Nigel Worthington

Preceded by	Northern Ireland Captain	Succeeded by
Alan McDonald	1995 – 1996	Iain Dowie

Northern Ireland’s regular left-back for over a decade, Nigel Worthington was a consistent if unspectacular performer…

Name: Nigel Worthington
Born: 4 November 1961, Ballymena
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.08 st
Position: Left-Back/Midfield

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 66 Full Caps (1984-1997), 14 Under-18 Caps; Irish League: 1 Cap (1981).
Club Honours: (with Ballymena) Irish Cup Winner 1980/81; Ulster Cup Winner 1980/81; (with Wednesday) Football League Division Two Champion 1990/91, Runner-Up 1983/84; FA Cup Runner-Up 1992/93; Football League Cup Winner 1990/91.
Awards: Ulster Young Footballer of the Year 1981.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Europe	Other
Ballymena U.	77/78-80/81	-	Youth	*79 (-)/ 4	-	-	2(0)/0	-
Notts County	81/82-83/84	Jul-81	£100k	67 (0)/ 4	4(0)/0	11(0)/0	-	3(0)/0
Sheffield.Wed.	83/84-93/94	Feb-84	£125k	333 (4)/12	29(0)/1	41(0)/1	3(0)/1	5(0)/0
Leeds United	94/95-95/96	Jul-94	£325k	34(10)/ 1	6(1)/0	4(1)/0	-	-
Stoke City	96/97	Jul-96	Free	12 (0)/ 0	-	3(0)/1	-	-
Blackpool	97/98	Jul-97	Free	4 (5)/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS	-	£550k		429(19)/21	39(1)/1	59(1)/2	5(0)/1	8(0)/0

* all games

Coaching Career:
Blackpool player-manager Jul/97 – Dec/99
England Under-21 assistant-coach
Norwich City assistant-manager Jun/00 – Dec/00; manager Dec/00 – Oct/06
Northern Ireland Under-21 assistant-coach
Leicester City caretaker-manager Apr/07-May/07
Northern Ireland manager Jun/07-Dec/11

Biography:
To follow.

Managerial Career

Football 82 (Panini)	Football 94 (Panini)	Football 86 (Panini)
Football 87 (Panini)	Football 88 (Panini)	Football 89 (Panini)
Super Players 96 (Panini)	Copa Del Mundo 1986 (Reyauca)	Football 90 (Panini)
-	-	-
Team 90 (Merlin)	Football Candy Sticks 1990-91 (Barratt/Bassett)	Football 1991 (Orbis)
Players Collection 92 (Panini)	Shooting Stars 1991-92 (Merlin)	English Football 1992 (Panini)
Premier League 94 (Merlin)	Premier League 95 (Merlin)	Premier League 96 (Merlin)
Squads 1995-96 (Subbuteo)	First Division 1997 (Panini)	Premier League 2005 (Merlin)

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
22-05-1984 Wales......... A D 1-1 BC
27-05-1984 Finland....... A L 0-1 WCQ sub
16-10-1984 Israel........ H W 3-0 FR
27-03-1985 Spain......... A D 0-0 FR sub
11-09-1985 Turkey........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-10-1985 Romania....... A W 1-0 WCQ sub
13-11-1985 England....... A D 0-0 WCQ sub
26-03-1986 Denmark....... H D 1-1 FR
03-06-1986 Algeria....... N D 1-1 WCF
07-06-1986 Spain......... N L 1-2 WCF
15-10-1986 England....... A L 0-3 ECQ
12-11-1986 Turkey........ A D 0-0 ECQ
18-02-1987 Israel........ A D 1-1 FR
01-04-1987 England....... H L 0-2 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia.... H L 1-2 ECQ
14-10-1987 Yugoslavia.... A L 0-3 ECQ
11-11-1987 Turkey........ H W 1-0 ECQ
17-02-1988 Greece........ A L 2-3 FR
23-03-1988 Poland........ H D 1-1 FR
27-04-1988 France........ H D 0-0 FR
21-05-1988 Malta......... H W 3-0 WCQ
14-09-1988 Rep of Ireland H D 0-0 WCQ
19-10-1988 Hungary....... A L 0-1 WCQ
21-12-1988 Spain......... A L 0-4 WCQ
26-04-1989 Malta......... A W 2-0 WCQ
06-09-1989 Hungary....... H L 1-2 WCQ
11-10-1989 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
18-05-1990 Uruguay ...... H W 1-0 FR
12-09-1990 Yugoslavia.... H L 0-2 ECQ
17-10-1990 Denmark....... H D 1-1 ECQ
14-11-1990 Austria....... A D 0-0 ECQ
01-05-1991 Faroe Islands. H D 1-1 ECQ
16-10-1991 Austria....... H W 2-1 ECQ
13-11-1991 Denmark....... A L 1-2 ECQ
19-02-1992 Scotland...... A L 0-1 FR
28-04-1992 Lithuania..... H D 2-2 WCQ
02-06-1992 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR
09-09-1992 Albania....... H W 3-0 WCQ
14-10-1992 Spain......... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1992 Denmark....... H L 0-1 WCQ
31-03-1993 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
28-04-1993 Spain......... A L 1-3 WCQ
25-05-1993 Lithuania..... A W 1-0 WCQ
02-06-1993 Latvia........ A W 2-1 WCQ
08-09-1993 Latvia........ H W 2-0 WCQ
13-10-1993 Denmark....... A L 0-1 WCQ
17-11-1993 Rep of Ireland H D 1-1 WCQ
20-04-1994 Liechtenstein. H W 4-1 ECQ
03-06-1994 Colombia...... N L 0-2 FR
11-06-1994 Mexico........ N L 0-3 FR
07-09-1994 Portugal...... H L 1-2 ECQ
12-10-1994 Austria....... A W 2-1 ECQ
16-11-1994 Rep of Ireland H L 0-4 ECQ
29-03-1995 Rep of Ireland A D 1-1 ECQ
26-04-1995 Latvia........ A W 1-0 ECQ
22-05-1995 Canada........ A L 0-2 FR sub
25-05-1995 Chile......... N L 1-2 FR
07-06-1995 Latvia........ H L 1-2 ECQ
03-09-1995 Portugal...... A D 1-1 ECQ
11-10-1995 Liechtenstein. A W 4-0 ECQ
15-11-1995 Austria....... H W 5-3 ECQ
27-03-1996 Norway........ H L 0-2 FR
24-04-1996 Sweden........ H L 1-2 FR
29-05-1996 Germany....... H D 1-1 FR
22-01-1997 Italy......... A L 0-2 FR
11-02-1997 Belgium....... H W 3-0 FR sub

Summary: 60(6)/0. Won 17, Drew 21, Lost 28.

Record as Captain:

Span	First Match	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	.GD.	Win %	Pts %	W/L
1993-1997	08/09/93	10	4	2	4	17	14	3	40.0%	46.7%	0

Irish League Representative Match Details:
15-04-1981 League of Ireland A L 0-1

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

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Posted by Northern Ireland Football Museum on Wednesday, 4 November 2020