The FAI today officially confirmed that Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland will play the Czech Republic in a friendly in Dublin on February 29.
They said the friendly will be the first of two home matches to be played in the Aviva Stadium before Ireland go to the Euro Finals in June. The second friendly will take place at the end of May and the opposition will be revealed by the association soon.

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In the modern day professional football can set a poor example for our children, with cowardly and unsporting behaviour seemingly the norm at all levels throughout the game. With England captain John Terry under investigation by the FA for supposedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand in a recent English Premier League game, role models and the ethics of hard work, fair play and determination can sometimes be lacking to the untrained eye.

By Alan Duffy

Everything that could have gone right for the Boys In Green on Friday night did. Four away goals, two (opposition) sendings-off and a clean sheet to take back to the Aviva Stadium made Ireland's play-off victory over Estonia in Talinn the perfect night for the Republic.

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni believes the stunning 4-0 win over Estonia in the first leg of the Euro 2012 qualifying play-off last night demonstrated the progress his players have made in recent times.
Ireland stand on the verge of qualifying for the tournament in the Poland and Ukraine after a comprehensive success over their hosts, demonstrating great attacking quality, a feature often lacking under the Italian.

Robbie Keane has insisted that Ireland will be going all out for victory in tonight's Euro 2012 play-off clash against Estonia.
Giovanni Trapattoni's 'Boys In Green' will start in Tallinn knowing that a draw would be a decent result to take back to the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday evening.

Robbie Keane has insisted that Ireland will be going all out for victory in tonight's Euro 2012 play-off clash against Estonia.
Giovanni Trapattoni's 'Boys In Green' will start in Tallinn knowing that a draw would be a decent result to take back to the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday evening.

Rep. of Ireland will hope they can wipeout past play-off's heartache against Estonia on Friday in Tallinn before finishing the job off at the Aviva on Tuesday night.

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The Football Association of Ireland, in association with Three and supporter's group, ‘You Boys in Green' today (November 4) joined the campaign to encourage fans to ‘Go Green on November 15'.
The campaign aims to encourage fans all over the country to get behind the team by wearing green on November 15 when Ireland take on Estonia in the second leg of the EURO 2012 Play-off in Aviva Stadium.

European Championship qualifying group B was a strange one: Ireland beat Armenia who beat Slovakia who beat Russia who beat Ireland (while poor fourth-seeded Macedonia looked on and whimpered). The logical progression would have been for a match to be played out between twenty-two footballs kicking a man around the pitch.

Estonia stand between Ireland and a place in the Euro 2012 finals following today's play-off draw in Krakow.
Giovanni Trapattoni's side will be away in the first leg on either Friday, 11 November/Saturday 12 November, with the return tie at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday, 15 November.

Irish eyes were smiling last night as the Rep. of Ireland beat Armenia in controversial fashion at the Aviva with a 2-1 win which guaranteed them a play-off spot for next years Euro 2012 Finals in Poland and Ukraine.

The turning point in the game came mid-way through the first half when Armenian keeper Roman Berezovsky was sent off for hand ball despite pictures showing the ball hit his chest and not his arm, to add insult to the Armenian camp Irish striker Simon Cox admitted he controlled the ball with his arm accidentally.

By Alan Duffy

Three years after Thierry Henry's infamous handball in France's World Cup play-off with the Republic of Ireland, the Irish finally received some kind of footballing karma at the Aviva Stadium, courtesy of another appalling refereeing decision, this time by Spanish official Eduardo Ganzalez.

Simon Cox will start in attack alongside Kevin Doyle for Ireland in tomorrow's vital Euro 2012 qualifier with Armenia in the Aviva Stadium. It was widely expected that in-form West Brom striker Shane Long would partner doyle, in the event of Robbie Keane failing his fitness battle.
Stephen Kelly comes in for the suspended Stephen Ward.

The International break means there's little Fulham news to talk about. England did what they needed to do and qualified for Euro 2012 but the press had a field day over Rooney's sending off. How perfect for the British media that the man most in the spotlight should rise to the bait and give them something to write about.

Ireland skipper Robbie Keane is being given every chance to prove his fitness ahead of Tuesday night's Euro 2012 showdown with Armenia in Dublin.
The 31-year-old Dublin born striker is a major doubt for the game at the Aviva Stadium which will decide Ireland's Group B fate as they attempt to secure a play-off berth.

With Germany, Italy, Holland, England, Spain and hosts Poland and Ukraine already qualified their are still 9 places remaining in the Euro 2012 Finals, so which teams have their own destiny in their own hands and who have to rely on others to keep their Euro 2012 dreams alive.

Ireland captain Robbie Keane has admitted Tomorrow's Euro 2012 qualifier with Russia is a game 'The Boys In Green' cannot afford to lose if they are to maintain hopes of qualifying for the finals in Poland.
Giovanni Trapattoni's side were held by Slovakia last Friday in a disappointing performance in the Aviva Stadium and trail Russia by two points with three rounds of games remaining in Group B.

Ireland's hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2012 are in the balance after an abject 0-0 draw with Slovakia at the Aviva Stadium.
The home side produced a nervous and sloppy display that allowed the visitors to control possession and territory.
A number of fine saves from Shay Given and a Sean St Ledger block on Marek Hamsik made sure the visitors left with just one point.

With the drama of the past few days behind us, focus begrudgingly shifts towards the meaty part of the international break and a full slate of matches for Liverpool's internationals. It'd be nice if the end of the window was closely followed by a match for the club it's not a completely new-look squad, but it has the feel of some sort of fresh start, and a chance for renewed optimism after a relatively disappointing end to the summer's activities.

Ireland U21 manager Noel King has confirmed his Ireland Under 21 squad for the friendly international with Austria in the Showgrounds, Sligo on Tuesday the 9th August. Leeds United full back Aiden White is a new addition to the squad, while goalkeeper Aaron McCarey links up at this level for the first time, following his performances at the UEFA Under 19 Finals in Romania last week.

By Chris Wright

"We cool?"

Three unanswered goals from Mario Balotelli, Edin Dzeko (David Silva's assist was a beautiful, beautiful thing) and Adam Johnson saw Man City soundly beat Inter Milan at the Aviva Stadium last night to win the Dublin Super Cup whatever that may be.

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Manchester City opened up their Dublin Super Cup tournament with a 3-0 win over an Airtricity XI at the Aviva Stadium today, with goals from Shaun Wright Phillips, Adam Johnson and Luca Scapuzzi.

Now that Andre Villas-Boas has been installed as the new boss at Chelsea, speculation is already underway on what players the 33 year old manager will bring to Stamford Bridge and naturally, the rumour mill has started by linking him with the star players at his former club, FC Porto in Portugal.

The one very obvious candidate that has been linked in various media sources is leading striker Radamel Falcao, who scored 41 times in 50 appearances under Villas-Boas at Porto last season.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup Nations 2011, foi realizado no dia 29/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Eire (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Escócia (66º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1962Dublin 07/05/1961 IRL0:3 (0:2)SCO UEFA1962Glasgow 03/05/1961 SCO4:1 (2:0)IRL UEFA
Eliminatórias Continentais
1988Glasgow 18/02/1987 SCO0:1 (0:1)IRL Group matches1988Dublin 15/10/1986 IRL0:0SCO Group matches
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Mark Whitby-NIR
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Robbie Keane, aos 23 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Tottenham-ENG, que marcou seu 49º gol pela seleção nacional.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 27/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do País de Gales (115º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Irlanda do Norte (65º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2006Belfast 08/10/2005 NIR2:3 (0:2)WAL First stage2006Cardiff 08/09/2004 WAL2:2 (1:2)NIR First stage1954Wrexham 31/03/1954 WAL1:2 (0:1)NIR First stage1950Cardiff 08/03/1950 WAL0:0NIR First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1968Wrexham 28/02/1968 WAL2:0 (0:0)NIR Preliminary round1968Belfast 12/04/1967 NIR0:0WAL Preliminary round
Amistosos
1922Wrexham 14/04/1923 WAL0:3EIR 1921Belfast 04/04/1922 EIR1:1WAL 1920Swansea 09/04/1921 WAL2:1EIR 1919Belfast 14/02/1920 EIR2:2WAL 1914Wrexham 19/01/1914 WAL1:2EIR 1913Belfast 18/01/1913 EIR0:1WAL 1912Cardiff 13/04/1912 WAL2:3EIR 1911Belfast 28/01/1911 EIR1:2WAL 1910Wrexham 11/04/1910 WAL4:1EIR 1909Belfast 20/03/1909 EIR2:3WAL 1908Aberdare 11/04/1908 WAL0:1EIR 1907Belfast 23/02/1907 EIR2:3WAL 1906Wrexham 02/04/1906 WAL4:4EIR 1905Belfast 08/04/1905 EIR2:2WAL 1904Bangor 21/03/1904 WAL0:1EIR 1903Belfast 28/03/1903 EIR2:0WAL 1902Cardiff 22/02/1902 WAL0:3EIR 1901Belfast 23/03/1901 EIR0:1WAL 1900Llandudno 24/02/1900 WAL2:0EIR 1899Belfast 04/03/1899 EIR1:0WAL 1898Llandudno 19/02/1898 WAL0:1EIR 1897Belfast 06/03/1897 EIR4:3WAL 1896Wrexham 29/02/1896 WAL6:1EIR 1895Belfast 16/03/1895 EIR2:2WAL 1894Swansea 24/02/1894 WAL4:1EIR 1893Belfast 05/04/1893 EIR4:3WAL 1892Bangor 27/02/1892 WAL1:1EIR 1891Belfast 07/02/1891 EIR7:2WAL 1890
08/02/1890 WAL5:2EIR 1889Belfast 27/04/1889 EIR1:3WAL 1888Wrexham 03/03/1888 WAL11:0EIR 1887Belfast 12/03/1887 EIR4:1WAL 1886Wrexham 27/02/1886 WAL5:0EIR 1885Belfast 11/04/1885 EIR2:8WAL 1884Wrexham 09/02/1884 WAL6:0EIR 1883
17/03/1883 EIR1:1WAL 1882Wrexham 25/02/1882 WAL7:1EIR
´O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Alan Kelly-IRL
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Aaron Ramsey, aos 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Arsenal-ENG, que marcou seu terceiro gol pela seleção nacional.

The New England Revolution announced via press release yesterday that they waived 18-year old Nigerian right midfielder Michael Augustine. Augustine hadn't made a single senior appearance with the club, although he participated in reserve league and open cup matches. Given the team's poor play of late, it may have seemed strange to get rid of a player that hadn't had a chance to prove himself useless yet.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 25/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções de País de Gales (115º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Escócia (66º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1986Cardiff 10/09/1985 WAL1:1 (1:0)SCO First stage1986Glasgow 27/03/1985 SCO0:1 (0:1)WAL First stage1978Liverpool 12/10/1977 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO First stage1978Glasgow 17/11/1976 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL First stage1954Glasgow 04/11/1953 SCO3:3 (2:0)WAL First stage1950Glasgow 09/11/1949 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1968Glasgow 22/11/1967 SCO3:2 (1:1)WAL Preliminary round1968Cardiff 22/10/1966 WAL1:1 (0:0)SCO Preliminary round
Amistosos
2009Cardiff 14/11/2009 WAL3:0 (3:0)SCO 2004Cardiff 18/02/2004 WAL4:0 (2:0)SCO 1997Kilmarnock 27/05/1997 SCO0:1 (0:0)WAL 1984Glasgow 28/02/1984 SCO2:1 (1:0)WAL 1983Cardiff 28/05/1983 WAL0:2 (0:1)SCO 1982Glasgow 24/05/1982 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL 1981Swansea 16/05/1981 WAL2:0 (2:0)SCO 1980Glasgow 21/05/1980 SCO1:0 (1:0)WAL 1979Cardiff 19/05/1979 WAL3:0 (2:0)SCO 1978Glasgow 17/05/1978 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1977Wrexham 28/05/1977 WAL0:0SCO 1976Glasgow 06/05/1976 SCO3:1 (2:0)WAL 1975Cardiff 17/05/1975 WAL2:2 (2:0)SCO 1974Glasgow 14/05/1974 SCO2:0 (2:0)WAL 1973Wrexham 12/05/1973 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO 1972Glasgow 24/05/1972 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1971Cardiff 15/05/1971 WAL0:0SCO 1970Glasgow 22/04/1970 SCO0:0WAL 1969Wrexham 03/05/1969 WAL3:5 (2:2)SCO 1965Glasgow 24/11/1965 SCO4:1 (3:1)WAL 1964Cardiff 03/10/1964 WAL3:2 (1:2)SCO 1963Glasgow 20/11/1963 SCO2:1 (1:0)WAL 1962Cardiff 20/10/1962 WAL2:3 (1:1)SCO 1961Glasgow 08/11/1961 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL 1960Cardiff 22/10/1960 WAL2:0 (1:0)SCO 1959Glasgow 14/11/1959 SCO1:1 (0:1)WAL 1958Cardiff 18/10/1958 WAL0:3 (0:1)SCO 1957Glasgow 13/11/1957 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1956Cardiff 20/10/1956 WAL2:2 (2:2)SCO 1955Glasgow 09/11/1955 SCO2:0 (2:0)WAL 1954Cardiff 16/10/1954 WAL0:1 (0:0)SCO 1952Cardiff 18/10/1952 WAL1:2 (1:1)SCO 1951Glasgow 14/11/1951 SCO0:1 (0:0)WAL 1950Cardiff 21/10/1950 WAL1:3 (0:1)SCO 1948Cardiff 23/10/1948 WAL1:3 (1:3)SCO 1947Glasgow 12/11/1947 SCO1:2 (1:2)WAL 1946Wrexham 19/10/1946 WAL3:1 (0:0)SCO 1938Edinburgh 09/11/1938 SCO3:2 (1:1)WAL 1937Cardiff 30/10/1937 WAL2:1 (2:0)SCO 1936Dundee 02/12/1936 SCO1:2 (0:1)WAL 1935Cardiff 05/10/1935 WAL1:1 (1:1)SCO 1934Aberdeen 21/11/1934 SCO3:2 (1:0)WAL 1933Cardiff 04/10/1933 WAL3:2 (2:0)SCO 1932Edinburgh 26/10/1932 SCO2:5 (0:4)WAL 1931Wrexham 31/10/1931 WAL2:3 (1:2)SCO 1930Glasgow 25/10/1930 SCO1:1 (1:1)WAL 1929Cardiff 26/10/1929 WAL2:4 (0:2)SCO 1928Glasgow 27/10/1928 SCO4:2 (2:1)WAL 1927Wrexham 29/10/1927 WAL2:2 (1:2)SCO 1926Glasgow 30/10/1926 SCO3:0 (2:0)WAL 1925Cardiff 31/10/1925 WAL0:3 (0:0)SCO 1924Edinburgh 16/02/1925 SCO3:1 (2:1)WAL 1922Glasgow 17/03/1923 SCO2:0 (1:0)WAL 1921Wrexham 04/02/1922 WAL2:1 (2:0)SCO 1920Aberdeen 12/02/1921 SCO2:1 (1:1)WAL 1919Cardiff 26/02/1920 WAL1:1 (1:0)SCO 1914Glasgow 28/02/1914 SCO0:0WAL 1913Wrexham 03/03/1913 WAL0:0SCO 1912Edinburgh 02/03/1912 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1911Cardiff 06/03/1911 WAL2:2 (1:1)SCO 1910Kilmarnock 05/03/1910 SCO1:0 (0:0)WAL 1909Wrexham 01/03/1909 WAL3:2 (3:0)SCO 1908Dundee 07/03/1908 SCO2:1 (0:1)WAL 1907Wrexham 04/03/1907 WAL1:0 (1:0)SCO 1906Edinburgh 03/03/1906 SCO0:2 (0:0)WAL 1905Wrexham 06/03/1905 WAL3:1 (1:0)SCO 1904Dundee 12/03/1904 SCO1:1 (1:0)WAL 1903Cardiff 09/03/1903 WAL0:1 (0:1)SCO 1902Greenock 15/03/1902 SCO5:1 (1:0)WAL 1901Wrexham 02/03/1901 WAL1:1 (0:0)SCO 1900Aberdeen 03/02/1900 SCO5:2 (4:1)WAL 1899Wrexham 18/03/1899 WAL0:6 (0:1)SCO 1898Motherwell 19/03/1898 SCO5:2 (4:1)WAL 1897Wrexham 20/03/1897 WAL2:2 (1:1)SCO 1896Dundee 21/03/1896 SCO4:0 (2:0)WAL 1895Wrexham 23/03/1895 WAL2:2 (1:2)SCO 1894Kilmarnock 24/03/1894 SCO5:2 (1:1)WAL 1893Wrexham 18/03/1893 WAL0:8 (0:5)SCO 1892Edinburgh 26/03/1892 SCO6:1 (4:1)WAL 1891Wrexham 21/03/1891 WAL3:4 (2:1)SCO 1890Paisley 22/03/1890 SCO5:0 (3:0)WAL 1889Wrexham 15/04/1889 WAL0:0SCO 1888Edinburgh 10/03/1888 SCO5:1 (1:1)WAL 1887Wrexham 21/03/1887 WAL0:2 (0:1)SCO 1886Glasgow 10/04/1886 SCO4:1 (2:0)WAL 1885Wrexham 23/03/1885 WAL1:8 (0:3)SCO 1884Glasgow 29/03/1884 SCO4:1 (1:1)WAL 1883Wrexham 12/03/1883 WAL0:3 (0:2)SCO 1882Glasgow 25/03/1882 SCO5:0 (1:0)WAL 1881Wrexham 14/03/1881 WAL1:5 (1:4)SCO 1880Glasgow 27/03/1880 SCO5:1 (2:0)WAL 1879Wrexham 07/04/1879 WAL0:3 (0:1)SCO 1878Glasgow 23/03/1878 SCO9:0 (6:0)WAL 1877Wrexham 05/03/1877 WAL0:2 (0:0)SCO 1876Glasgow 25/03/1876 SCO4:0 (1:0)WAL
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Raymond Crangle-NIR
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Robert Earnshaw, aos 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Nottingham Forest-ENG, e marcou seu 15º gol pela seleção nacional.

Mais um jogo da Carling Cup 2011, foi realizado no dia 24/05/2011, na cidade de Dublin-EIR, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Irlanda (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Irlanda do Norte (65º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1994Belfast 17/11/1993 NIR1:1 (0:0)IRL First stage1994Dublin 31/03/1993 IRL3:0 (3:0)NIR First stage1990Dublin 11/10/1989 IRL3:0 (1:0)NIR First stage1990Belfast 14/09/1988 NIR0:0IRL First stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
1996Dublin 29/03/1995 IRL1:1 (0:0)NIR Group matches1996Belfast 16/11/1994 NIR0:4 (0:3)IRL Group matches1980Belfast 21/11/1979 NIR1:0 (0:0)IRL Preliminary round1980Dublin 20/09/1978 IRL0:0NIR Preliminary round
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Craig Thomson-SCO
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Stephen Ward, aos 24 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Wolverhampton-ENG, que marcou seu primeiro gol pela seleção nacional.

Fresh from their triumph in the underwhelming Nations Cup, Ireland face a crucial test away to Macdedonia in Skopje on Saturday evening. Going into the match Ireland are level with Russia and Slovakia on ten points so with half of the matches remaining to be played, all three sides stand an excellent chance of qualifying for next year's finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 29/03/2011, na cidade de Dublin-IRL, no Aviva Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Irlanda (34º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Uruguai (7º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Said Enjimini-FRA
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Diego Lugano, aos 12 minutos do primeiro tempo, jogador do Fenerbahce-TUR, que marcou seu quinto gol pela seleção nacional.

By Chris Wright

A single Robbie Keane goal was enough to see the Republic of Ireland beat Scotland and get their grubby paws on the inaugural Carling Nations Cup at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin this afternoon.

Photos...

Photos: PA

Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni will make four changes to his side for tomorrow's Carling Nations Cup decider against Scotland.
The Italian today named his team for the final match of the four nations tournament in the Aviva Stadium but said he may review his line-up after another training session.

Wales v Northern Ireland 2011 Carling Nations Cup- 27 May, 2011 Final score:- Wales v Northern Ireland 2-0 ( Aaron Ramsey, Robert Earnshaw) Wales beat Northern Ireland 2-0 thanks to goals from Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey and forward Robert Earnshaw. The game was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Wales v Scotland 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin- Nations Cup- 25/5/11 Final score:- Wales v Scotland 1-3 ( Robert Earnshaw/ James Morrison, Kenny Miller, C.Berra) Scotland beat Wales 3-1 in Dublin after Nottingham striker Rob Earnshaw had put the latter ahead in the Nations Cup tie between the two sides.

Republic of Ireland vs Northern Ireland Final score:- Ireland vs Northern Ireland 5-0 ( Robbie Keane*2, Stephen Ward, Simon Cox, Cathcart own goal) Dublin- Carling Nations Cup- 24 May, 2011 Robbie Keane scores two goals and Wolves' Stephen Ward and West Bromwich's Simon Cox score on their debuts for the Republic as they thrash Northern [.

FC Porto wrote another chapter in their majestic season by becoming Europa League champions. Porto beat Sporting Braga 1-0 in the Europa League final at the AVIVA Stadium (referred to as the "Dublin Arena" for this final). Porto had previously claimed domestic league honours, their 25th league title, as well as winning the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (also known as the Portuguese SuperCup).

Speaking ahead of tonight's Carling Nations Cup game against Nigel Worthington's IFA team, Ireland captain Robbie Keane has waded into the eligibility issue stating that it was "totally up to the players" themselves if young Irish internationals from the North decide to play for Ireland rather than the IFA team.

Porto 1 - 0 Braga
Dominic Fifield at the Aviva Stadium
John Brewin at the Aviva Stadium