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Milk bottles and the other Italia 90-related things that will make you feel old

Our favourite World Cup is 25 years old this month.

Updated at 20.00

1. Robbie Brady wasnโ€™t born until two years after it

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2. Milk doesnโ€™t even come in glass bottles like this anymore

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3. Robert Prosinecki, the man voted best young player at the tournamentโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆ now looks like this:

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4. You wouldnโ€™t have a hope in hell doing this at the Walkinstown Roundabout these days with all the traffic

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5. All of this lot are now top managers:

Carlo Ancelotti 

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Jurgen Klinsmann

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6. These were all number ones in Ireland that year:

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7. Danny Blindโ€™s son plays for the Netherlands and Manchester United

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8. Dances With Wolves and Kevin Costner won Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars that year

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9. Ireland finished second from bottom in the Five (not Six) Nations thanks to one win and three defeats

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10. Sky Sports werenโ€™t around for another two years while Englandโ€™s top flight was the First Division, not the Premier League

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11. And Liverpool were champions. Manchester United, meanwhile, hadnโ€™t won a title in 23 years

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12. Weโ€™ve sadly lost the man who shared our elation on the RTE panel throughout the tournament

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    Jun 11th 2011, 11:04 AM

    Mirth

    Please check dictionary for definition!

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    Mute Natalie May
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    Jun 11th 2011, 10:59 AM

    How many matches has Mcshane captained? Because I thought it was just that one against Italy and if thatโ€™s the case then that graph is utterly pointless.

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    Jun 11th 2011, 7:16 PM

    I weep, I truly weep. How can someone not get the point of this article so so so much?

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    Jun 12th 2011, 3:05 PM

    Hmmmm Natalieโ€ฆโ€ฆ

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    Jun 11th 2011, 12:51 PM

    I donโ€™t understand why Trap ever plays Mcshane. He is a disaster waiting to happen.

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    Jun 11th 2011, 7:55 PM

    lies. lies and statistics !!!!!!!

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