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QUIZ: Ireland team from Mick McCarthy's last Swiss game

At Monday's Republic of Ireland press conference, Mick McCarthy was adamant that the 2002 Switzer...



QUIZ: Ireland team from Mick M...
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QUIZ: Ireland team from Mick McCarthy's last Swiss game

At Monday's Republic of Ireland press conference, Mick McCarthy was adamant that the 2002 Switzerland match wouldn't be preying on his mind this Thursday.

His first spell in charge of Ireland ended against the Swiss that year. A 2-1 loss had followed a 4-2 reverse in Russia. And lest we forget, those games came off the back of the events of Saipan ahead of the World Cup that summer.

Now in his second spell in charge of Ireland, Thursday's Euro 2020 qualifier pits McCarthy against that familiar foe once again.

QUIZ

Hakan Yakin and Fabio Celestini scored the goals for Switzerland in the old Lansdowne Road back in '02.

But do you remember the 14 Ireland players who took to the field that night? Even 17 years on, you'll remember almost every Irish international player from that era.

Indeed, a few of them are regular voices on Off The Ball.

But there was one wildcard who came off the bench for a second cap and subsequently never played for Ireland again!

So for this week's OTB Quiz, all you need to do is name the 11 Ireland starters and three substitutes.

Without further ado, here's the quiz below. (And if it doesn't display correctly, click here).


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