Jack Charlton threatened to walk-off when Ireland last played in Turner's Cross

Jack Charlton was Ireland manager the last time Ireland played a senior international match in Cork, and Munster’s finest provided the opposition, writes Martin Claffey.

Irish football fans will be hoping tonight’s game against Belarus at Turner’s Cross can match the last occasion the Boys in Green senior side played at the famous old stadium — a seven-goal thriller where Jack Charlton threatened a walk-off and penalty king John Aldridge was outfoxed again.

More than 5,000 fans packed into the Cross when Jack Charlton’s Ireland senior international squad rolled into Cork on Friday, May 27, 1988. This was just two weeks before the start of Euro 88 and Ray Houghton’s matchwinner against England.