8 greatest moments in Irish football

#5 Ray Houghton (1994)

Houghton lets rip with his left foot to score the only goal as Ireland beat Italy in New York

Yes, that man again. Six years on from his winner against the English at the 1988 European Championships, Glasgow born, Houghton, stepped up again to send the Irish fans into raptures when he scored a superb goal to help Ireland beat Italy 1-0 in the group stages of USA 94.

The goal came early in the game and Ireland produced a superb backs-to-the-wall performance to hang on for a famous victory over an Azzurri side who would end up reaching the final before losing to Brazil on penalties.

Unfortunately, that was as good as it got for the Irish in that tournament with a 2-1 defeat to Mexico and a 0-0 draw with Norway seeing them to the last sixteen where they were comfortably beaten 2-0 by the Netherlands in Orlando, Florida.