The FAI have released their nominations for their goal of the year, and prepare to relive some of our finest moments from the past year.
Truth be told, Ireland's qualification campaign was rather underwhelming until the German's came rolling into town back in October and Shane Long scored a goal that has entered the pantheon of great Irish strikes, keeping company with the likes of Liam Brady, Robbie Keane, Jason McAteer and Ronnie Whelan.
From there, the rest is history as Ireland overcame Bosnia & Herzegovina in the play-off to reach their third ever European Championship, with Robbie Brady's first leg strike also making the list.
Here are the three nominations:
Jon Walters v Georgia
The first nominee for Goal of the Year, Jonathan Walters v Georgia! #COYBIGhttps://t.co/bi04VUXAaS
— FAI (@FAIreland) March 18, 2016
Shane Long v Germany
The second nominee for Goal of the Year is this strike from Shane Long against Germany! #COYBIGhttps://t.co/aYbwOnpIRu
— FAI (@FAIreland) March 19, 2016
Robbie Brady v Bosnia and Herzegovina
The final nomination for Goal of the Year is the best goal we've never seen, Robbie Brady's away to Bosnia! #COYBIGhttps://t.co/6T60HRKrzV
— FAI (@FAIreland) March 19, 2016
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">POLL: Who will win the FAI goal of the year? Watch the nominations here <a href="https://t.co/bJcBCTYR2i">https://t.co/bJcBCTYR2i</a></p>— Newstalk Sport (@NewstalkSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewstalkSport/status/711577994750521344">March 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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