After 24 years of near misses and and embarassing failures, Northern Ireland made it to their second World Cup. Faced with a tough qualifying group, Billy Bingham's team finished as runners-up to Scotland, and their performances in Spain, particularly against the hosts, have been written indelibly into the history books...
Qualifying Group 6 (Europe)
26-03-1980 Israel.... 0-0 N. Ireland [Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv]
18-06-1980 Sweden.... 1-1 Israel.... [Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm]
10-09-1980 Sweden.... 0-1 Scotland.. [Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm]
15-10-1980 N. Ireland 3-0 Sweden.... [Windsor Park, Belfast]
15-10-1980 Scotland.. 0-0 Portugal.. [Hampden Park, Glasgow]
12-11-1980 Israel.... 0-0 Sweden.... [Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv]
19-11-1980 Portugal.. 1-0 N. Ireland [Estadio da Luz, Lisbon]
17-12-1980 Portugal.. 3-0 Israel.... [Estadio da Luz, Lisbon]
25-02-1981 Israel.... 0-1 Scotland.. [Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv]
25-03-1981 Scotland.. 1-1 N. Ireland [Hampden Park, Glasgow]
28-04-1981 Scotland.. 3-1 Israel.... [Hampden Park, Glasgow]
29-04-1981 N. Ireland 1-0 Portugal.. [Windsor Park, Belfast]
03-06-1981 Sweden.... 1-0 N. Ireland [Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm]
24-06-1981 Sweden.... 3-0 Portugal.. [Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm]
09-09-1981 Scotland.. 2-0 Sweden.... [Hampden Park, Glasgow]
14-10-1981 N. Ireland 0-0 Scotland.. [Windsor Park, Belfast]
14-10-1981 Portugal.. 1-2 Sweden.... [Estadio da Luz, Lisbon]
28-10-1981 Israel.... 4-1 Portugal.. [Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv]
18-11-1981 N. Ireland 1-0 Israel.... [Windsor Park, Belfast]
18-11-1981 Portugal.. 2-1 Scotland.. [Estadio da Luz, Lisbon]
....................Pl W D L F:A Pts
1. Scotland......... 8 4 3 1 9: 4 11
2. Northern Ireland. 8 3 3 2 6: 3 .9
3. Sweden........... 8 3 2 3 7: 9 .8
4. Portugal......... 8 3 1 4 8:11 .7
5. Israel........... 8 1 3 4 6:10 .5
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Finals
First Round - Group E
16-06-1982 Honduras.. 1-1 Spain..... [Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia]
17-06-1982 N. Ireland 0-0 Yugoalavia [Estadio La Romereda, Zaragoza]
20-06-1982 Spain..... 2-1 Yugoslavia [Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia]
21-06-1982 Honduras.. 1-1 N. Ireland [Estadio La Romereda, Zaragoza]
24-06-1982 Yugoslavia 1-0 Honduras.. [Estadio La Romereda, Zaragoza]
25-06-1982 N. Ireland 1-0 Spain..... [Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia]
....................Pl W D L F:A Pts
1. Northern Ireland. 3 1 2 0 2:1 4
2. Spain............ 3 1 1 1 3:3 3
3. Yugoslavia....... 3 1 1 1 2:2 3
4. Honduras......... 3 0 2 1 2:3 2
Second Round - Group 4
28-06-1982 France... 1-0 Austria... [Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid]
01-07-1982 Austria.. 2-2 N. Ireland [Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid]
04-07-1982 France... 4-1 N. Ireland [Estadio Vicente Calderon, Madrid]
....................Pl W D L F:A Pts
1. France........... 2 2 0 0 5:1 4
2. Austria.......... 2 0 1 1 2:3 1
3. Northern Ireland. 2 0 1 1 3:6 1
Squad of Players
No Pos Name...............Age.(Club - Country)
_1 GK. Pat Jennings....... 37 (Arsenal - ENG)
_2 DF. Jimmy Nicholl...... 26 (Toronto Blizzard - CAN)
_3 DF. Mal Donaghy........ 24 (Luton Town - ENG)
_4 MD. David McCreery..... 24 (Tulsa Roughnecks - USA)
_5 DF. Chris Nicholl...... 35 (Southampton - ENG)
_6 DF. John O'Neill....... 24 (Leicester City - ENG)
_7 MD. Noel Brotherston... 25 (Blackburn Rovers - ENG)
_8 MD. Martin O'Neill..... 30 (Norwich City - ENG)
_9 FW. Gerry Armstrong.... 28 (Watford - ENG)
10 MD. Sammy McIlroy...... 27 (Stoke City - ENG)
11 FW. Billy Hamilton..... 25 (Burnley - ENG)
12 DF. John McClelland.... 26 (Rangers - SCO)
13 DF. Sammy Nelson....... 33 (Brighton & Hove Albion - ENG)
14 MD. Tommy Cassidy...... 31 (Burnley - ENG)
15 MD. Tommy Finney....... 29 (Cambridge United - ENG)
16 FW. Norman Whiteside... 17 (Manchester United - ENG)
17 GK. Jim Platt.......... 30 (Middlesbrough - ENG)
18 FW. Johnny Jameson..... 24 (Glentoran)
19 MD. Felix Healy........ 26 (Coleraine)
20 MD. Jim Cleary......... 26 (Glentoran)
21 FW. Bobby Campbell..... 25 (Bradford City - ENG)
22 GK. George Dunlop...... 26 (Linfield)
Manager: Billy Bingham
Coaches: Martin Harvey, Bertie Peacock
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In addition to the final squad of 22, the following players made the initial squad of 40 players:
Goalkeeper - Eric McManus (Stoke City)
Defenders - Paul Dixon (Burnley), Jim Hagan (Coventry City), Gerry McElhinney (Bolton Wanderers), Shaun O'Neill (Chesterfield), Pat Rice (Watford), Roy Walsh (Linfield)
Midfielders - Jim Harvey (Hereford United), Victor Moreland (Tulsa Roughnecks), John Sloan (Ballymena United), Tom Sloan (Manchester United)
Forwards - Trevor Anderson (Linfield), Billy Caskey (Tulsa Roughnecks), Terry Cochrane (Middlesbrough), Gerry Mullan (Glentoran), Billy Murray (Linfield), Derek Spence (Southend United), Ian Stewart (QPR)
- Sweden 1958 - Spain 1982 - Mexico 1986 -
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