Cika wannan jumla: Bayan kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar
A gasar cin kofin nahiyar Turai ta 1964, Jamhuriyar Ireland ta yi karo da Spain da Syria a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1966. Duk da janyewar Siriya, har yanzu ana ɗaukar wannan rukunin cancanta tare da Irish da suka ci 1<unk>0 a gida kuma suka rasa 4<unk>1 a waje. Wannan yana nufin wasan wasa a Parc des Princes a Paris, wanda Spain ta ci 1-0 Eamon Dunphy ya fara bugawa Ireland wasa a wannan wasan. An shirya wasan ne da farko a filin wasa na Wembley a London, gida ga manyan 'yan asalin Irish, amma FAI ta amince da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Royal Spanish don a sauya wasan zuwa Paris, inda yawancin' yan asalin Spain ke zaune. An soki FAI saboda wannan matakin don haɓaka kudaden shiga daga rasit na ƙofar.