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Men In Green Seeing Red

A list of Northern Ireland players to have been sent-off during a senior international...

Date
Player
Opponent
Ven
Result
Comp
Time
(Score)
17/10/61
Greece
H
W
2-0
WCQ
60
(2-0)
22/10/66
England
H
L
0-2
ENC/BC
??
(0-?)
18/04/70
Scotland
H
L
0-1
BC
??
(0-?)
18/10/72
Bulgaria
A
L
0-3
WCQ
84
(0-?)
03/06/81
Sweden
A
L
0-1
WCQ
54
(0-1)
25/06/82
Spain
N
W
1-0
WCF
61
(1-0)
27/03/96
Norway
H
L
0-2
FR
86
(0-2)
27/03/02
Liechtenstein
A
D
0-0
FR
48
(0-0)
02/04/03
Greece
H
L
0-2
ECQ
38
(0-1)
02/04/03
Greece
H
L
0-2
ECQ
70
(0-2)
11/10/03
Greece
A
L
0-1
ECQ
69
(0-0)
30/05/04
Barbados
A
D
1-1
FR
29
(0-0)
08/09/04
Wales
A
D
2-2
WCQ
9
(0-0)
08/09/04
Wales
A
D
2-2
WCQ
22
(2-0)
17/08/05
Malta
A
D
1-1
FR
77
(1-1)
12/10/05
Austria
A
L
0-2
WCQ
74
(0-1)
26/05/06
Romania
N
L
0-2
FR
38
(0-2)
20/08/08
Scotland
A
D
0-0
FR
57
(0-0)
24/05/11
06/09/13
06/09/13
11/10/13
05/03/14
04/09/20
09/10/21
18/10/23
Kyle Lafferty
Jonny Evans
Gareth.McAuley
Josh Magennis
Jamal Lewis
Shea Charles
Rep Ireland
Portugal
Portugal
Azerbaijan
Cyprus
Romania
Switzerland
Slovenia
A
H
H
A
A
A
A
H
L
L
L
L
D
L
L
L
0-5
2-4
2-4
0-2
0-0
1-1
0-2
0-1
MT
WCQ
WCQ
WCQ
FR
ENL
WCQ
ECQ
53
61
80
90
76
39
37
58
(0-3)
(2-1)
(2-3)
(0-1)
(0-0)
(0-1)
(0-0)
(0-1)

Notes:
  • Three players have been sent-off twice while playing for Northern Ireland - George Best, Keith Gillespie and James Quinn.
  • Two Northern Ireland players have been sent-off in the same match on three occasions; Quinn & Gillespie (v. Greece, 2003), Hughes & Healy (v. Wales, 2004) and Brunt & Lafferty (v. Portugal, 2013). Against Wales and Portugal the opposition also had a player sent-off.
  • Ryan McGivern received a red card on his début, the only Northern Ireland player to do so.
  • McGivern is also the youngest player to have been sent-off while playing for Northern Ireland at the age of 18 years and 224 days. When Adam Thompson was sent-off playing against the Republic of Ireland he was just 13 days older.
  • Northern Ireland have only won twice in the 23 matches in which they have had men sent-off.

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