In 1958 Northern Ireland qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Finishing top of a qualifying group containing European giants Italy and Portugal, the Irish battled their way to the quarter-finals in Sweden - the smallest country ever to make it to the last eight of the World Cup...
Qualifying Group 8 (Europe)
16-01-1957 Portugal.. 1-1 N. Ireland [Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon]
25-04-1957 Italy..... 1-0 N. Ireland [Stadio Olympico, Rome]
01-05-1957 N. Ireland 3-0 Portugal.. [Windsor Park, Belfast]
26-05-1957 Portugal.. 3-0 Italy..... [Estádio Nacional, Lisbon]
22-12-1957 Italy..... 3-0 Portugal.. [San Siro, Milan]
12-01-1958 N. Ireland 2-1 Italy..... [Windsor Park, Belfast]
....................Pl W D L F:A
1. Northern Ireland. 4 2 1 1 6:3
2. Italy............ 4 2 0 2 5:5
3. Portugal......... 4 1 1 2 4:7
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Finals
First Round - Group A
08-06-1958 N. Ireland 1-0 Czecho'kia [Halmstad, Örjans Vall]
08-06-1958 W. Germany 3-1 Argentina. [Malmö, Malmö Stadion]
11-06-1958 Argentina. 3-1 N. Ireland [Halmstad, Örjans Vall]
11-06-1958 W. Germany 2-2 Czecho'kia [Hälsingborg, Olympiavalle]
15-06-1958 W. Germany 2-2 N. Ireland [Malmö, Malmö Stadion]
15-06-1958 Czecho'kia 6-1 Argentina. [Hälsingborg, Olympiavalle]
....................Pl W D L F:A
1. West Germany..... 3 1 2 0 7:5
2. Czechoslvakia.... 3 1 1 1 8:4
3. Northern Ireland. 3 1 1 1 4:5
4. Argentina........ 3 1 0 2 5:10
Play-Off
17-06-1958 N. Ireland 2-1 Czecho'kia [aet] [Malmö, Malmö Stadion]
Quarter-Finals
19-06-1958 France.... 4-0 N. Ireland [Norrköping, Idrottsparken]
Squad of Players
No Pos Name...............Age.(Club - Country)
_1 GK. Harry Gregg.........25 (Manchester United - ENG) 
_2 DF. Willie Cunningham . 28 (Leicester City - ENG)
_3 DF. Alf McMichael ..... 30 (Newcastle United - ENG)
_4 MD. Danny Blanchflower. 32 (Tottenham Hotspur - ENG)
_5 DF. Dick Keith ........ 25 (Newcastle United - ENG)
_6 MD. Bertie Peacock .... 29 (Celtic - SCO)
_7 FW. Billy Bingham ..... 26 (Sunderland - ENG)
_8 MD. Wilbur Cush ....... 29 (Leeds United - ENG)
_9 FW. Billy Simpson ..... ?? (Rangers - SCO)
10 FW. Jimmy McIlroy...... 26 (Burnley - ENG)
11 FW. Peter McParland ... 24 (Aston Villa - ENG)
12 GK. Norman Uprichard .. 30 (Portsmouth - ENG)
13 MD. Tom Casey ......... 28 (Newcastle United - ENG)
14 FW. Jackie Scott ...... 24 (Grimsby Town - ENG)
15 FW. Sammy McCrory ..... 33 (Southend United - ENG)
16 FW. Derek Dougan ...... 20 (Portsmouth - ENG)
17 FW. Fay Coyle ......... 25 (Nottingham Forest - ENG)
18 GK. Roy Rea*............25 (Glenavon)
19 DF. Len Graham*.........32 (Doncaster Rovers - ENG)
20 MF. Sam Chapman*........20 (Portsmouth - ENG)
21 DF. Tommy Hamill*.......?? (Linfield)
22 FW. Bobby Trainor*......?? (Coleraine)
* Did not travel to Sweden
Manager: Peter Doherty (Bristol City - ENG)
Trainer: Gerry Morgan. (Linfield)
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The following are some of the players included in the initial squad of forty (if you can help to complete the list get in touch):
Goalkeeper - Victor Hunter (Coleraine)
Backs - Paddy Corr (Glenavon), Tommy Lucas (Glentoran), Billy Marshall (Burnley), Billy Wilson (Linfield)
Forwards - John Crossan (Derry City), Jimmy Jones (Glenavon), Ed Nash (Derry City), Charlie Tully (Celtic), Jimmy Walker (Portadown)
- Sweden 1958 - Spain 1982 - Mexico 1986 -
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