Supranational Sides

On ocassion through the history of international football "Supranational" teams have been formed. From Great Britain Selects, to All-Ireland XIs, to Rest of the World All-Stars, some Northern Ireland players have been played alongside some of the world game's true stars...

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Venue
11/05/1935	Football League	10-2	Wales-Ireland	Liverpool	King George V Jubilee Trust
10/05/1947	Great Britain	6-1	Rest of the World	Glasgow	FIFA Fundraiser
05/12/1951	Wales	3-2	Rest of the UK	Cardiff	FA of Wales 75th Anniversary
09/05/1955	All-Ireland XI	5-6	England XI	Dublin	An Tóstal Festival
13/08/1955	United Kingdom	1-4	Rest of Europe	Belfast	Irish FA 7th Anniversary
07/05/1956	All-Ireland XI	3-5	England XI	Dublin	An Tóstal Festival
14/05/1956	Ireland-Wales	3-2	England-Scotland	Dublin	Belgrove FC Exhibition
06/11/1963	England Youth	5-2	Rest.of.the.UK.Youth	Wembley	FA Centenary
28/07/1969	Wales	0-1	Rest of the UK	Cardiff	Prince of Wales Investiture
03/01/1973	The Three	2-0	The Six	Wembley	Common Market Match
03/07/1973	Shamrock Rovers XI	3-4	Brazil	Dublin	Exhibition Match
25/09/1973	Benfica	2-2	Rest of the World	Lisbon	Eusebio Celebration Match
27/07/1986	The Americas	2-2	Rest of the World	Pasadena	FIFA/UNICEF Match
08/08/1987	Football League	3-0	Rest of the World	Wembley	Football League Centenary

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King George V Jubilee Trust Fund Saturday May 11, 1935, Goodison Park, Liverpool. Att. 9,000 Football League (4) 10 (Hampson 5, Leyfield, Eastham 2, Geldard, Westwood) Wales-Ireland (1) 2 (Astley 2) Referee: A Taylor (Wigan) & G Stephenson (Liverpool) (two referee trial)
Wales-Ireland Team
1	Tommy Breen	Belfast Celtic & Ireland
2	Alec Mackie	Portsmouth & Ireland
3	Bertie Fulton	Belfast Celtic & Ireland
4	Jimmy Murphy	West Bromwich Albion & Wales
5	Tom Griffiths	Middlesbrough & Wales
6	Bob John	Arsenal & Wales
7	Tim Rogers	Arsenal & Wales
8	Dai Astley	Aston Villa & Wales
9	Joe Bambrick	Chelsea & Ireland
10	Alex Stevenson	Everton & Ireland
11	Charlie Phillips	Wolverhampton Wanderers & Wales
Football League: GH Holdcroft (Preston); R Smith (Bolton), W Cresswell (Everton); CS Britton (Everton), JE Atkinson (Bolton), A Robinson (Burnley); A Geldard (Everton), GR Eastham (Bolton), J Hampson (Blackpool), RW Westwood (Bolton), C Leyfield (Everton).
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FIFA Fundraiser (marking the British Associations rejoining FIFA) Saturday May 10, 1947, Hampden Park, Glasgow. Att. 134,000 Great Britain (1) 6 (Mannion 2 (1 pen), Steel, Lawton 2, Parola (og)) Rest of Europe (1) 1 (Nordahl) Referee: G Reader (England)
Great Britain Team
1	Frank Swift	Manchester City & England
2	George Hardwick capt	Middlesbrough & England
3	Billy Hughes	Birmingham City & Wales
4	Archie Macauley	Brentford & Scotland
5	Jackie Vernon	West Bromwich Albion & Ireland
6	Ron Burgess	Tottenham Hotspur & Wales
7	Stanley Matthews	Stoke City & England
8	Wilf Mannion	Middlesbrough & England
9	Tommy Lawton	Chelsea & England
10	Billy Steel	Morton & Scotland
11	Billy Liddell	Liverpool & Scotland
Europe: J Darui (France); P Petersen (Denmark), W Steffen (Switzerland); JJ Carey (Eire) capt, C Parola (Italy), J Ludl (Czechoslovakia); V Lemberechts (Belgium), G Gren (Sweden), G Nordahl (Sweden), F Wilkes (Netherlands), CA Praest (Denmark).

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FA of Wales 75th Anniversary Wednesday December 5, 1951, Ninian Park. Att. 26,454 Wales (2) 3 (Allchurch 2, Ford) Rest of United Kingdom (0) 2(Fleming, Medley) Referee: BM Griffiths (Newport, Wales)
Rest of UK Team
1	JC Cowan	Morton & Scotland
2	GL Young	Rangers & Scotland
3	Alf McMichael	Newcastle United & Ireland
4	TH Docherty	Preston North End & Scotland
5	Jackie Vernon capt	West Bromwich Albion & Ireland
6	Billy Wright	Wolverhampton Wanderers & England
7	G Smith	Hibernian & Scotland
8	C Fleming	East Fife & Scotland
9	Nat Lofthouse	Bolton Wanderers & England
10	EF Bailey	Tottenham Hotspur & England
11	LD Medley	Tottenham Hotspur & England
Wales: WW Short (Plymouth); W Barnes (Arsenal) capt, AT Sherwood (Cardiff); R Paul (Manchester City), RW Daniel (Arsenal), WAR Burgess (Tottenham); WI Foulkes (Newcastle), W Morris (Burnley), T Ford (Sunderland), IJ Allchurch (Swansea), RJ Clarke (Manchester City).
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An Tóstal Festival Monday May 9, 1955, Dalymount Park, Dublin. Att. 25,000 All-Ireland International XI (2) 5 (McKenna, Gibbons, Doherty, McMorran 2) England International XI (2) 6 (Rowley, Mitten 2, Ford 3) Referee: J Smith
All-Ireland Team
1	Tommy Godwin	Bournemouth & Republic of Ireland
2	Len Graham	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
3	Robin Lawlor	Fulham & Republic of Ireland
4	Eddie Gannon	Shelbourne & Republic of Ireland
5	Con Martin capt	Aston Villa, Republic & Northern Ireland
6	Des Glynn	Drumcondra & Republic of Ireland
7	Johnny McKenna	Blackpool & Northern Ireland
8	Eddie McMorran	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
9	Sean Gibbons	St Patrick’s Athletic & Republic of Ireland
10	Peter Doherty	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
11	Peter McParland	Aston Villa & Northern Ireland
England: Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham); Alf Ramsey (Tottenham), Tom Garrett (Blackpool); Neil Franklin (Hull City) capt, Allenby Chilton (Grimsby Town), Harry Johnston (Blackpool); Stanley Matthews (Blackpool), Charlie Mitten (Fulham), Trevor Ford (Cardiff City &Wales), Jack Rowley (Plymouth Argyle), Bobby Langton (Blackburn Rovers).

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Irish FA 75th Anniversary  Saturday August 13, 1955, Windsor Park, Belfast. Att. 60,000 United Kingdom (1) 1  (Johnstone)  Rest of Europe (1) 4  (Vincent, Vukas 3 (1 pen))  Referee: ??
UK Team
1	Kelsey	Arsenal & Wales
2	Sillet	Chelsea & England
3	McDonald	Sunderland & Scotland
4	Blanchflower capt	Tottenham Hotspur & Northern Ireland
5	Charles	Leeds United & Wales
6	Peacock	Celtic & Northern Ireland
7	Matthews	Blackpool & England
8	Johnstone	Manchester City & Scotland
9	Bentley	Chelsea & England
10	McIlroy	Burnley & Northern Ireland
11	Liddell	Liverpool & Scotland
Rest of Europe:

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An Tóstal Festival Monday May 7, 1956, Dalymount Park, Dublin. Att. ?? All-Ireland International XI (1) 3(Walker, Doherty (pen), Lockhart)  England International XI (0) 5  (Eastham jnr, Sewell 2, Ford 2) Referee: ??
All-Ireland Team
1	Gregg	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
2	Cunningham	Leicester City & Northern Ireland
3	Graham	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
4	Crossan	Blackburn Rovers & Northern Ireland
5	Johnston	Grimsby Town & Republic of Ireland
6	Peacock	Celtic & Northern Ireland
7	McKenna	Blackpool & Northern Ireland
8	Tully	Celtic & Northern Ireland
9	Walker	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
10	Doherty	Doncaster Rovers & Northern Ireland
11	Lockhart	Aston Villa & Northern Ireland
England: ?? The England XI featured George Eastham Senior and Junior, then both at Ards.

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Belgrove FC's Exhibition Match  Monday May 14, 1956, Dalymount Park, Dublin  Ireland-Wales (0) 3  (J. Dunne, Allchurch 2)  England-Scotland (2) 3  (Thompson, Langton, Allen)
Ireland-Wales Team
1	Dwyer	Wolverhampton Wanderers/RI
2	Martin	Aston Villa/RI&NI
3	McDonnell	Drumcondra/RI
4	T. Dunne	St Patrick's Athletic/RI
5	Charles	Leeds/W
6	Gannon	Shelbourne/RI
7	J. Dunne	St. Patrick's Athletic/RI
8	Whelan	Manchester United/RI
9	Ford	Cardiff City/W
10	Allchurch	Swansea Town/W
11	Haverty	Arsenal/RI
England-Scotland:

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FA Centenary Floodlit Youth International Match* Wednesday November 6, 1963, Wembley Stadium, London. Att. ?? England 5 (Smith 2, Jones, Sissons, Sammels) Rest of the UK 2 (Graham, Mitchell) Referee: W.A. O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)
Rest of the UK Team
1	P. Jennings	Watford & N. Ireland
2	D. Clements	Wolverhampton Wanderers & N. Ireland
3	H. Bailie	Scotland
4	J. Nicholl	Coleraine & N. Ireland
5	D. Murray capt	Scotland
6	D. Hollywood	Scotland
7	A. Edwards	Scotland
8	P. Rodon	Wales
9	G. Graham	Scotland
10	J. Mitchell	Scotland
11	V. McKinney	Glenavon & N. Ireland
England: J. Cowan (Chelsea); L. Badger (Sheffield United), B. Shaw (Sheffield United), T. Smith (Liverpool), L.C. Chatterley (Aston Villa), R.E. Harris (Chelsea), G. French (Swindon), J. Sammels (Arsenal), G. Jones (Bury), J. Sissons (West Ham), R. Whittaker (Arsenal)  *The FA held many events to mark their centenary, most notably matches against the Football League (24 May) and the Rest of the World (23 October).

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Prince of Wales Investiture/Aberfan Disaster Fund  Monday July 28, 1969, Ninian Park, Cardiff. Att: 13,605  Wales (0) 0  Rest of the United Kingdom (1) 1  (Lee)
Rest of UK Team
1	Jennings	Tottenham Hotspur/NI
2	Gemmell	Celtic/S
3	Cooper	Leeds United/E
4	Bremner	Leeds United/S
5	J. Charlton	Leeds United/E
6	Mullery	Tottenham Hotspur/E
7	Best	Manchester United/NI
8	Lee	Manchester United/E
9	Dougan	Wolverhampton Wanderers/NI
10	R. Charlton capt	Manchester United/E
11	Hughes	Celtic/S
sub	Newton (for Cooper)	Blackburn/E
sub	Henderson (for Lee)	Rangers/S
Wales:

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"Common Market" Match  Wednesday January 3, 1973, Wembley Stadium, London.  Att. 36,5000 The Three (Denmark, Republic of Ireland & United Kingdom) (0) 2  (Jensen, Stein)  The Six (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) (0) 0 Ref: Norman Burtenshaw
The Three Team
1	Pat Jennings	Tottenham Hotspur/NI
2	Peter Storey	Arsenal/E
3	Emlyn Hughes	Liverpool/E
4	Colin Bell	Manchester City/E
5	Allan Hunter	Ipswich Town/NI
6	Bobby Moore	West Ham United/E
7	Peter Lorimer	Leeds United/S
8	Johnny Giles	Leeds United/RI
9	Colin Stein	Coventry City/S
10	Bobby Charlton capt	Manchester United/E
11	Henning Jensen	Monchengladbach/D
sub	John Steen Olsen (for Bell 74 mins)	Denmark
sub	Alan Ball (for Jensen 60 mins)	Arsenal/E
The Six:

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Shamrock Rovers' All-Ireland Match, Tuesday July 3, 1973, Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Att: 34,000
Shamrock Rovers "All-Ireland" XI (1) 3 (Martin, Dougan, Conroy)Brazil (2) 4 (Paulo Cesar 2 (1 pen), Jairzinho, Valdomiro)
Shamrock Rovers Team: Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur/NI); Craig (Newcastle/NI), Mulligan (Crystal Palace/RI), Hunter (Ipswich Town/NI), Carroll (Birmingham City/RI) [sub: O'Kane (Nottingham Forest/NI) 66], O'Neill (Nottingham Forest/NI), Giles (Leeds Unied/RI) capt, Martin (Manchester United/RI), Conroy (Stoke City/RI) [sub: Dennehy (Nottingham Forest/RI) 88], Dougan (Wolverhampton Wanderers/NI), Givens (QPR/RI) [sub: Hamilton (Ipswich Town/NI) 66].
Brazil count this match as a "Full" international.
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Eusebio Celebration Match September 25, 1973, Estádio da Luz. Att. 40,000 Benfica (1) 2 (Nene (3, 52)) Rest of the World (1) 2 (Keita (43), Seeler (63))
Rest of the World
1	Banks	England
2	Blankenburg	West Germany
3	Hilario	Portugal
4	Charlton R.	England
5	Charlton J.	England
6	Badeco	Brazil
7	Best	Northern Ireland
8	Paulo Cesar	Brazil
9	Keita	Mali
10	Netzer	West Germany
11	Keizer	Netherlands
sub	Iribar (for Banks)	Spain
sub	Gento (for Hilario)	Spain
sub	Seeler (for Charlton R.)	West Germany
sub	Dirceu (for Best)	Brazil
sub	Hilario (for Keizer)	Portugal
sub	Garcia Ramon (for Iribar)	Spain
Benfica: José Enrique; Artur; Barros; Rui Rodriguez; Messias; Bastos Loopes; Nene, Victor Martins; Jordão; Eusebio; Simoes. Substitutions: Bento for José Enrique; Humberto Coelho for Bastos Lopes; Toni for Victor Martins; Artur Jorge for Jordão; Nelinho for Eusebio.

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FIFA/UNICEF Match, Sunday July 27, 1986, Rose Bowl, Pasedena, Califrnia, USA. Att: 57, 539.
The Americas (0) 2 (Cabanas, Maradona)
Rest of the World (1) 2 (Butcher, Rossi)
The Americas won 4-3 on penalties
Rest of the World Team: Jennings (Northern Ireland) [sub: Dasayev (USSR) 46]; Stielike (West Germany), Renquin (Belgium) [sub: Hermann (Switzerland) 46], Butcher (England), Amoros (France), Strachan (Scotland), Magath (West Germany), Lerby (Denmark), Rocheteau (France) [sub: Timoumi (Morocco) 60], Rossi (Italy), Belanov (USSR) [sub: Chang-Sun Park (South Korea) 46].
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Football League Centenary
Saturday August 8, 1987, Wembley Stadium, London. Att: 61,000
Football League (1) 3 (Robson 2, Whiteside)
Rest of the World 0 (0)
FL: Shilton (Ogrizovic); Gough (Clarke), Sansom, McClelland, McGrath, Brady (Nevin), Robson, Webb (Ardiles), Allen (Whiteside), Beardsley (A. Smith), Waddle.
RoTW: Dasayev (Zubizarreta), Josimar (Detari), Celso, (Stojkovic), Julio Alberto, Hysen, Bagni (Belanov), Berthold, Lineker (Elkjaer), Platini (P. Larsson), Maradona, Futre (Zavarov). 

Various testimonial/benefit matches have been played by "Supranational" teams featuring Northern Ireland internationals, including an All-Ireland select in a testimonial for Ronnie Blair (1979), International selects in a testimonal for Pat Jennings (1985), George Best (1987) and a fund-raiser for Co-Operation North (1995 vs. Manchester United).