The Road To America: How Jack Charlton's Ireland Qualified for USA '94

Excellent documentary film following the Boys In Green (and their fans) as they try to qualify for USA '94. It charts the highs and lows of a dramatic campaign and how the team and manager dealt with the weight of expectation. Directed by Paddy Breathnach

[@GodOfVictory501]

Great documentary. Early 90s were the best #nostalgia

[@seankelly346]

Sleep well big jack and Alan and thanks for great memories

[@TheY2JMc]

Holy shit! had this video when i was a kid! totally forgot about it, good man for uploading it!

[@irieite9666]

I got it free on DVD in the newspaper about 10 years ago. Funniest thing to watch when high. All the faces in the crowd wedged in to make sure they get on the tv lol.

[@spamspum928]

@@irieite9666 Just did it Can confirm, also had a laughing fit at this fella 47:40

[@stuartkelly3106]

RIP Alan & Jack

[@frankroche7495]

Nice to see the flags and the happy old times. Sad to say on one of the flags is Kiely's of Donnybrook and Long's Pub in Donnybrook, Auld grand Boozer's , Dublin in the rear auld time's like late Ronnie Drew sang and said is gone forever.. I had many a pint in both Pubs. Gone Now. Progress ??????????????????????. Culture and History Matter.

[@royroyston8480]

RIP Big Jack. We’ll never forget you. Thanks forever and RIP to Alan McLoughlin too.

[@michaelmulhall5007]

Had this on video back in the day great memories

[@eamononeill5748]

I was in Fallon's that night. Myself. Brendan Dunne and Martin McLean and Nikki. Living in Oz now. The crack was 94

[@ELY359]

Aldo speaking Spanish with a Scouse accent is so funny!

[@yippyialeftside8351]

incredible away support at those games

[@mickdunne981]

RIP 🙏 Jack you legend we mis you badly 😢

[@wildbill2602]

Jack Charlton should have been knighted for his Eire escapades. What did Bobby do after retiring, just hung about Old Trafford really. Table for four please: Jack, David Attenborough & Paul McCartney & my ears.. Jack had great football nous, England & Leeds Utd loss sadly as a manager. Great man.

[@donfitzgerald3525]

Absolutely Brilliant Thank u for this! So Reminiscent The world cup in the usa was special for me! I really didn't know this documentary was out there SAFE☆☆☆☆☆

[@bristolcelt7816]

What a time to be alive that was

[@roryobrien4401]

I was there. Jack is right about the first 10 minutes. We were on top of them but as always happens in a game, be it football ( soccer ) or rugby or whatever, if you don't make your mark when you're on top you can actually see and feel the momentum slipping towards the other side. ( I was at the Havelock Square End, perfect view ). Goodness me, I'm an Arsenal fan and have seen the very same thing happen too many times - especially with Wenger and Emery - and you know, you just know, there's this creeping certainty you're going to get punished. And we were, that day. We did well to score at least the 1.

[@kevb6597]

you are a liar

[@mickflynn9130]

Brilliant documentary, many thanks.

[@claudiomatias6433]

Ireland forever !!!

[@GreigStott]

This was great and from a better, more spirited time for the beautiful game ♥️

[@kevincallaghan3212]

Rip Alan

[@DamianBrown]

Thanks

[@davido933]

God I love Ireland!

[@billygoode3365]

Great memories Great team never see it again having English players wanting to play for Ireland there legends they would never get that in England

[@GregOGrady84]

i remember having this on vhs excellent

[@Cashy__13]

Great times 🇮🇪

[@irieite9666]

2:38 Eidur Gudjonssen before he grew up and became Icelandic

[@brianm2881]

Gerrouah dat garrden!

[@concong4183]

That was a great video. Go raibh maith agat.

[@seanoregan998]

No greater pride than the pride of being Irish.

[@christophersmith8990]

Most of the team were English

[@seanoregan998]

@christophersmith8990 that may be true. I'm speaking for myself. I'm also speaking for the players that were either more proud to play for the Irish team than their own country or who just couldn't cut it to make the British team.

[@christophersmith8990]

@@seanoregan998 What British team? Scotland? Wales? Northern Ireland? England?

[@seanoregan998]

@christophersmith8990 whatever country wouldn't let them play on. You are the scholar not me.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Not likely we'll see another team as good as this for some time :(

[@markc3258]

Highly unlikely Numbers playing at top level have disappeared. Mostly 2nd /3rd rate players now

[@sarnobat2000]

I first discovered the song "To win just once" from this video. The song is even better than the video.

[@seanbonella]

had this on video, then USA '94 straight after

[@cilldublin07]

Roy Keane looks like a small boy

[@markc3258]

The games used to be during the day .. No flood lights at the old landsdown .. great times 🇮🇪

[@ja-ks8dh]

Never seen that colour of Northern Ireland away kit, awesome!!

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

I remember ROI played NI a year later up in Belfast in the Euro qualifiers and they had a Patrick home kit, was more like a rugby jersey.

[@waynegrow4141]

Photographers, what a pain.

[@edsoncavalcante8085]

Muito bom 🇮🇪

[@mickdunne981]

We won 1 nil that night in Spain we were robbed

[@reganovich]

Alan Mc Loughlin RIP

[@oliverbayley3509]

Fair play, you qualified for USA '94. But this is nowhere as hilarious as the Graham Taylor documentary.

[@jlcleaning.7619]

Is jack been taking hostage at 55 min.

[@johndoyle1810]

Soccer with out fans is like,,,beep

[@seanbonella]

alan kernaghan was pathetic

[@simondelaney6483]

Aye he had the pace of an elephant and I would have kept Moran in when McGrath returned

[@barryb90]

He didn't even want to play for us, he wanted to play for the North

[@beejwestner1056]

Didnt realize jack Charlton played, he looks too big! Didnt his twin brother bobby just pass away?

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

He won the World Cup in 1966 with his brother Bobby (no twins though).

[@Nautilus1972]

God, video recording really was shitty back in the day wasn't it?

[@joeymcloughlin6123]

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[@thisdrinkinglife]

ha, that girl was right about McLoughlin, lol

[@joeymcloughlin6123]

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