348: 24 March 1982

347 vs England - 348 - 349 vs Scotland

Friendly International

Wednesday, 24th March 1982. KO: 20:30 (local)

FRANCE (FRA) 4 - 0 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR)

Venue: Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: M. Verhaeghe (BEL)

Linesmen:

Goalscorers: NIR: - ; FRA: Zenier (31), Couriol (45), Larios (57 pen), Genghini (80)

NORTHERN IRELAND: (white - white - white)

Manager: Billy Bingham

Captain:

Jim Platt (Middlesbrough)

Jimmy Nicholl (Manchester United)

Mal Donaghy (Luton Town)

Chris Nicholl (Southampton)

John O'Neill (Leicester City)

David McCreery [Billy Caskey (Tulsa Roughnecks) 64]

Noel Brotherston (Blackburn Rovers)

Martin O'Neill (Norwich City)

Gerry Armstrong (Watford)

Sammy McIlroy [Derek Spence 64]

Terry Cochrane [Ian Stewart (QPR) 38]

FRANCE: (blue - white - red)

Manager: Michel Hidalgo

Captain: Marius Tresor
Jean Castaneda (AS Saint-Etienne)
Manuel Amoros (AS Monaco FC)
Christian Lopez (AS Saint-Etienne) [Patrick Battiston (AS Saint-Etienne) 68]
Marius Trésor (FC Girondins de Bordeaux)
Maxime Bossis (FC Nantes Atlantique)
Alain Giresse (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) [René Girard (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) 76]
Jean-François Larios (AS Saint-Etienne)
Bernard Genghini (FC Sochaux Montbeliard)
Alain Couriol (AS Monaco FC) [Gérard Soler (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) 75]
Bruno Bellone (AS Monaco FC)
Bernard Zénier (AS Nancy Lorraine)

Match Programme/Tickets:

England had been France's originally scheduled opponent, but Northern Ireland stepped in after England and France were drawn in the same Espana 82 group

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