HOSTING ‘THE TOOLS OF TITO’—IRELAND V. YUGOSLAVIA, 19 OCTOBER 1955

By James Quinn When in 1950 and 1952 the Yugoslav FA offered to bring its highly rated football team to Dublin, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) showed an uncharacteristic reluctance to accept. Normally the FAI took up such invitations with alacrity. International matches were its main source of income and prestige and were hard ... Read more

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