Home Nations Youth International Results (1948-1980)

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The Youth international sides of the British "Home Nations" faced each other in regular matches from shortly after the Second World War through to the series' abandonment after the 1973/74 season. These matches, played between under-18 selections, were a further stepping stone between the long-standing Schoolboy internationals and senior international football. Initially "friendlies", they developed into "Amateur Youth Championship for the British Association" with a trophy first awarded in 1961.

The reason for the series' abandonment was two-fold: 

1) the importance of the series had diminished in comparison to the UEFA Youth Tournament (formerly known as the International Youth Tournament, now the UEFA European Under-19 Championships)

2) matches could not be readily played in Northern Ireland due to the ongoing Troubles, which led to a number of venue switches and the cancellation of the 1972 match against Scotland.

3) as the Home Nations matches were for "amateurs" only, when that designation was discontinued in 1974 the "Amateur Youth Championship" became defunct.

Since the abandonment of the regular series Northern Ireland has continued to face the other British nations in both friendly and UEFA sanctioned Youth internationals (at both the current standard Under-19 and Under-17 levels).

Also included below are results from a semi-regular series of friendlies against the Republic of Ireland up to 1980 when UEFA over-hauled Youth internationals.

Results Summary:

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A
ENG SCO WAL IRL -	27 26 27 8 88	10 3 12 5 30	6 9 2 0 17	11 14 13 3 41	38 44 51 18 151	57 69 55 15 186

England v Northern Ireland
Youth International
Telford, 1973

Results vs England

15-05-48	Belfast	H	D	2	2
15-05-49	Hull	A	L	2	4
06-05-50	Belfast	H	W	1	0
05-05-51	Liverpool	A	L	2	5
19-04-52	Belfast	H	W	2	0
11-04-53	Wolver'ton	A	D	0	0
08-05-54	N'nards	H	D	2	2
14-05-55	Watford	A	L	0	3
12-05-56	Belfast	H	W	1	0
11-05-57	London	A	L	2	6
10-05-58	Bangor	H	W	4	2
09-05-59	Liverpool	A	L	0	5
14-05-60	Portadown	H	L	2	5
13-05-61	Manchester	A	L	0	2
12-05-62	L'derry	H	W	2	1
11-05-63	Oldham	A	D	1	1
25-01-64	Belfast	H	L	1	3
22-01-65	Birkenhead	A	W	3	2
26-02-66	Belfast	H	L	0	4
25-02-67	Stockport	A	L	0	3
23-02-68	Belfast	H	W	2	0
28-02-69	Birkenhead	A	W	2	0
28-02-70	Lurgan	H	W	3	1
06-03-71	Blackpool	A	D	1	1
11-03-72	Chester	A	D	1	1
24-03-73	Telford	A	L	0	3
19-04-74	Birkenhead	A	W	2	1

Scotland v Northern Ireland
Youth International
Dundee, 1966

Results vs Scotland

-48	Ayr	A	D	2	2
-49	Belfast	H	L	1	2
-50	Edinburgh	A	L	3	8
-51	Belfast	H	W	1	0
-52	Paisley	A	D	2	2
-53	Belfast	H	D	1	1
-54	Greenock	A	D	3	3
-55	Lurgan	H	L	4	5
-56	Greenock	A	L	0	2
-57	Portadown	H	W	3	0
-58	Stranraer	A	D	2	2
-59	Belfast	H	L	1	4
-60	Perth	A	L	1	4
-61	Belfast	H	L	1	3
-62	Greenock	A	L	1	2
-63	Coleraine	H	L	1	2
-64	Greenock	A	L	0	4
-65	L'derry	H	L	2	3
-66	Dundee	A	D	2	2
-67	Belfast	H	W	5	0
-68	Galashiels	A	L	1	5
-69	Belfast	H	D	1	1
-70	Clydebank	A	D	3	3
-71	Coleraine	H	L	1	5
-72	Not played
-73	Paisley	A	L	0	2
-74	Stenh'muir	A	D	2	2

Results vs Wales

Wales v Northern Ireland
Youth International
Llandudno, 1957

-48	Cliftonville	H	L	0	4
-49	Bangor	A	L	2	4
-50	L'derry	H	W	3	2
-51	Aberystwyth	A	L	0	1
-52	Belfast	H	L	1	4
-53	Bangor	A	W	4	3
-54	Portadown	H	W	2	0
-55	Flint	A	W	3	1
-56	Ballymena	H	W	4	2
-57	Llandudno	A	L	1	3
-58	Coleraine	H	L	2	3
-59	Cardiff	A	L	2	3
-60	Belfast	H	W	2	1
-61	Wrexham	A	L	0	1
-62	N'ards	H	W	3	0
-63	Aberystwyth	A	D	1	1
-64	Belfast	H	L	1	3
-65	Caernarvon	A	W	2	0
-66	Coleraine	H	L	2	3
-67	Ton Pentre	A	D	2	2
-68	Belfast	H	W	3	2
-69	Aberystwyth	A	L	2	4
-70	Coleraine	H	W	2	1
-71	Bangor	A	L	2	3
-72	Wrexham	A	L	1	3
-73	Denbigh	A	W	1	0
-74	Rhyl	A	W	3	1

Results vs Eire

-65	Dublin	A	L	2	4
-67	Belfast	H	W	3	0
-68	Dublin	A	L	1	3
-70	Dublin	A	W	3	2
-76	Dublin	A	D	1	1
-76	P'down	H	W	3	1
-78	Dublin	A	W	1	0
-79	Dublin	A	W	3	1
-80	Lurgan	H	L	0	1

Sources:

100 Years of Irish Football (Malcolm Brodie, 1980)
Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook (various) (Malcolm Brodie)