Pic: George Hamilton revisits the site of Ireland’s heartbreaking defeat to Holland at Euro ’88

The ghosts of Wim Kieft are still spinning around here

When they built the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, they did so right beside the Parkstadion, the venue for Ireland's cruching 1-0 defeat to Holland in 1988. A freakish Wim Kieft goal sent Ireland home from Euro '88 and while visiting the city to commentate on Schalke v Real Madrid tomorrow night, the RTE man took a few snaps of what is left of the old stadium.

Doesn't look much like the place where Wim Kieft broke our hearts at #Euro88 #Gelsenkirchen #RTEsoccer #UCL pic.twitter.com/UHHJFy1Icl — George Hamilton (@HamiltonRTE) February 17, 2015

God damn it George it still hurts... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVeBkdn7xpY