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Black Players Used against Republic of Ireland

No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
537 06-Feb-1980 Republic of Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 2 0 1/12 8.33
Laurie Cunningham became the first black player to be capped while playing for a foreign club side, Real Madrid.

597

26-Mar-1985

Republic of Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 1 1/13 7.69
Viv Anderson started.

636

12-Jun-1988

Republic of Ireland Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany ECF 0 1 1/13 7.69
John Barnes started.

658

11-Jun-1990

Republic of Ireland Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy WCF 1 1 2/13 15.38
Des Walker & John Barnes started.  Barnes substituted in the 83rd minute.
667 14-Nov-1990 Republic of Ireland Lansdowne Road, Dublin ECP 1 1 1/11 9.09
Des Walker started.
669 27-Mar-1991 Republic of Ireland Empire Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 1 1 3/13 23.08
Des Walker & John Barnes started.  Ian Wright was a 76th minute substitute.
709 15-Feb-1995 Republic of Ireland Lansdowne Road, Dublin F - - 1/11 9.09

Paul Ince started in a game that was abandoned after 27 minutes because of crowd violence with the Republic leading 1-0 and no official result recorded, although caps were awarded.

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