Rick Edwards

In 1990, it was off the charts because it was our first World Cup.

We got to the quarterfinal in 1990 and it seemed like half of the country welcomed them home.

There was a party in the Phoenix Park, but it was a bit of a flop, to be honest, in 94.

I think the players, their body language was, get us out of here.

they didn't really need to do it.

I thought it was a bad idea.

You know, we'd beaten Italy, brilliant, but it was a pretty underwhelming World Cup after that.

And I think that party in the Phoenix Park, for me, was as underwhelming as well.

The players' hearts weren't in it.

They were in 1990, I'd say.

1990 was special.

The whole country came to a standstill in 1990 with their first World Cup and we'd done so well.

But 94, for me, that party was a bad idea.

and I guess the feeling as you say that Jack Charlton was probably coming to the end of the road and a lot of the players were getting older I think the five players in their thirties yeah half the team was yeah and although we started the qualification well for Euro 96 the wheels came off towards the end of the group and then again we met the Dutch in the playoff in Anfield in 95 and we got beaten 2-0 but it could have been 5 or 6 and then that was Jack's last night that was it it was over

Overall then, how do you reflect on that World Cup, the USA 94 World Cup, from a fan point of view, Edson?

Obviously the highlight was the Italy match.

Never to be forgotten.

We relive it every now and then.

It comes up in conversation more than you would actually think.

Yeah.