Ray Houghton on Ireland's Wembley woes: 'I tried to be too precise, I should have smashed it home'

The Republic of Ireland have never won in six visits to Wembley. Brendan O'Brien looks back to the famous European Championship qualifier in March of 1991 when Ray Houghton had the chance to break that duck for this week's 'Moment In Time'

Ray Houghton: ‘It was one of the worst misses of all time. I don’t think I ever missed an easier chance’. Picture: David Maher

The Republic of Ireland have never won in six visits to Wembley. i[]Brendan O'Brien looks back to the famous European Championship qualifier in March of 1991 when Ray Houghton had the chance to break that duck for this week's 'Moment In Time'

Almost 30 years on and that 79th-minute miss against England at Wembley is seared as deeply into the memory bank as his header in Stuttgart three years earlier and the gravity-defying shot against the Italians in New Jersey at the 1994 World Cup.