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470: 29 May 1999

Friendly International in aid of the Omagh Bomb Fund
Saturday, 29/05/1999. KO 15:00 BST
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (IRL) 0 - 1 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-0)

Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Ceri Richards (WAL)
Goalscorer: NIR: Griffin 85

NORTHERN IRELAND: (white, red and grey shirts, red shorts, red socks)
Manager: Lawrie McMenemy
Taylor, Patterson, Hughes, Williams, Hunter, Robinson, McCarthy, Lennon, Dowie, Quinn, Rowland
Subs: Carroll for Taylor 46, Coote for Dowie 46, Johnson for Rowland 74, Griffin for Lennon 79
Subs not used: McVeigh, Hamill, Ferguson, Black

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: (green shirts, white shorts, green socks)
Manager: Mick McCarthy
Shay Given (Newcastle United), Stephen Carr (Tottenham), Alan Maybury (Leeds United), Lee Carsley (Blackburn Rovers), Kenny Cunningham (Wimbledon) capt, Phil Babb (Liverpool), Mark Kennedy (Manchester City), Mark Kinsella (Charlton), Niall Quinn (Sunderland), Robbie Keane (Wolverhampton), Damien Duff (Blackburn)
Subs: Alan McLoughlin (Portsmouth) for Carsley 46, David Connolly (Feyenoord) for Robbie Keane 56, Keith O'Neill (Middlesbrough) for Duff 56, Tony Cascarino (Nancy) for Quinn 71, Graham Kavanagh (Stoke City) for Babb 82
Subs not used: Gary Breen (Coventry), Alan Kelly (Blackburn), Dean Kiely (Charlton)

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Notes:
  • This match was played in aid of the Omagh Bomb Fund to support those affected by a bomb which killed 29 people the previous August.
  • The attendance at the match was severely diminished as it clashed with the Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Celtic.

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