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Match details
Friendly
Lansdowne Road | Wednesday 19 August 1987
| Irish Olympic XI | 0 | - | 5 | Liverpool |
Goals
- Ronnie Whelan 25'
- John Aldridge 28' pen
- Peter Beardsley 44'
- Paul Walsh 58'
- Paul Walsh 80'
Notes
- Grobbelaar; Spackman, Wark, Hansen (Gillespie 46'), Nicol; Johnston (Walsh 46'), McMahon, Whelan, Barnes; Beardsley (Irvine 59'), Aldridge (Dalglish 66')
Unused sub: Venison.
Opposition
Lineup: O'Neil (Dundalk), Kenny (Shamrock Rovers), Neville (Shamrock Rovers), Eccles (Shamrock Rovers), Brady (Shamrock Rovers), Lawless (Dundalk), Doolin (Shamrock Rovers), Mannion (Galway United), Kehoe (Dundalk), Larkin (Shamrock Rovers), Jameson (Bohemians)
Subs: B.Murphy (Bohemians) for Eccles 46', Bayly (Sligo Rovers) for Mannion 61'.
- Match ended 6 minutes early when some thought the ref who had blown for a free kick to the Irish thought it was the final whistle and rushed on the pitch which ended up with more coming on the ref wisely ended the game .
Other details
- Attendance: 12,000
- Referee: Kelly P (Cork)
- Half-time score: 0
- 3
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