Republic of Ireland national football team 1950s results

This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1950s. Between 1936 and 1954 the Football Association of Ireland referred to their team as Ireland ["The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story" (1997): Sean Ryan [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1851589392] ] After a FIFA ruling they became the Republic of Ireland in 1954.

1954

footballbox | date = 7 November 1954

team1 = fb-rt|IRL [First game team was referred to as the Republic of Ireland] |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NOR |goals1 = Martin 59'
Ryan 66'|goals2 = Olsen 13'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Clough (England)

1955

footballbox | date = 1 May 1955

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NED |goals1 = Fitzgerald 79'|goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: ??,??? Referee: Luty (England)----footballbox | date = 25 May 1955

team1 = fb-rt|NOR |score = 1–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Kotte 39'|goals2 = Cummins 17', 70'
Ringstead 80'|stadium = Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway
Friendly Attendance: 18,547 Referee: Meissner (West Germany)----footballbox | date = 28 May 1955

team1 = fb-rt|FRG |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Waldner 13'
Mai 62'|goals2 = Fallon 67'|stadium = Volkspark Stadium, Hamburg, West Germany
Friendly Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Van Der Meer (Netherlands)----footballbox | date = 19 October 1955

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–4|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|YUG |goals1 = Fitzsimons 40'|goals2 = Milutinović 10', 14', 44'
Veselinović 76'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Murdock (England)----footballbox | date = 27 November 1955

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ESP|1939 |goals1 = Fitzsimons 8'
Ringstead 76'|goals2 = Pahiño 24', 44'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ellis (England)

1956

footballbox | date = 10 May 1956

team1 = fb-rt|NED |score = 1–4|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Appel 77'|goals2 = Fitzsimons 52', 67'
Haverty 59'
Ringstead 71'|stadium = Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Friendly Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Penning (West Germany)----footballbox | date = 3 October 1956

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|DEN |goals1 = Curtis 28'
Gavin 44' (pen)|goals2 = Aage Rou Jensen 86'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 32,600 Referee: Bond (England)----footballbox | date = 25 November 1956

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|FRG |goals1 = Cantwell 62' (pen)
Haverty 87'
McCann 89'|goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Murdock (England)

1957

footballbox | date = 8 May 1957

team1 = fb-rt|ENG |score = 5–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Taylor 10', 19', 40',
Atyeo 38', 90'|goals2 = Curtis 56'|stadium = Wembley Stadium, London, England
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Phillips (Scotland)----footballbox | date = 19 May 1957

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ENG |goals1 = Ringstead 3'|goals2 = Atyeo 90'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 47,600 Referee: Phillips (Scotland)----footballbox | date = 2 October 1957

team1 = fb-rt|DEN |score = 0–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Cummins 53'
Curtis 62'|stadium = Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schultz (East Germany)

1958

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1959

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References

ee also

*Ireland national football team (FAI) - Results
*Republic of Ireland national football team - 1960s Results