Rick Edwards

I think 50 of you.

Yeah, about 50.

What was the anticipation like for you guys?

First of all, Ireland's second ever World Cup.

And then secondly, the venue, the location for it, which was, you know, at the time I think it was controversial.

Yeah, we were sort of actually on a bit of a high because we were at the World Cup in 1990 in Italy and that was superb.

Now we're talking about experience of football trips.

We were really looking forward to the United States.

Many of us had been there.

I worked...

in the United States.

And I've checked the statute of limitations.

I was illegal.

When I was in college in Dublin, I used to go out for the summers and work at my uncle's construction sites.

So we had, most of the guys had been around.

But you're right, what you're saying, I thought I wasn't big over there.

Like, we couldn't get a game.

Like, we had to have pickup matches with British guys, Irish guys, and South Americans in the parks.

There was no, there was, didn't there be, like, even at a local level, there was nothing you could go and watch.

But, I mean, the attendance figures for that tournament are massive.