Orlando still brings Bonner out in hot flush

Ex-keeper still looking for answers 20 years after Ireland’s USA ’94 hopes ended in the furnace of the Citrus Bowl.

He’s used to people bringing up the good World Cup memory. But today is a different kind of anniversary for Packie Bonner.

It’s 20 years since that tame 25-yard shot from Wim Jonk went through his hands and rolled to the net. Twenty years since the Republic of Ireland were knocked out of the tournament by Holland. Twenty years spent trying to figure out what happened. Twenty years never quite finding an answer.