Twenty years ago today, where were you?

IT’S 20 years today since Packie Bonner pulled off that memorable penalty save to deny Daniel Timofte, which proved paramount for Ireland’s cause in reaching the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup.

Bonner proved to be one of two Irish heroes in the penalty shoot-out after the second-round game between the Republic and Romania had finished scoreless at the end of extra-time in Genoa’s Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

Then, after all eight players before him had found the net, Dinamo Bucharest player Timofte had the chance to put Romania into a 5-4 lead, which would have meant Ireland needed to score their deciding spot-kick to force sudden-death.