Jack Charlton... The first foreign coach of Irish soccer team..

Jack Charlton was the first foreign coach of the Republic of Ireland soccer team.

It was a bit controversial at the time cos he played for England and was part of their 1966 squad who won the World Cup.

He was born on May 8th (5/8=58=Freemason).
Jack Charlton=116

Coincidentally his first match was against Wales.
Wales=1016.
Take the zero out, it's 116 just like Jack Charlton.
That match was on March 26th which was 1 month 19 days after he took over (February 7th).

Ireland qualified for their first major tournament, (Euro '88).
Scotland actually did Ireland a favour in their final qualifying match against Bulgaria.
Bulgaria needed just a draw/tie at home to qualify but we're 86'd by a Gary Mackay goal in the 86th minute.
Gary Mackay=630
Ireland=63

The rest is history, Ireland went to Germany for the Euros in '88.

Their first match in Euro '88 was funnily enough against Charlton's former team, England.
Ray Houghton gets the winning goal for Ireland after just 6 minutes.
Ray Houghton's bday from (Jan 9th) to the date of the match (Jun 12th) is 211 days.
Six minutes =153
In the bible there was a story about the 'miracle' catch of 153 fish. Well this was certainly a 'miracle' of its own.
Ireland had beaten the 'auld enemy' for the first time since 1949.

Charlton took Ireland to their first World Cup in 1990 in Italy.
They got through the group stages and played Romania in the last 16.
The match went to penalties.
Ireland won the shootout 5-4.
The only player to miss was Romania's Daniel Timofte.
Daniel Timofte =133
This is a hoax =133

Ireland went on to play hosts Italy in the Quarter Finals.
Toto Schillaci ends Ireland's World Cup with a goal in 38th minute
From his bday til the date of the match was... 93 days!!

Ireland also qualified for the 1994 World Cup in the USA but it took a late Alan McLoughlin goal against Northern Ireland to do it.
Again, Alan McLoughlin's bday was 211 days (see Ray Houghton above) before the match.

Ireland went out in the last 16 match against Holland.
Only scoring two goals in the whole tournament.

Charlton's last match in charge was against Holland on 13th December 1995. Ireland lost 2-0.
Charlton resigned on 21st December 1995, 227 (Pi) days after his bday.

Note: The 2nd foreign coach to take charge of Irish soccer team was Giovanni Trappatoni.
His bday is????
Take a guess...
Ah go on...


Its March 17th... St. Patrick's Day!!!

Ah now...