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)
17/10/1961	Jimmy Nicholson	Greece	H	W	2-0	WCQ	60	(2-0)
22/10/1966	Billy Ferguson	England	H	L	0-2	ENC/BC	??	(0-?)
18/04/1970	George Best	Scotland	H	L	0-1	BC	??	(0-?)
18/10/1972	George Best	Bulgaria	A	L	0-3	WCQ	84	(0-?)
03/06/1981	Terry Cochrane	Sweden	A	L	0-1	WCQ	54	(0-1)
25/06/1982	Mal Donaghy	Spain	N	W	1-0	WCF	61	(1-0)
27/03/1996	Iain Dowie	Norway	H	L	0-2	FR	86	(0-2)
27/03/2002	Steve Lomas	Liechtenstein	A	D	0-0	FR	48	(0-0)
02/04/2003	James Quinn	Greece	H	L	0-2	ECQ	38	(0-1)
02/04/2003	Keith Gillespie	Greece	H	L	0-2	ECQ	70	(0-2)
11/10/2003	George McCartney	Greece	A	L	0-1	ECQ	69	(0-0)
30/05/2004	Mark Williams	Barbados	A	D	1-1	FR	29	(0-0)
08/09/2004	Michael Hughes	Wales	A	D	2-2	WCQ	9	(0-0)
08/09/2004	David Healy	Wales	A	D	2-2	WCQ	22	(2-0)
17/08/2005	Keith Gillespie	Malta	A	D	1-1	FR	77	(1-1)
12/10/2005	Damien Johnson	Austria	A	L	0-2	WCQ	74	(0-1)
26/05/2006	James Quinn	Romania	N	L	0-2	FR	38	(0-2)
20/08/2008	Ryan McGivern	Scotland	A	D	0-0	FR	57	(0-0)
24/05/2011 06/09/2013 06/09/2013 11/10/2013 05/03/2014	Adam Thompson Chris Brunt Kyle Lafferty Jonny Evans Gareth McAuley	Rep Ireland Portugal Portugal Azerbaijan Cyprus	A H H A A	L L L L D	0-5 2-4 2-4 0-2 0-0	MT WCQ WCQ WCQ FR	53 61 80 90 76	(0-3) (2-1) (2-3) (0-1) (0-0)

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 ocassions; 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 18 matches in which they have had men sent-off.