459: 10 September 1997

458 vs Germany - 459 - 460 vs Portugal

World Cup 1998 Qualification Group Nine

Wednesday, 10/09/1997

ALBANIA (ALB) 1 - 0 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-0)

Venue: Grasshoppers Stadium, Zurich, Switzerland

Attendance: 2,600

Referee: Roger Phillipi (LUX)

Goalscorer: ALB: Haxhi (70)

NORTHERN IRELAND:

Manager: Bryan Hamilton (Game: 30. Won 8, Drew 8, Lost 14)

Captain: Steve Lomas (Game 1. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1)

Player		Club	Gls	Sub	Cap
1	WRIGHT T.J.	Manchester City			29
2	GRIFFIN D.J.	St Johnstone			7
3	ROWLAND K.	West Ham United		46>	13
4	LOMAS S.M.	West Ham United			23
5	HILL C.F.	Trelleborgs			24
6	McGIBBON P. _	Wigan Athletic			6
7	GILLESPIE K.R.	Newcastle United			19
8	LENNON N.F.	Leicester City		83>	17
9	DOWIE I.	West Ham United			45
10	QUINN S.J. _	Blackpool		76>	10
11	HORLOCK K.	Manchester City			11
Substitutes:
sub	MULRYNE P.P.	Manchester United		>46	4
sub	McMAHON G.J.	Stoke City		>76	16
sub	SONNER D.J.	Ipswich Town		>83	1
Unused Substitutes: DAVISON A.J. (Grimsby Town), JENKINS I. (Chester), HUGHES A.W. (Newcastle United), KENNEDY P.H. (Watford)

ALBANIA:

Manager:

Captain: Vata

Strakosh (Olympiacos); Tole (Partizan Tirana), Shuklu (Partizan Tirana), Xhumbia (Klamata Greece), Vata (Apollon Limassol), Fakaj (FC Tirana), Peco _ (Partizan) [sub: Halili (Partizan) 66], Haxhi (Patros) [sub: Galo (Partizan) 84], Kola (Panathanaikos), Bushja (FC Tirana) [sub: Mema (Partizan) 89], Tare (Fortuna Dusseldorf).

Notes:

• Match switched from Tirana to Zurich by FIFA due to civil unrest in Albania.