The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA).
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In 1920 Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. In 1922, The south of Ireland gained independence as the Irish Free State, later to become Republic of Ireland. Amid these political upheavals, a rival football association, the Football Association of Ireland (the F.A.I.), emerged in Dublin in 1921 and organised a separate league and later a national team. In 1923, during a period when the home nations had dis-affiliated from the governing body,[1] the FAI was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State on the condition that it changed its name to the Football Association of the Irish Free State.[2] At the same time, the IFA continued to organise its national team on an all-Ireland basis, regularly calling up Free State players.[3][4] During this era at least one Northerner, Harry Chatton, also played for the Irish Free State and from 1936, the FAI began to organise their own all–Ireland team.[5][6] Both teams now competed as Ireland and during this era at least 39 dual internationals were selected to represent both teams.[7] Between 1928 and 1946 the IFA were not affiliated to FIFA and the two Ireland teams co-existed, never competing in the same competition.[8]
In April 1951, FIFA decreed that the IFA team could not select "citizens of Eire". An exception was for British Home Championship games, as a 1923 IFAB agreement at Liverpool prevented FIFA intervention in relations between the four Home Nations.[9] However, the exception would only apply "if the F.A. of Ireland do not object", and was never availed of.
At FIFA's 1953 congress, its Rule 3 was amended so that an international team must use "that title ... recognised politically and geographically of the countries or territories". The FAI initially claimed Rule 3 gave them the right to the name Ireland[10] (see names of the Irish state), but FIFA subsequently ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland.[11][12] The IFA objected and in 1954 was permitted to continue using the name Ireland in Home Internationals,[13] based on the 1923 agreement. This practice was discontinued in the late 1970s.[14][a]
This is a list of the Ireland national football team results from 1930 to 1959.
1930s edit
1930 edit
| 1 February 1930 1929–30 British Home Championship | Ireland  | 7–0 |  Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 133 |
Bambrick  12', 43', 51', 59', 64', 88'McCluggage 90' |
Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Thomas Crewe (England) |
| 22 February 1930 1929–30 British Home Championship | Scotland  | 3–1 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 134 |
Gallacher 31', 61' Stevenson 72' |
Report | McCaw 39' |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 31,808 Referee: Arthur Joseph (England) |
| 20 October 1930 1930–31 British Home Championship | England  | 5–1 | Ireland | Sheffield, England |
Match 135 |
Burgess 15', 35' Hampson 25'Crooks 30'Houghton 40' |
Report | Dunne 80' |
Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,000 Referee: John Thomson (Scotland) |
1931 edit
| 21 February 1931 1930–31 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–0 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 136 |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Edward Hull (England) |
| 22 April 1931 1930–31 British Home Championship | Wales | 3–2 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 137 |
Phillips 3' Griffiths 40'Warren 69' |
Report | Dunne 52' Rowley 72' |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 11,000 Referee: William Percy Harper (England) |
| 19 September 1931 1931–32 British Home Championship | Scotland | 3–1 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 138 |
Stevenson 5' McGrory 34'McPhail 75' |
Report | Dunne 21' |
Stadium: Ibrox Park Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Isaac Caswell (England) |
| 17 October 1931 1931–32 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–6 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 139 |
Dunne 40' Kelly 89' |
Report | Smith 10' Waring 12', 50'Hine 30'Houghton 60', 85' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Hugh Watson (Scotland) |
| 5 December 1931 1931–32 British Home Championship | Ireland | 4–0 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 140 |
Millar 32' Kelly 71', 77'Bambrick 81' |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Peter Snape (England) |
1932 edit
| 17 September 1932 1932–33 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–4 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 141 |
Report | King 3' McPhail 27', 68'McGrory 76' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: William Percy Harper (England) |
| 17 October 1932 1932–33 British Home Championship | England | 1–0 | Ireland | Blackpool, England |
Match 142 |
Barclay 31' |
Report | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hugh Watson (Scotland) |
| 7 December 1932 1932–33 British Home Championship | Wales | 4–1 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 143 |
Astley 47', 78' Robbins 48', 87' |
Report | English 27' |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 8,500 Referee: George Hewitt (England) |
1933 edit
| 16 September 1933 1933–34 British Home Championship | Scotland | 1–2 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 144 |
McPhail 84' |
Report | Martin 8', 13' |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 27,135 Referee: Edward Wood (England) |
| 14 October 1933 1933–34 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–3 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 145 |
Report | Brook 30' Grosvenor 51'Bowers 60' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hugh Watson (Scotland) |
| 4 November 1933 1933–34 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–1 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 146 |
Jones 59' |
Report | Glover 4' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 20,000[18] Referee: Mungo Charles Hutton (Scotland) |
1934 edit
| 20 October 1934 1934–35 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–1 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 147 |
Martin 80' Coulter 90' |
Report | Gallacher 40' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 39,572 Referee: Henry Norman Mee (England) |
1935 edit
| 6 February 1935 1934–35 British Home Championship | England | 2–1 | Ireland | Liverpool, England |
Match 148 |
Bastin 21', 71' |
Report | Stevenson 47' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,000 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
| 27 March 1935 1934–35 British Home Championship | Wales | 3–1 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 149 |
Jones 7' Phillips 23' (pen.)Hopkins 85' |
Report | Bambrick 22' |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
| 19 October 1935 1935–36 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–3 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 150 |
Brown 18' |
Report | Tilson 65', 68' Brook 85' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 35,000 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
| 13 November 1935 1935–36 British Home Championship | Scotland | 2–1 | Ireland | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Match 151 |
Walker 60' Duncan 89' |
Report | Kelly 49' |
Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Harry Nattrass (England) |
1936 edit
| 11 March 1936 1935–36 British Home Championship | Ireland | 3–2 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 152 |
Gibb 34' Stevenson 61'Kernaghan 80' |
Report | Astley 30' Phillips 43' |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Henry Nattrass (England) |
| 31 October 1936 1936–37 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–3 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 153 |
Kernaghan 26' |
Report | Napier 28' Munro 46'McCulloch 62' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Thomas J. Thompson (England) |
| 18 November 1936 1936–37 British Home Championship | England | 3–1 | Ireland | Stoke, England |
Match 154 |
Carter 30' Bastin 71'Worrall 80' |
Report | Davis 43' |
Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 47,886 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
1937 edit
| 17 March 1937 1936–37 British Home Championship | Wales | 4–1 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 155 |
Jones 25' Glover 33', 51'Warren 65' |
Report | Stevenson 62' |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Arthur James Jewell (England) |
| 23 October 1937 1937–38 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–5 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 156 |
Stevenson 89' |
Report | Mills 10', 20', 55' Hall 58'Brook 75' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 36,000 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
| 10 November 1937 1937–38 British Home Championship | Scotland | 1–1 | Ireland | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Match 157 |
Smith 48' |
Report | Doherty 15' |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 21,878 Referee: Arthur James Jewell (England) |
1938 edit
| 16 March 1938 1937–38 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–0 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 158 |
Bambrick 78' |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Herbert Reginald A. Mortimer (England) |
| 8 October 1938 1938–39 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–2 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 159 |
Report | Delaney 34' Walker 49' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Herbert Reginald A. Mortimer (England) |
| 16 November 1938 1938–39 British Home Championship | England | 7–0 | Ireland | Manchester, England |
Match 160 |
Report | Lawton 6' Hall 35', 37', 38', 55', 65'Matthews 75' |
Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 40,386 Referee: Peter Craigmyle (Scotland) |
1939 edit
1940s edit
1946 edit
| 28 September 1946 1946–47 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–7 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 162 |
Lockhart 70', 88' |
Report | Carter 1' Mannion 7', 28', 61'Finney 60'Lawton 80'Langton 83' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 57,011 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
| 27 November 1946 1946–47 British Home Championship | Scotland | 0–0 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 163 |
Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 97,326 Referee: George Reader (England) |
1947 edit
| 9 March 1947 1946–47 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–1 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 164 |
Stevenson 36' Doherty 77' (pen.) |
Report | Ford 27' (pen.) |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 43,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 4 October 1947 1947–48 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–0 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 165 |
Smyth 35', 52' |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Thomas Smith (England) |
| 5 November 1947 1947–48 British Home Championship | England | 2–2 | Ireland | Liverpool, England |
Match 166 |
Mannion 84' Lawton 87' |
Report | Walsh 54' Doherty 90' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 67,980 Referee: Peter Fitzpatrick (Scotland) |
1948 edit
| 10 March 1948 1947–48 British Home Championship | Wales | 2–0 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 167 |
Lowrie 41' Edwards 53' |
Report | Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 32,310 Referee: Thomas Smith (England) |
| 9 October 1948 1948–49 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–6 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 168 |
Walsh 49', 89' |
Report | Matthews 27' Milburn 55'Mortensen 62', 66', 74'Pearson 88' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 53,629 Referee: William E. Webb (Scotland) |
| 17 November 1948 1948–49 British Home Championship | Scotland | 3–2 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 169 |
Houliston 29', 89' Mason 73' |
Report | Walsh 1', 5' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 91,547 Referee: William H. Evans (England) |
1949 edit
| 9 March 1949 1948–49 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–2 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 170 |
Report | Edwards 25' Ford 83' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 22,880 Referee: Reg Leafe (England) |
| 1 October 1949 1949–50 British Home Championship 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 1 | Ireland | 2–8 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 171 |
Smyth 50', 60' |
Report | Morris 2', 70', 88' Waddell 5', 31' (pen.)Steel 23'Reilly 24'Mason 80' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Herbert Reginald A. Mortimer (England) |
| 16 November 1949 1949–50 British Home Championship 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 1 | England | 9–2 | Ireland | Manchester, England |
Match 172 |
Rowley 5', 46', 57', 59' Froggatt 25'Pearson 31', 68'Mortensen 35', 50' |
Report | Smyth 56' Brennan 75' |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 69,472 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
1950s edit
1950 edit
| 8 March 1950 1949–50 British Home Championship 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 1 | Wales | 0–0 | Ireland[b][19] | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 173 |
Report | Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Reginald James Leafe (England) |
| 7 October 1950 1950–51 British Home Championship | Ireland  | 1–4 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 174 |
McMorran 70' |
Report | Baily 43', 86' Lee 64'Wright 85' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 46,000 Referee: George Mitchell (Scotland) |
| 1 November 1950 1950–51 British Home Championship | Scotland | 6–1 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 175 |
McPhail 8', 13' Steel 53', 57', 66', 79' |
Report | McGarry 43' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 82,050 Referee: Benjamin Mervyn Griffiths (Wales) |
1951 edit
| 7 March 1951 1950–51 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–2 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 176 |
Simpson 52' |
Report | Clarke 8', 86' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Clifford Fletcher (England) |
| 12 May 1951 International Friendly | Ireland | 2–2 |  France | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 177 |
Ferris 9' (pen.) Simpson 62' |
Report | Baratte 16' Bonifaci 28' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 6 October 1951 1951–52 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–3 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 178 |
Report | Orr 33' Johnstone 44', 63' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 56,946 Referee: W.H.E. Evans (England) |
| 14 November 1951 1951–52 British Home Championship | England | 2–0 | Ireland | Birmingham, England |
Match 179 |
Lofthouse 40', 83' |
Report | Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 57,889 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
1952 edit
| 19 March 1952 1951–52 British Home Championship | Wales | 3–0 | Ireland | Swansea, Wales |
Match 180 |
Barnes 55' (pen.) Allchurch 87'Clarke 90' |
Report | Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England) |
| 4 October 1952 1952–53 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–2 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 181 |
Tully 16', 46' |
Report | Lofthouse 2' Elliott 87' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Douglas Gerrard (Scotland) |
| 3 November 1952 1952–53 British Home Championship | Scotland | 1–1 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 182 |
Reilly 89' |
Report | D'Arcy 82' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 65,229 Referee: Robert E. Smith (Wales) |
| 11 November 1952 International Friendly | France | 3–1 | Northern Ireland[c][20] | Colombes, France |
Match 183 |
Ujlaki 30' Kopa 36', 89' |
Report | Tully 42' |
Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Attendance: 52,399 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) |
1953 edit
| 15 April 1953 1952–53 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–3 |  Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 184 |
McMorran 19', 86' |
Report | Charles 29', 33' Ford 42' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Archer Leuty (England) |
| 3 October 1953 1953–54 British Home Championship 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 3 | Ireland | 1–3 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 185 |
Lockhart 72' (pen.) |
Report | Fleming 47', 69' Henderson 89' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 58,248 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England) |
| 11 November 1953 1953–54 British Home Championship 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 3 | England | 3–1 | Ireland | Liverpool, England |
Match 186 |
Hassall 1', 60' Lofthouse 74' |
Report | McMorran 52' |
Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 70,700 Referee: Robert E. Smith (Wales) |
1954 edit
| 31 March 1954 1953–54 British Home Championship 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 3 | Wales | 1–2 | Ireland | Wrexham, Wales |
Match 187 |
Charles 80' |
Report | McParland 1', 52' |
Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 32,817 Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Scotland) |
| 2 October 1954 1954–55 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–2 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 188 |
Report | Haynes 75' Revie 78' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Scotland) |
| 3 November 1954 1954–55 British Home Championship | Scotland | 2–2 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 189 |
Davidson 22' Johnstone 74' |
Report | Bingham 24' McAdams 43' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 46,229 Referee: Alf Bond (England) |
1955 edit
| 20 April 1955 1954–55 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–3 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 190 |
Crossan 24' Walker 29' |
Report | Charles 11', 18', 49' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland) |
| 8 October 1955 1955–56 British Home Championship | Ireland | 2–1 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 191 |
Blanchflower 7' Bingham 16' |
Report | Reilly 62' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 58,000 Referee: John H. Kelly (England) |
| 2 November 1955 1955–56 British Home Championship | England | 3–0 | Ireland | London, England |
Match 192 |
Wilshaw 51', 53' Finney 88' |
Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
1956 edit
| 11 April 1956 1955–56 British Home Championship | Wales | 1–1 | Ireland | Cardiff, Wales |
Match 193 |
Clarke 10' |
Report | Jones 46' |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 37,510 Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) |
| 6 October 1956 1956–57 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–1 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 194 |
McIlroy 10' |
Report | Matthews 2' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 58,420 Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland) |
| 7 November 1956 1956–57 British Home Championship | Scotland | 1–0 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 195 |
Scott 25' |
Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 62,328 Referee: Reginald James Leafe (England) |
1957 edit
| 16 January 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 8 Qualifier | Portugal  | 1–1 | Northern Ireland | Lisbon, Portugal |
Match 196 |
Vasques 24' |
Report | Bingham 6' |
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 22,659 Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France) |
| 10 April 1957 1956–57 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–0 | Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 197 |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Douglas Gerrard (Scotland) |
| 25 April 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 8 Qualifier | Italy  | 1–0 | Northern Ireland | Rome, Italy |
Match 198 |
Cervato 3' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 1 May 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 8 Qualifier | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | Portugal | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 199 |
Casey 22' Simpson 60'McIlroy 70' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland) |
| 5 October 1957 1957–58 British Home Championship | Ireland | 1–1 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 200 |
Bingham 47' |
Report | Leggat 59' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales) |
| 6 November 1957 1957–58 British Home Championship | England | 2–3 | Ireland | London, England |
Match 201 |
A'Court 58' Edwards 80' |
Report | McIlroy 32' (pen.) McCrory 67'Simpson 72' |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 4 December 1957 International Friendly | Northern Ireland | 2–2 | Italy | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 202 |
Cush 27', 60' |
Report | Ghiggia 24' Montuori 50' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland) |
1958 edit
| 15 January 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 8 Qualifier | Northern Ireland | 2–1 | Italy | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 203 |
McIlroy 13' Cush 28' |
Report | Da Costa 56' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 43,000 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) |
| 16 April 1958 1957–58 British Home Championship | Wales | 1–1 | Ireland | Cardiff, Wales |
Match 204 |
Hewitt 85' |
Report | Simpson 64' |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,667 Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland) |
| 8 June 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 1 | Northern Ireland | 1–0 |  Czechoslovakia | Halmstad, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) Match 205 |
Cush 20' |
Report | Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 10,647 Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria) |
| 11 June 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 1 | Argentina  | 3–1 | Northern Ireland | Halmstad, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) Match 206 |
Corbatta 37' (pen.) Menéndez 56'Avio 60' |
Report | McParland 4' |
Stadium: Örjans Vall Attendance: 14,174 Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden) |
| 15 June 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 1 | West Germany  | 2–2 | Northern Ireland | Malmö, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) Match 207 |
Rahn 20' Seeler 78' |
Report | McParland 18', 60' |
Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 21,990 Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal) |
| 17 June 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 1 Playoff | Northern Ireland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czechoslovakia | Malmö, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) Match 208 |
McParland 44', 97' |
Report | Zikán 18' |
Stadium: Malmö Stadion Attendance: 6,196 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France) |
| 19 June 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final | France | 4–0 | Northern Ireland | Norrköping, Sweden |
| 19:00 (CET) Match 209 |
Wisnieski 44' Fontaine 55', 63'Piantoni 68' |
Report | Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
| 4 October 1958 1958–59 British Home Championship | Ireland | 3–3 | England | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 210 |
Cush 30' Peacock 57'Casey 70' |
Report | Charlton 31', 77' Finney 61' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) |
| 15 October 1958 International Friendly | Spain  | 6–2 | Northern Ireland | Madrid, Spain |
Match 211 |
Tejada 3', 47', 78', 87' Kubala 11'Suárez 58' |
Report | Cush 50' McIlroy 77' |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal) |
| 5 November 1958 1958–59 British Home Championship | Scotland | 2–2 | Ireland | Glasgow, Scotland |
Match 212 |
Herd 53' Collins 57' |
Report | Caldow 74' (o.g.) McIlroy 83' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 72,713 Referee: John Harold Clough (England) |
1959 edit
| 22 April 1959 1958–59 British Home Championship | Ireland | 4–1 |  Wales | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 213 |
McParland 8', 78' Peacock 13'McIlroy 32' |
Report | Tapscott 88' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Tiny Wharton (Scotland) |
| 3 October 1959 1959–60 British Home Championship | Ireland | 0–4 | Scotland | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Match 214 |
Report | Leggat 25' Hewie 34' (pen.)White 41'Mulhall 54' |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Reginald James Leafe (England) |
| 18 November 1959 1959–60 British Home Championship | England | 2–1 | Ireland | London, England |
Match 215 |
Baker 16' Parry 89' |
Report | Bingham 87' |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales) |
Notes edit
- ^ The last match played as Ireland was 1978 versus Scotland,[15] however, apart from this match, all British Championship matches had been played as "Northern Ireland" since the 1973–74 tournament.[16] In the 1972–73 tournament, the first two matches were played as "Ireland" and the third as "Northern Ireland". In the 1971–72 tournament, the first was played as "Ireland" and the second and third as "Northern Ireland". 1970–71 was the last tournament in which all matches were played under the name "Ireland".[17]
- ^ This was the last time an "all-Ireland" team represented the IFA.
- ^ This was the first time a team billed as "Northern Ireland" played an international match.
References edit
- ^ Dunning, Eric (1993). Jean Brown (ed.). The Sports Process: A Comparative and Developmental Approach. Human Kinetics. p. 130. ISBN 0-88011-624-2. Google books
- ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 22. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
- ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
- ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 45. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
- ^ "Dual Internationalists". Northern Ireland Footballing Greats. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
- ^ Fulton, Gareth (2005). "Northern Catholic fans of Republic of Ireland soccer". In Alan Bairner (ed.). Sport and the Irish: Histories, Identities, Issues. Dublin: UCD Press. p. 145. ISBN 1-904558-33-X.
- ^ Brodie, Malcolm; Billy Kennedy (2005). The IFA 125 years...the history. Edenderry print limited. p. 108. "Politics of Irish Soccer". The Irish Times. 25 November 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "Two "Irelands" Recognised". The Irish Times. 16 November 1953. p. 3.
- ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 68. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
- ^ "FAI History 1930−1959". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
- ^ Matthew Taylor (2008). The Association Game: A History of British Football. Harlow:Pearson Education Ltd.
- ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1975–1978". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1972–1975". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1968–1972". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Ireland vs. Wales - November 1933".
- ^ "Wales vs. Ireland game 1950".
- ^ "France vs. Northern Ireland friendly game".
External links edit
- RSSSF: (Northern) Ireland - International Results
- British Home Championships 1920-1939
- British Home Championships 1947-1966
- Northern Ireland Football Greats Archive
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Records
- England International Database From 1872
- England Football Online
- Scotland International Archive
- Scotland Football Records Complete Record
- Welsh Football Data Archive