Four Nations American Football International Friendly – Ireland Fighting Irish 45 Northwest GB All-Stars 0 – 26 November 1995

Four Nations International Friendly

26 November 1995 – Ireland 45 Northwest GB All-Stars 0

On 26th of November 1995, the Ireland International team made history, winning for the first time ever against a British side, the Northwest Great Britain All-Stars. In terrible weather, which affected the turnout at the gate, Philip McCowen (3 TDs), Eddie Goggins (1 TD), David Grandmaision (2 TDs), Mitchell (1 TD) and Alan Byrne (1 TD) were the Touchdown scorers). I all Ireland scored 45 points and 8 touchdowns without reply.

At	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Ireland					45
North West GB All-Stars					0

Team	Scorer	Score
IRL	Philip McGowen TD
IRL	Philip McGowen TD
IRL	Philip McGowen TD
IRL	Eddie Goggins TD
IRL	David Grandmaison TD
IRL	David Grandmaison TD
IRL	Mitchell TD
IRL	Alan Byrne TD

Ireland Roster 1995

Player	Position	Team
Offense / Defense
David Grandmaison	Wide Receiver / Free Safety / Strong Safety
Mitchell	Wide Receiver / Cornerback
Offense
Patrick Cullen	Quarterback	Craigavon Cowboys
Eddie Goggins	Quarterback
Padraig Reddington	Tight End	Dublin Tornadoes
Phil McGowan	Fullback	Dublin Tornadoes
Alan Byrne	Fullback	Dublin Tornadoes
Brian Dennehy	Halfback	Dublin Tornadoes
Denis Soroghan	Center	Dublin Tornadoes
Alan O’Brien	Right Guard / Full Back	Dublin Tornadoes
Defense
Danny O’Callaghan	Outside Linebacker	Dublin Tornadoes
Cornerback	Dave McGrath	Dublin Tornadoes

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2009) History of the game in Ireland |  [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 25 October 2016]

[2] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[3] British Collegiate American Football League (2001) GB Bulldogs History [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010710011259/http://bcafl.org/cgi-bcafl/showdoc.pl?section=/bulldogs&article=1 [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[4] Irish American Football Association (2006) Team Ireland 8 Coventry Cassidy Jets 35 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071117035949/http://www.dublindragons.com/e107/news.php?extend.20 [Accessed 31 October 2017]

[5] Dublin Tornadoes (1997) History of the Team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19970618100359/http://fiachra.ucd.ie/~alan/tornado.html [Accessed 20 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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