England and Ireland played out a drab goalless draw at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
With bigger fixtures on the horizon as both sides attempt to qualify for Euro 2016, this had more the feeling of a testimonial game about it than an international fixture between two big rivals.
It was 20 years since England had visited Dublin, and the hope was that the Three Lions' return would produce something to mark the occasion.
It didn't.
Despite a bright start from Martin O'Neill's Irish side, the pace was flat and England struggled to impose themselves in the way they would have hoped.