2011 Nations Cup

2011 Nations Cup
Tournament details

Host country	Republic of Ireland
City	Dublin
Dates	8 February – 29 May 2011
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Aviva Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Republic of Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up	Scotland
Third place	Wales
Fourth place	Northern Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Attendance	74,867 (12,478 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robbie Keane (3)

The 2011 Nations Cup (also known as the Carling Nations Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural round-robin football tournament between the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales national teams.^[1] The first set of two games were played in Dublin in February, with the remaining four games played in May 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was won by the Republic of Ireland, who won all three of their games without conceding a goal.^[4]^[5]

Venue

The newly rebuilt Aviva Stadium was chosen to host all six games of the 2011 tournament.

Dublin
Aviva Stadium
Capacity: 51,700

Referees

Tomas Connolly
Mark Courtney
Raymond Crangle
Alan Kelly
Craig Thomson
Mark Whitby

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	3	0	9	0	+9	9
Scotland	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
Wales	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

All times are local.

Fixtures

Republic of Ireland v Wales

8 February 2011
19:45

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Wales
Gibson 60' Duff 67' Fahey 83'	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 19,783
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)


GK	1	Shay Given (c)
CB	2	Sean St Ledger
LB	3	Ciaran Clark
RB	4	John O'Shea	85'
CB	5	Richard Dunne
CM	6	Glenn Whelan	76'
RM	7	Séamus Coleman	59'
CM	8	Darron Gibson	81'
CF	9	Kevin Doyle	46'
CF	10	Jonathan Walters
LM	11	Damien Duff	71'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Shane Long	46'
MF	18	Keith Fahey	59'
MF	13	Andy Keogh	71'
MF	12	Paul Green	76'
MF	14	Marc Wilson	81'
DF	19	Darren O'Dea	85'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	Wayne Hennessey
RB	2	Neal Eardley	46'
LB	3	Sam Ricketts	83'
CB	4	Danny Collins
CB	5	James Collins (c)
CM	6	Andrew Crofts
CM	7	David Vaughan	61'
CM	8	Andy King
RF	9	Simon Church
CF	10	Robert Earnshaw	80'
LF	11	Hal Robson-Kanu	68'
Substitutions:
DF	13	Chris Gunter	46'
MF	16	Joe Ledley	61'
MF	15	Freddie Eastwood	68'
FW	14	Jermaine Easter	80'
DF	21	Lewin Nyatanga	83'
Manager:
Gary Speed

Northern Ireland v Scotland

9 February 2011
19:45

Northern Ireland	0–3	Scotland
	Report	Miller 19' McArthur 31' Commons 51'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 18,742
Referee: Tomas Connolly (Republic of Ireland)


GK	1	Jonathan Tuffey (c)
RB	2	Rory McArdle	46'
LB	3	Chris Baird
CM	4	Gareth McAuley
CB	5	Stephen Craigan	66'
CB	6	Corry Evans
RM	7	Paddy McCourt
CM	8	Steven Davis	58'
CF	9	Rory Patterson
CF	10	Grant McCann	46'
LM	11	Niall McGinn	72'
Substitutions:
DF	13	Lee Hodson	46'
FW	15	David Healy	46'
MF	17	Oliver Norwood	58'
MF	14	Adam Thompson	66'
FW	16	Liam Boyce	72'
Manager:
Nigel Worthington


GK	1	Allan McGregor
RB	2	Alan Hutton
LB	3	Phil Bardsley	58'
CB	4	Christophe Berra
CB	5	Steven Caldwell
CM	6	Charlie Adam	58'
AM	7	James Morrison	79'
RM	8	Steven Naismith	58'
CF	9	Kenny Miller (c)	87'
LM	11	Kris Commons	72'
CM	13	James McArthur
Substitutions:
MF	15	Barry Bannan	58'
DF	16	Mark Wilson	58'
MF	20	Robert Snodgrass	58'
MF	17	Craig Conway	72'
FW	19	Chris Maguire	79'
DF	14	Danny Wilson	87'
Manager:
Craig Levein

Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland

24 May 2011
19:45

Republic of Ireland	5–0	Northern Ireland
Ward 24' Keane 37', 54' (pen.) Cathcart 45' (o.g.) Cox 80'	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 15,083
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)


GK	1	Shay Given	72'
RB	2	Paul McShane
CB	4	Stephen Kelly
CB	5	Damien Delaney
LB	3	Stephen Ward
CM	6	Kevin Foley	70'
RM	7	Séamus Coleman	55'
CM	8	Keith Andrews
CF	9	Simon Cox
CF	10	Robbie Keane (c)	62'
LM	11	Keith Treacy
Substitutions:
MF	13	Liam Lawrence	55'
MF	12	Andy Keogh	62'
MF	17	Stephen Hunt	70'
GK	16	David Forde	72'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	Alan Blayney
RB	2	Adam Thompson	54'
LB	3	Lee Hodson
CB	4	Craig Cathcart
CB	5	Gareth McAuley (c)
RM	6	Sammy Clingan
CM	7	Josh Carson		72'
CM	8	Steven Davis		76'
CF	9	Josh McQuoid		46'
CF	10	Warren Feeney		72'
LM	11	Johnny Gorman		56'
Substitutions:
MF	14	Oliver Norwood		46'
DF	13	Colin Coates		56'
MF	15	Niall McGinn		72'
FW	16	Liam Boyce		72'
MF	17	Robert Garrett		76'
Manager:
Nigel Worthington

Wales v Scotland

25 May 2011
19:45

Wales	1–3	Scotland
Earnshaw 36'	Report	Morrison 55' Miller 63' Berra 70'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)


GK	1	Boaz Myhill
RB	2	Neal Eardley	61'
LB	3	Neil Taylor	46'
CM	4	Owain Tudur Jones	72'
CB	5	Craig Morgan
CB	6	Darcy Blake
CM	7	Andy Dorman	61'
CM	8	Andy King	61'
CF	9	Sam Vokes	72'
CF	10	Robert Earnshaw (c)
CF	11	Jermaine Easter
Substitutions:
DF	13	Chris Gunter	46'
MF	17	Aaron Ramsey	61'
DF	18	Adam Matthews	61'
MF	19	David Cotterill	61'
MF	16	David Vaughan	72'
FW	20	Steve Morison	72'
Manager:
Gary Speed


GK	1	Allan McGregor
RB	2	Steven Whittaker	81'
LB	3	Stephen Crainey	81'
CB	4	Christophe Berra
CB	5	Gary Caldwell	84'
LM	6	James Morrison	74'
CF	7	Ross McCormack	74'
CM	8	Scott Brown
CF	9	Kenny Miller (c)
CM	10	Charlie Adam	88'
RM	11	Steven Naismith
Substitutions:
MF	16	Barry Robson	74'
MF	18	Barry Bannan	74'
DF	14	Phil Bardsley	81'
DF	20	Russell Martin	81'
DF	22	Grant Hanley	84'
MF	13	James McArthur	88'
Manager:
Craig Levein

Wales v Northern Ireland

27 May 2011
19:45

Wales	2–0	Northern Ireland
Ramsey 36' Earnshaw 69'	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 529
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)


GK	1	Wayne Hennessey	74'
DF	2	Chris Gunter	72'
DF	3	Neil Taylor
MF	4	Jack Collison	61'
DF	5	Danny Collins
DF	6	Danny Gabbidon
AM	7	David Cotterill
CF	8	Craig Bellamy	61'
CF	9	Steve Morison	80'
MF	10	Aaron Ramsey (c)	89'
MF	11	David Vaughan
Substitutions:
CF	17	Robert Earnshaw	61'
MF	16	Owain Tudur Jones	61'
DF	13	Adam Matthews	72'
GK	12	Lewis Price	74'
CF	18	Sam Vokes	80'
MF	19	Andy Dorman	89'
Manager:
Gary Speed


GK	1	Jonathan Tuffey
DF	2	Lee Hodson
DF	3	Colin Coates
DF	4	Craig Cathcart	61'
DF	5	Gareth McAuley (c)
MF	6	Oliver Norwood
MF	7	Josh Carson
MF	8	Robert Garrett	75'
MF	9	Niall McGinn	80'
FW	10	Warren Feeney	72'
FW	11	Johnny Gorman
Substitutions:
MF	15	Stuart Dallas	61'
FW	14	Liam Boyce	72'
DF	13	Carl Winchester	75'
FW	16	Jordan Owens	80'
Manager:
Nigel Worthington

Republic of Ireland v Scotland

29 May 2011
18:30

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Scotland
Keane 23'	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales)


GK	1	Shay Given
CB	2	Paul McShane	42'
LB	3	Stephen Ward
RB	4	Stephen Kelly
CB	5	Darren O'Dea		66'
CM	6	Keith Fahey	48'
RM	7	Liam Lawrence		62'
CM	8	Keith Andrews	90'
CF	9	Simon Cox
CF	10	Robbie Keane (c)		83'
LM	11	Stephen Hunt
Substitutions:
MF	13	Séamus Coleman		62'
DF	12	Kevin Foley	73'	66'
MF	15	Keith Treacy		83'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	Allan McGregor
RB	2	Steven Whittaker
LB	3	Phil Bardsley
CB	4	Christophe Berra
CB	5	Grant Hanley
RM	6	Barry Robson		75'
LM	7	James Forrest		85'
CM	8	Scott Brown
CF	9	Kenny Miller (c)	76'
CM	10	Charlie Adam	62'	63'
CF	11	Steven Naismith
Substitutions:
MF	16	Barry Bannan		63'
MF	19	Chris Maguire		75'
FW	17	Ross McCormack		85'
Manager:
Craig Levein

Scorers

3 goals

Robbie Keane

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (own goal)

Craig Cathcart (for Republic of Ireland)

Media coverage

Every match of the tournament was shown live on Sky Sports (also on Sky 3D), with the Wales matches simulcasted live with Welsh language commentary on S4C.^[6]

United Kingdom & Ireland: Sky Sports
- Ireland: RTÉ (Highlights of all matches)
- Northern Ireland: BBC Northern Ireland (Highlights of Northern Irish matches only)
- Wales: S4C (Welsh matches only)

Criticism

The Football Association of Ireland was criticised by the media, supporters and other football associations for setting high ticket prices. The 51,700-capacity Aviva Stadium was less than half-full for all of the games.^[7]^[8] The game between Wales and Northern Ireland was attended by only 529 fans, many of whom were Scots who happened to be in Dublin for their country's game two days later.

Northern Ireland fans were criticised for singing sectarian chants at games.^[9] During the game between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Republic fans booed "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland fans booed the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, as she greeted players before the game.^[10]^[11] Scotland fans also booed "God Save the Queen", when playing Northern Ireland.^[12]

Wales manager Gary Speed criticised the tournament organisers for scheduling Wales' games to be within three days of each other, the only team to suffer such timing. He also criticised the officiating in the game against Scotland, in which in his opinion several fouls on Welsh players went unpunished.^[13]^[14]

References

1 2 Forbes, Craig (13 August 2010). "England no great loss to Nations Cup, says Burley". The Scotsman (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). Retrieved 13 August 2010.
↑ "Dates Announced For 4 Associations' Tournament In Dublin 2011". faw.org.uk (Football Association of Wales). 25 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
↑ "4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011". fai.ie (Football Association of Ireland). 18 September 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
↑ "Robbie Keane earns Ireland deciding win over Scotland in Nations Cup". Guardian. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
↑ "Keane equals record and secures title". Irish Times. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
↑ "Carling Nations Cup announces broadcast partnership with Sky Sports 3D". fai.ie (Football Association of Ireland). 17 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
↑ "Norn Iron fans set to stage Aviva boycott". JOE.ie. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
↑ "Ghost town expected at the Aviva Stadium". JOE.ie. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
↑ "Anger at Sectarian songs after NI game". UTV. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
↑ "Bragging rights for Republic". Examiner. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
↑ "As it happened: Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland". TheScore.ie. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
↑ Murray, Euan (9 February 2011). "Scotland sweep aside Northern Ireland in Nations Cup". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 10 February 2011.
↑ "Wales manager Gary Speed condemns Charlie Adam's challenge". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media). 26 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
↑ "Wales are Carling Cup 'poor relations' says Gary Speed". BBC News (BBC). 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

Republic of Ireland national football team

General	Football Association of Ireland Managers FAI Awards

Venues	Aviva Stadium Lansdowne Road Croke Park Dalymount Park

Results	Complete list of matches (1924–present) Irish Free State results (1924–1935) Ireland (FAI) results (1936–1954) Republic of Ireland results (1954–present) — (1954–1959) (1960–1969) (1970–1979) (1980–1989) (1990–1999) (2000–2009) (2010–present)

Players	Players Dual Irish players

World Cup finals	1990 1994 2002 (including Saipan incident) World Cup record

European finals	1988 2012 Euro record

Other tournaments	1924 Olympic Football Tournament 1948 Olympic Football Tournament Brazil Independence Cup (1972) Kirin Cup (1984) Iceland Triangular Tournament (1986) U.S. Cup (1992 1996 2000) Unity Cup (2004) Nations Cup (2011)

Famous matches	1949 defeat of England 1995 friendly against England 2010 FIFA World Cup play-off against France

Songs	Olé, Olé, Olé Joxer Goes to Stuttgart Give It a Lash Jack Put 'Em Under Pressure Watch Your House for Ireland The Rocky Road to Poland

Other FA teams	Women's B League of Ireland XI U-21 U-19 U-17

Northern Ireland national football team

General	Irish Football Association Ireland national football team (1882–1950) Managers

Venues	Windsor Park Celtic Park Solitude Grosvenor Park The Oval Dalymount Park Balmoral Showgrounds Bloomfield Ulster Cricket Ground

Statistics	Major tournament record

Players	Players Pre-1950 players Dual Irish international footballers

World Finals	1958 1982 1986

Other tournaments	British Home Championship (1884–1984) Nations Cup 2011

Culture	Green and White Army

Other FA teams	Women's B U-21 U-19 U-18 Schools U-17 U-16 Schools Juniors

Scotland national football team

General	Scottish Football Association History Managers Captains

Venues	Home venues Hampden Park Attendances

Statistics	Results 1872–1914 1920–39 1940–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19 Records Hat-tricks Caps record Goals record

Players	Roll of Honour (50+ caps) 25+ caps 5–24 caps 1–4 caps Born outside Scotland Played for other international teams

World Finals	Summary 1954 1958 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1998

European Finals	Summary 1992 1996

Other tournaments	British Home Championship (1884–1984) Rous Cup (1985–1989) Kirin Cup (1995, 2006) Nations Cup (2011)

Culture	Auld Enemy Unofficial World Champions Tartan Army Songs

Matches	Noted matches First international match (1872) Wembley Wizards (1928) Death of Jock Stein (1985) 1986 World Cup qualification playoff (1985) One team in Tallinn (1996)

SFA teams	Men B Under 21s Under 20s Under 19s Under 17s Under 16s Semi-Pro Futsal Women Under 23s Under 17s

Wales national football team

General	Football Association of Wales Managers Welsh Football Trust Dragon Park, Wales National Football Development Centre

Venues	Home venues Millennium Stadium Aberdare Athletic Ground Anfield Cardiff City Stadium Liberty Stadium Ninian Park Old Racecourse Ground Parc y Scarlets Penrhyn Park Racecourse Ground St. Helen's The Arms Park The National Stadium The Oval Vetch Field

Statistics	Results and Fixtures Records Word Cup record Hat-tricks

Players	Alphabetical 25+ caps World Cup & Euro Championship squads Born outside Wales Other categories

World Cup	1958

European Championship	1976 (quarter finals on home & away leg basis)

Other tournaments	British Home Championship (1884–1984) Nations Cup (2011)

Other FAW teams	Men Under-21 Under-19 Under-17 Semi-Pro Women

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