kelly Gaudreault as Constable James Harper.

text: One of the stars was Michael Horse, as Andrew One Sky, previously best known for his portrayal of Tonto in the 1981 film The Legend of the Lone Ranger.

text: List of characters[edit]

text:
Character
Actor
Seasons
Summary

Michelle Kenidi
Tina Keeper
1-6
RCMP officer, sister of Peter Kenidi band chief.

Eric Olsen
John Oliver
1-2
RCMP officer, who transfers to Lynx River after losing his partner.

Sarah Birkett
Tracey Cook
1-6
Nurse and treatment center therapist.

Peter Kenidi
Tom Jackson
1-6
Brother of RCMP officer Michele and band chief; has a daughter with his wife Ellen.

Albert Golo
Gordon Tootoosis
1-6
Bootlegger and former band chief.

Brian Fletcher
Robert Bockstael
3-5
RCMP officer, who replaces Eric Olsen.

Trevor 'Teevee' Tenia
Dakota House
1-6
Town trouble maker who becomes a portable sawmill operator, then band chief. He has a daughter with his girlfriend Bertha.

Bertha Kizha
Lori Lea Okemow
1-6
Teevee's girlfriend.

Lois Tenia
Willene Tootoosis
1-6
Teevee's mother and daughter of Elsie Tsa Che.

Gerry Kisilenko
Lubomir Mykytiuk
1-6
A non-First Nations resident, store and motel owner.

Elsie Tsa Che
Wilma Pelly
1-6
Elder and medicine woman, also raised her granddaughter, Marie Tenia, and grandson, TeeVee, to whom she often provides guidance. Her daughter Lois Tenia also lives with her.

Harris Miller
Timothy Webber
1-6
One of the few non-First Nations residents of Lynx River; band manager and works closely with Peter Kenedi. He later marries Lois Tenia.

Rosie Deela
Tina Louise Bomberry
1-6
Married to Leon with three kids, has a history of severe alcoholism. Works as a waitress/clerk in Gerry's store and restaurant.

Leon Deela
Erroll Kinistino
1-6
Rosie's husband and an expert construction worker, with a history of severe alcoholism.

Ellen Kenidi
Renae Morriseau
1-5
Peter's wife and a social worker.

Joe Gomba
Jimmy Herman
1-6
An expert tracker and hunter.

Hannah Kenidi
Selina Hanuse
1-4
Michelle's daughter, who moves to Calgary in Season 2.

Nathan Golo
Michael P. Obey
1-6
Albert's smartest son.

Joey Small Boat
Mervin Good Eagle
1-6
A Lynx River teenager.

William MacNeil
Nathaniel Arcand
3-6
A young man from outside of Lynx River who's usually looking for trouble.

Rosemary Fletcher
Julie Stewart
4-5
Brian Fletcher's wife.

Andrew One Sky
Michael Horse
4-6
A psychologist who befriends Michelle after a tragic incident.

Charlie Muskrat
Simon R. Baker
4-6
A young boy whom Michelle Kenidi takes into her home when his mother is unable to properly care for him.

Sylvie LeBret
Michelle Thrush
1,5-6
Peter's love interest in later seasons

James Harper
Peter Kelly Gaudreault
5-6
RCMP officer, who replaces Brian Fletcher

text: Series[edit]

text: The series ran weekly until 1998, and was followed by a series of made-for-TV films that featured various members of the show's recurring cast.

text: A soundtrack album was produced in 1994, including theme music, background music and songs performed by Tom Jackson and others.

text: The series was filmed in Bragg Creek, Alberta.